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{{song-2|
|song name                 = Zannalee
|single image              = [[File:Chaosanddisorder_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Chaos And Disorder]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] </small>
|performer                 = [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 6|6 March 1995]] - [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] VHS (video version)<br>
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1996]] - [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] album (audio version)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|previous song             = [[You’re Such A Fox]]
|next song                 = [[Zebra With The Blonde Hair]]
|introduction              = '''Zannalee''' is the sixth track on [[Prince]]’s 18th album [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] (his second to be released using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), but, in early 1995, a short instrumental rehearsal version of the track was included (as '''Zannalee (Prelude)''') as the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s VHS release [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]].

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in mid to late May 1993 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Space]], [[Pope]], [[Strays Of The World]], [[What’s My Name]], [[Interactive]], [[Solo]], and an updated recording of [[Race]]). This initial version was used for the track’s video, which was shown before concerts on [[The Ultimate Live Experience]] tour in early 1995. Overdubs and additional recording took place at a later date (most likely in April 1996, at [[South Beach Studios]], Miami Beach, Florida). For unknown reason, a line from the original version (''"2 get them in the mood, I give them some cherry wine / Then we watch a movie, one of them dirty kind"'') was omited with the second the part ''"2 get them in the mood, I give them some cherry wine"'' repeated twice at the beginning of the second verse. In the [[Video: Zannalee|unreleased video]], the ''dirty kind'' movie is illustrated by a videotape of the French 1986 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue Betty Blue].

The rehearsal version included as the fifth track on the [[Album: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] album (which was ultimately abandoned, but released on home video as [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]]) was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (along with versions of [[The Ride]], [[Poorgoo]], [[Honky Tonk-Woman]], [[Bambi]], [[The Undertaker]] and [[Dolphin]], the day before recording [[Calhoun Square]]).

It is not known if the names "Zannalee" and "Fendi" refer to anyone in particular, or if they simply characters for the song.
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Mid-late May 1993
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_14|14 June 1993]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Rehearsal recording
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = April 1996 (assumed)
|studio                    = [[South Beach Studios]],<br>Miami Beach, FL, USA (assumed)
|additional info           = Additional recording and overdubs on the May 1993 version
}}
|recording personnel       =
'''Chaos And Disorder version'''
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards
*[[Morris Hayes]] - keyboards
<br>
'''The Undertaker version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Michael B.]] - drums
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass guitar
|released versions         =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Zannalee'''
|2= 2:43
|3= [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]]
|4= Studio
|5= 
}}
}}
|video versions            = 
{{SongVideo|
|video versions            = 
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Zannalee (Prelude)''' 
|2= 0:44
|3= [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] VHS/laserdisc
|4= Studio rehearsal
|5= See [[Home Video: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] for more details
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Zannalee''' 
|2= 2:53
|3= Unreleased
|4= Promo video
|5= See [[Video: Zannalee|Zannalee]] video for more details
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming     = 
{{SongBroadcast|
|broadcasts, streaming     = 
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Zannalee'''
|2= T.B.C.
|3= Live performance TV broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [[09_July 1996|9 July 1996 (mat.), The Today Show, Plaza outside NBC TV Studios, GE Building, New York, NY, USA]]
}}
}}
}}
|unreleased versions       = 
{{SongUnreleased|
|unreleased versions       = 
{{Unreleased|
|line=
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Zannalee'''
|2= Studio
|3= Original version (used for the [[Video: Zannalee|video]])
}}
}}
}}
|sampled in                =
|first live appearance     = [[17_April 1993-am|17 April 1993 (a.m.): Glam Slam, Los Angeles, California]] <br>
* [[09_July 1996|9 July 1996 (mat.), The Today Show, Plaza outside NBC TV Studios, GE Building, New York, NY, USA]]
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1993|1993]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1996|1996]]
|trivia                    = 
|see also                  = [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]] album
* [[Album: The Undertaker|The Undertaker]] unreleased album
* [[Video: Zannalee|Zannalee]] video
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Recorded 1993]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}