Difference between revisions of "We Got The Power"
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− | |song name = We Got The Power | + | |song name = We Got The Power <small>(a.k.a. Dance With Power (Dance With Soul)) </small> |
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'''We Got The Power''' was included on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1988]], configuration of [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]], but was not included on the late 1988 / early 1989 configuration. | '''We Got The Power''' was included on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1988]], configuration of [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]], but was not included on the late 1988 / early 1989 configuration. | ||
− | It was briefly considered for use on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album, and was used in the background of an early unreleased trailer for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie (with the [[19 (Jailbait)|Batman Theme]]). The chant of "hey, we got the power, oh, we got the soul, hey we got the sho'nuff get off to make the devil go go" was used in [[Batdance]]. | + | The main lyrics and melody of the verses are re-used from [[Call Of The Wild]], recorded in late July 1985. It was briefly considered for use on the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album, and was used in the background of an early unreleased trailer for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie (with the [[19 (Jailbait)|Batman Theme]]). The chant of "hey, we got the power, oh, we got the soul, hey we got the sho'nuff get off to make the devil go go" was used in [[Batdance]]. Similarly, the chant "hey, we got the power, oh, we got the soul" was used in [[Carmen Electra]]’s [[Power From Above]]. |
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− | + | The track mentions some of [[Prince]]’s band members from the time; "Joshua" (referring to [[Atlanta Bliss]], and "Junior" ([[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]) , and mentions "an angel" for a drummer ([[Sheila E.]]’s name in the original [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie script was "Angel"), which may be a reason the track wasn’t used once the group disbanded. A page of sheet music with the title '''Dance With Power (Dance With Soul)''' was included in the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie, which the character Aura (played by [[Ingrid Chavez]]) looks over (other song titles shows are [[God Is Alive|God Is Alive (God Is Love)]], [[Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]], [[Love Is Everywhere]] and [[The Spiritual World]]). Additionally, [[Prince]] refers to the unreleased track [[The Grand Progression]] (also planned for the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge movie]] and [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|album]]) by asking "is the progression grand?" (he refers to [[The Grand Progression]] similarly in [[F.U.N.K.]]). [[We Got The Power]] (or [[We Got The Power|Dance With Power (Dance With Soul)]]) was not included on any known configuration of the [[Album:_Graffiti_Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] album. The track remains unreleased. | |
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− | The track mentions some of [[Prince]]’s band members from the time; "Joshua" (referring to [[Atlanta Bliss]], and "Junior" ([[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]) , and mentions "an angel" for a drummer ([[Sheila E.]]’s name in the original [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie script was "Angel"), which may be a reason the track wasn’t used once the group disbanded. | + | |
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− | Additionally, [[Prince]] refers to the unreleased track [[The Grand Progression]] by asking "is the progression grand?" (he refers to [[The Grand Progression]] similarly in [[F.U.N.K.]]). The track remains unreleased. | + | |
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