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Day and Prince attended the same high school in Minneapolis and in 1974, as teenagers, became bandmates in the band Grand Central. The band was managed by Morris' mother. [2] [3] Morris announced in 2022 that he would be releasing his final solo album Last Call and retiring after his 2023–2024 tour. [4]
The song has become a signature number for the band and continues to be played in every Time concert to this day. In addition, two additional live versions have since been released: one on Prince's Rave Un2 the Year 2000 DVD and one recorded at the House of Blues in 1998 for Morris Day's 2004 album It's About Time.
The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American funk rock band founded in Minneapolis in 1973. They contributed to the development of the Minneapolis sound, an eclectic fusion of funk, R&B, new wave, synth-pop and dance.
Morris Day and Jesse Johnson both contributed to writing the song. Day provided sexual lead vocals, animalistic sound effects and programmed the Linn LM-1 drum machine, and Johnson played guitar on the recording, while Prince played all the other instruments. [1] [2]
"777-9311" is the second track and lead single from The Time's second album, What Time Is It?. [2] Recorded for the album at Prince's home studio in May–June 1982, the song was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals.
James Henke of Rolling Stone, in a 3 out of 5 stars review, remarked "On his first solo album, former The Time singer Morris Day continues to play the role he perfected in Purple Rain that of the coolest, baddest dude around. Musically, this is uptempo R&B, not quite heavy on the synths as the Time's material was."
"Get It Up" is the debut single by American funk rock band the Time, from their 1981 self-titled debut album. Like most of the album, the song was recorded in Prince's home studio in April 1981, and was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince with Morris Day later adding his lead vocals. [1]
Jerome Benton (born September 19, 1962) is an American musical performer, backup dancer and comedic actor. He can be seen in music videos by Janet Jackson [1] and Prince, [2] but he is mostly known for his association with Morris Day [3] and The Time.