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The song is sung as a duet with Apollonia Kotero, and was originally intended to be performed by Vanity but shortly before filming began on the movie Purple Rain, Vanity famously chose to quit participation in the film altogether when she was offered what appeared to be a lucrative contract with Motown Records exec Berry Gordy and began filming The Last Dragon (An early demo of the song exists ...
Prince's song "Take Me with U" featured vocals by Kotero, with help from Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones, and it reached #25 on the Billboard Top 40 chart in the United States. In 1985, Kotero left Prince's camp to appear on the series Falcon Crest, [3] playing Apollonia, the girlfriend of the character played by Lorenzo Lamas.
Nick DeRiso review of the song stated it includes repeated synth motifs combining parts of the main hook from The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "3rd Stone from the Sun" (a.k.a. "Third Stone from the Sun", written by Jimi Hendrix, from the 1967 album Are You Experienced), and Prince's own "Take Me with U". [4]
The song's album in question, The Gold Experience, was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide.
Prince, who was 45 years old at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, had released more groundbreaking and genre-defying hits than could be counted. It was a natural pairing of talent: Younger and older ...
"Let's Go Crazy" is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Purple Rain. It is the opening track on both the album and the film Purple Rain. "Let's Go Crazy" was one of Prince's most popular songs, and was a staple for concert performances, often segueing into other hits.
The song was released in two versions—the extended remix was released as the B-side to "Let's Go Crazy", while the edit (pitched nearly a key higher) was included on The Hits/The B-Sides. "Erotic City" was re-released on CD on The Hits/The B-Sides in 1993 and the Girl 6 soundtrack in 1996. The song can be heard in the Spike Lee film Girl 6.
Girl 6 is the soundtrack album to the Spike Lee film of the same name.All songs were written by Prince.It was released on March 19, 1996, by Warner Bros. Records.The album consists of mostly previously released songs from Prince and related artists such as the Family, Vanity 6, and the New Power Generation.