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style="text-align:left;font-size:2.5em;white-space:nowrap;padding:.1em;color:#795290;"><b>Erotic City</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <hr /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="35%" align="right" style="float:right;margin-right:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="5" width="100%" style="float:right;clear:right;margin-right:0.1em;margin-bottom:1em;background-color:#fff; border-left:1px solid #ccc;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="45%" colspan="4" valign="top" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy"><img src="/images/thumb/c/ce/Letsgocrazy_single.jpg/100px-Letsgocrazy_single.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/images/thumb/c/ce/Letsgocrazy_single.jpg/150px-Letsgocrazy_single.jpg 1.5x, /images/c/ce/Letsgocrazy_single.jpg 2x" /></a></span> <br /><small> single art for <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy">Let’s Go Crazy</a> </small> </td> <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides"><img src="/images/thumb/b/b3/Thehitsthebsides.jpg/117px-Thehitsthebsides.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="98" srcset="/images/thumb/b/b3/Thehitsthebsides.jpg/176px-Thehitsthebsides.jpg 1.5x, /images/thumb/b/b3/Thehitsthebsides.jpg/234px-Thehitsthebsides.jpg 2x" /></a></span> <br /><small> included on <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides">The Hits / The B-Sides</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="5%"> </th> <th width="95%" colspan="8" align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:#AB3E00;padding-top:2em;border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;">Song details </th></tr> <tr> <th width="5%"> </th> <td width="10%" colspan="1" valign="top"><b>Performer:</b> </td> <td width="85%" colspan="6" valign="top"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince_and_the_Revolution" title="Prince and the Revolution">Prince and the Revolution</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"><b>First Released:</b> </td> <td colspan="7" valign="top"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_18" title="Prince Vault:Selected anniversaries/July 18">18 July 1984</a> - <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy">Let’s Go Crazy</a> single </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Album(s):</b> </td> <td colspan="7" valign="top"><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides">The Hits / The B-Sides</a><br /> <p><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Girl_6" title="Album: Girl 6">Girl 6</a><br /> <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe" title="Album: Purple Rain Deluxe">Purple Rain <i>Deluxe Expanded Edition</i></a> <br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td valign="top"><b>Writer(s):</b> </td> <td colspan="7" valign="top"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> (credited to <a href="/index.php?title=Prince_and_the_Revolution" title="Prince and the Revolution">Prince and the Revolution</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td valign="top"><b>Producer(s):</b> </td> <td colspan="7" valign="top"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> (credited to <a href="/index.php?title=Prince_and_the_Revolution" title="Prince and the Revolution">Prince and the Revolution</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th width="5%"> </th> <th width="95%" colspan="7" align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:#AB3E00;padding-top:2em;border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;">Live Appearances </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th colspan="7" align="left">First and last live appearance: </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="7"> <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=07_June_1984" title="07 June 1984">7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/index.php?title=24_February_2016-2" title="24 February 2016-2">24 February 2016 (show 2): Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand</a> <small>(short interpolation in <a href="/index.php?title=U_Got_The_Look" title="U Got The Look">U Got The Look</a>) </small></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th colspan="7" align="left">Performed regularly on tour: </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="7"> <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Lovesexy_Tour" title="Lovesexy Tour">Lovesexy Tour</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th colspan="7" align="left">Performed occasionally in shows: </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td colspan="7"> <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=All_Concerts#1984" title="All Concerts">1984</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=All_Concerts#1999" title="All Concerts">1999</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=All_Concerts#2007" title="All Concerts">2007</a> <small>(as clip during sampler sets)</small></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="60%" style="float:left;clear:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="5" align="left" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <p><b>Erotic City</b> (full title copyrighted as <b>Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")</b>) was released as the b-side of the single <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy">Let’s Go Crazy</a>, the second single to be released from <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Purple_Rain" title="Album: Purple Rain">Purple Rain</a>, released worldwide. In early 1985, <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Erotic_City" title="Single: Erotic City">Erotic City</a> was also available as a promotional 12" single in the UK only. </p><p>In 1989, a CD single of <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Erotic_City" title="Single: Erotic City">Erotic City</a> was released in Germany. In 1993, it was included as the ninth track on <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides">The B-Sides</a> compilation (included as the third and final disc on <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides">The Hits / The B-Sides</a>). </p><p>In 1996, the song was also included as the seventh track on the soundtrack album <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Girl_6" title="Album: Girl 6">Girl 6</a> (a compilation of music by <a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> and associated artists for the movie <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_6">Girl 6</a>, directed by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee">Spike Lee</a>), and was also included as the third and final track on the accompanying CD single <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Girl_6" title="Single: Girl 6">Girl 6</a>. </p><p>The extended version, <b>Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")</b> was placed on an early version of the 2006 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records">Warner Bros.</a> compilation <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Ultimate" title="Album: Ultimate">Ultimate</a>, but <a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> asked for its removal, likely due to its explicit lyrics, and it was not on the final configuration. </p><p>Basic tracking took place on <a href="/index.php?title=Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_25" title="Prince Vault:Selected anniversaries/March 25">25 March 1984</a> at <a href="/index.php?title=Sunset_Sound" title="Sunset Sound">Sunset Sound</a>. </p><p>Although credited to <a href="/index.php?title=Prince_and_the_Revolution" title="Prince and the Revolution">Prince and the Revolution</a>, only <a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Sheila_E." class="mw-redirect" title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a> contributed to the track. </p><p><b>Erotic City</b> is notable as the first <a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> release to contain input from <a href="/index.php?title=Sheila_E." class="mw-redirect" title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a> although her album <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Glamorous_Life" title="Album: The Glamorous Life">The Glamorous Life</a>, mostly written, performed and produced by <a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a>, was released six weeks earlier. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="100%" style="float:left;clear:left;margin-bottom:.7em;background-color:#fff;"> <tbody><tr> <td><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1.5em"> <th colspan="3" align="left" style="color:#DE8300;">Recording Information <hr /> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="color:#AB3E00;padding-top:.7em;"><big>Recording Sessions</big> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr align="left" style="font-size:.9em;"> <th width="20%" align="left"><u>Date</u> </th> <th width="45%" align="left"><u>Studio</u> </th> <th width="35%" align="left"><u>Additional info</u> </th></tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_25" title="Prince Vault:Selected anniversaries/March 25">25 March 1984</a> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=Sunset_Sound" title="Sunset Sound">Sunset Sound</a>,<br />Hollywood, CA, USA </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Tracking </td></tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_4" title="Prince Vault:Selected anniversaries/April 4">4 April 1984</a> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=Sunset_Sound" title="Sunset Sound">Sunset Sound</a>,<br />Hollywood, CA, USA </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">vocal overdubs </td></tr> <tr align="left"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Mid July 1984 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=Sunset_Sound" title="Sunset Sound">Sunset Sound</a>,<br />Hollywood, CA, USA </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Remix </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="color:#AB3E00;padding-top:1.4em;"><big>Recording Personnel</big> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Prince" title="Prince">Prince</a> - all vocals and instruments, except where noted</li> <li><a href="/index.php?title=Sheila_E." class="mw-redirect" title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a> - co-lead vocals</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="100%" style="float:left;clear:left;margin-bottom:.7em;background-color:#fff;"> <tbody><tr> <td><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1.5em"> <th colspan="2" align="left" style="color:#DE8300;">Versions <hr /> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:#AB3E00;padding-top:.7em;"><big>Released Versions</big> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="100%" style="background-color:#fff;margin-bottom:.7em;font-size:.9em;"> <tbody><tr style="color:black"> <th width="30%" align="left"><u>Title</u> </th> <th width="7" align="left"><u>Length</u> </th> <th width="23%" align="left"><u>Released</u> </th> <th width="15%" align="left"><u>Version</u> </th> <th width="25%" align="left"><u>Additional info</u> </th></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City (Edit)</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">3:55 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy">Let’s Go Crazy</a> single<br /> <p><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides" title="Album: The Hits / The B-Sides">The Hits / The B-Sides</a><br /> <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Girl_6" title="Album: Girl 6">Girl 6</a><br /> <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Girl_6" title="Single: Girl 6">Girl 6</a> single </p> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Studio </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">a.k.a. <b>7" B-Side Edit</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City (7" B-Side Edit)</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">3:57 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe" title="Album: Purple Rain Deluxe">Purple Rain <i>Deluxe Expanded Edition</i> - Single Edits & B-Sides</a> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Studio </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Remastered 2017 </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">7:24 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Let%E2%80%99s_Go_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Single: Let’s Go Crazy">Let’s Go Crazy</a> single<br /> <p><a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Erotic_City" title="Single: Erotic City">Erotic City</a> single<br /> <a href="/index.php?title=Album:_His_Majesty%E2%80%99s_Pop_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Album: His Majesty’s Pop Life">His Majesty’s Pop Life</a><br /> <a href="/index.php?title=Single:_Girls_%26_Boys" title="Single: Girls & Boys">Girls & Boys</a> 12" single </p> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Extended version </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">7:24 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Purple_Rain_Deluxe" title="Album: Purple Rain Deluxe">Purple Rain <i>Deluxe Expanded Edition</i> - Single Edits & B-Sides</a> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Extended version </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Remastered 2017 </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City ("Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive")</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">7:20 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Tidal" title="Tidal">Tidal</a> stream<br /> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Extended version </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">slightly different from previously released version </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:#AB3E00"><big>Video Versions</big> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="100%" style="background-color:#fff;margin-bottom:.7em;font-size:.9em;"> <tbody><tr style="color:black"> <th width="30%" align="left"><u>Title</u> </th> <th width="7" align="left"><u>Length</u> </th> <th width="23%" align="left"><u>Released</u> </th> <th width="15%" align="left"><u>Version</u> </th> <th width="25%" align="left"><u>Additional info</u> </th></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b> Erotic City </b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">3:03 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Sheila_E." class="mw-redirect" title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a>: <a href="/index.php?title=Home_Video:_Live_Romance_1600" title="Home Video: Live Romance 1600">Live Romance 1600</a> VHS/laserdisc </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Live </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=08_March_1986" title="08 March 1986">8 March 1986, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">3:42 </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Home_Video:_Lovesexy_Live" title="Home Video: Lovesexy Live">Lovesexy Live 2</a> VHS </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Live </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=09_September_1988" title="09 September 1988">9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:white;color:black;"> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><b>Erotic City</b> </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">T.B.C. </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;padding-right:5px"><a href="/index.php?title=Album:_Sign_O%E2%80%99_The_Times_Deluxe" title="Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe">Sign O’ The Times <i>Super Deluxe Edition</i></a> DVD </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;">Live </td> <td style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"><a href="/index.php?title=31_December_1987" title="31 December 1987">31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:#AB3E00"><big>Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...</big> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="100%" style="background-color:#fff;margin-bottom:.7em;font-size:.9em;"> <tbody><tr style="color:black"> <th width="30%" align="left"><u>Title</u> </th> <th width="7" align="left"><u>Length</u> </th> <th width="23%" align="left"><u>Released</u> </th> <th width="15%" align="left"><u>Version</u> </th> <th width="25%" align="left"><u>Additional info</u> </th></tr> <tr 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