Difference between revisions of "We Can Funk"
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|single image = [[File:Ouicanluv album.jpg|x100px|link=Album: Oui Can Luv]] <br><small> from the streamed album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''')<br></small> | |single image = [[File:Ouicanluv album.jpg|x100px|link=Album: Oui Can Luv]] <br><small> from the streamed album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''')<br></small> | ||
|performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] | |performer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] & [[Prince]]; [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 20|20 August | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 20|20 August 1990]] - [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br> | ||
[[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] | [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] | ||
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|introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2015, an acoustic version of the track, with some lyrical changes and renamed '''Oui Can Luv''', was included as the eighth track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2015, an acoustic version of the track, with some lyrical changes and renamed '''Oui Can Luv''', was included as the eighth track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. | ||
− | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original solo version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December | + | Initial tracking for [[Prince]]'s original solo version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, as '''We Can Fuck''' (the day after [[Erotic City]] and [[She's Always In My Hair]]), with additional work the following day, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]]. [[Prince]] later toned down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can't Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O' My Dreams]]). The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. |
The track's lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). | The track's lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Fuck''') | |additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Fuck''') | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording and mixing | |additional info = Additional recording and mixing | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] |
|studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | |studio = [[Crosstown Circle Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | |additional info = Initial tracking (as '''We Can Funk''') | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 31|31 August | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 31|31 August 2011]] |
|studio = Unknown location, Sacramento, CA, USA | |studio = Unknown location, Sacramento, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Acoustic recording, as '''Oui Can Luv''', by [[Andy Allo]] and [[Prince]] | |additional info = Acoustic recording, as '''Oui Can Luv''', by [[Andy Allo]] and [[Prince]] | ||
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− | |first live appearance = [[03_June | + | |first live appearance = [[03_June 1990|3 June 1990, Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands]] <small>(lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I'm A Star]])</small><br> |
− | * [[10_June | + | * [[10_June 1990|10 June 1990, Niedersachsen stadion, Hannover, Germany]] <small>(more complete version)</small> |
|performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby I'm A Star]])</small> | |performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby I'm A Star]])</small> | ||
|performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]]. | |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]]. |
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