Girl 6 (album)

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Girl 6
Girl 6 cover
Soundtrack by Prince
Released March 19, 1996
Recorded 1982–1996
Genre Pop, Rock, Funk
Length 61:13
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s) Prince
Professional reviews
Prince chronology
The Gold Experience
(1995)
Girl 6
(1996)
Chaos and Disorder
(1996)


Girl 6 is an album by Prince released on March 19, 1996 (see 1996 in music). The album is a soundtrack to the Spike Lee film of the same name. Girl 6 consists of mostly previously released songs from Prince and related artists such as The Family, Vanity 6, and the New Power Generation. The three previously unreleased tracks are "She Spoke 2 Me" (recorded in 1991/1992), "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" (recorded in 1992, during sessions for the proposed I'll Do Anything soundtrack) and "Girl 6", which was newly recorded for the soundtrack.

The title track was released as a single, backed with "Nasty Girl" from Vanity 6.

Contents

[edit] Song descriptions

[edit] Previously unreleased tracks

"She Spoke 2 Me" is a jazzy number, recorded with the NPG in 1991/1992, possibly for the Love Symbol album. The lightweight song is delivered in falsetto vocals and features the NPG horn section. The song was later released in an extended version on 1999's The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale that extends the song with several minutes of jazzy instrumentations. "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" was recorded in 1992 for the proposed I'll Do Anything soundtrack. Prince was commissioned to write the soundtrack for the film (a musical comedy at that time) and the film's actors were to sing his songs. In an early screening, the film was heavily panned. As a result, the film was re-done as a non-musical and Prince's music was pulled. The track is a gentle number, originally set for a mother to be sung to her daughter. The ballad features little more than piano, and was delivered in falsetto. The newly written "Girl 6" is a poppy number with elements of hip-hop such as scratching and sampling (bits from the film, as well as Prince hits). The lyrics describe the film's lead character and were delivered by Prince with Nona Gaye. The song was credited to the New Power Generation, with music by Tommy Barbarella and lyrics by Prince.

[edit] Other tracks

"Pink Cashmere" was a single from The Hits/The B-Sides in 1993. "Erotic City" was a Purple Rain-era B-side from 1984, also released on The Hits/The B-Sides. "Hot Thing", "Adore", and "The Cross" were all lifted from 1987's Sign "☮" the Times. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" was a B-side from 1982 and was also collected on The Hits/The B-Sides.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "She Spoke 2 Me" – 4:19
  2. "Pink Cashmere" – 6:15
  3. "Count the Days" by the New Power Generation – 3:26
  4. "Girls & Boys" – 5:31
  5. "The Screams of Passion" by The Family – 5:27
  6. "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 – 5:14
  7. "Erotic City" – 3:55
  8. "Hot Thing" – 5:41
  9. "Adore" – 6:31
  10. "The Cross" – 4:46
  11. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" – 3:55
  12. "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" – 3:11
  13. "Girl 6" by the New Power Generation – 4:04

[edit] Singles and Hot 100 positions

"Girl 6"
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"Girl 6"
  1. "Girl 6"
  2. "Nasty Girl"


[edit] See also

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Prince
Studio albums
For You | Prince | Dirty Mind | Controversy | 1999 | Purple Rain | Around the World in a Day
Sign “☮” the Times | Lovesexy | Diamonds and Pearls | Image:Prince symbol.svg (Love Symbol)
Come | The Black Album | The Gold Experience | Chaos and Disorder | Emancipation | The Truth
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic | The Rainbow Children | One Nite Alone... | Musicology | 3121
Soundtracks
Purple Rain | Parade | Batman | Graffiti Bridge | Girl 6
Live albums
One Nite Alone... Live!
Instrumental albums
Kamasutra | Xpectation | N.E.W.S
Internet albums
Xpectation | The Chocolate Invasion | The Slaughterhouse
Hits collections and compilations
The Hits/The B-Sides | Crystal Ball | The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale | The Very Best of Prince | Ultimate
EPs
The Beautiful Experience | 1999: The New Master
Films
Purple Rain | Under the Cherry Moon | Sign “☮” the Times | Graffiti Bridge
Related articles
The Revolution | New Power Generation | The Time | Madhouse | Vanity 6 | Apollonia 6 | Mazarati | Unreleased Prince projects
Top 10 singles (U.S. Hot 100)
"Little Red Corvette" | "Delirious" | "When Doves Cry" | "Let's Go Crazy" | "Purple Rain"
"I Would Die 4 U" | "Raspberry Beret" | "Pop Life" | "Kiss" | "Sign “☮” the Times" | "U Got the Look"
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" | "Alphabet St." | "Batdance" | "Thieves In the Temple"
"Cream" | "Diamonds and Pearls" | "7" | "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
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