Prince composed "Eternity". I have the Sheena Easton EMI single and album (CD) from which it appears in the liner notes. The same applies to Chaka Khan's version which appears on her 1988 Warner Bros album - C.K.

From the Sheena Easton CD liner notes NO SOUND BUT A HEART (EMI Records)

ETERNITY

Composed by Prince

Produced and engineered by: David Leonard

Recorded at: Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Egineer: David Knight

Mixed at: Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Engineer: Bino Espinoza

Vocal Arrangements: Randy Petersen

Production Coordinator: Lorraine Rebidas

Keyboards/synthesizers: Randy Waldman

Cello: Todd Hemmingway

Keyboards/synthesizers: Jeffery Kim Bullard

Keyboards: Rocker Happyfeller

Guitar: Freddie "The Phantom"

Wowugotit said:

Prince composed "Eternity". I have the Sheena Easton EMI single and album (CD) from which it appears in the liner notes. The same applies to Chaka Khan's version which appears on her 1988 Warner Bros album - C.K.

From the Sheena Easton CD liner notes NO SOUND BUT A HEART (EMI Records)

ETERNITY

Composed by Prince

Produced and engineered by: David Leonard

Recorded at: Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Egineer: David Knight

Mixed at: Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Engineer: Bino Espinoza

Vocal Arrangements: Randy Petersen

Production Coordinator: Lorraine Rebidas

Keyboards/synthesizers: Randy Waldman

Cello: Todd Hemmingway

Keyboards/synthesizers: Jeffery Kim Bullard

Keyboards: Rocker Happyfeller

Guitar: Freddie "The Phantom"

Another cryptic statement WHAT same applies?

Thanks for the detailed credits, though

they both say composed by Prince, thats all.

From The Vault - Per Nilsen

George Clinton was working with former Miss America Vanessa Williams on an album project and had contacted

Prince’s organisation to enquire whether Prince would be interested in submitting some material for the record. Prince

gave him “Euphoria Highway” and “Eternity,” taped at Sunset Sound in December 1985. Clinton’s project with Williams

never got off the ground, however, and “Euphoria Highway” was consigned to the vault while “Eternity” was later submitted

to Sheena Easton, who released it in 1987 on No Sound But A Heart.

RELEASE DATE: JULY 1987

Eternity

The second Sheena Easton album to feature Prince’s involvement, No Sound But A Heart included “Eternity,” a song

Prince recorded in December 1985 and first offered to George Clinton for a recording project he was working on with Vanessa

Williams. Easton used the basic tracks of Prince’s original recording of the song, only replacing his vocal. Prince was credited as

songwriter, but not as musician. Instead, “Rocky Happyfeller” was listed as keyboard player and “Freddie The Phantom” as guitarist.

The CK album includes Prince’s “Sticky Wicked” and her take on “Eternity,” previously released by Sheena Easton

(considered a cover version since Easton’s version was released first). Prince recorded “Sticky Wicked” at Paisley Park in June

1988. Horns were added by Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss before the track was sent to Khan. She asked Miles Davis to add a

trumpet solo. Hence, the track features the first-ever collaboration on record between Prince and Davis although they never

worked together on the track in the studio. ”Sticky Wicked” is a rudimentary funk

Consider PrinceVault's updated takes on the above as more reliable due to other facts/info coming to light after Per's publication.

databank said:

squirrelgrease said:

I think the confusion being displayed about Eternity can be cleared up this way. Maybe:

Sheena Easton - Eternity: Prince wrote, produced and performed on the track, though he used proprietary pseudonyms for the release.

Chaka Khan - Eternity: Prince of course wrote the song, but production and performances on the track were done by other artists.

Yeah that's pretty much that. Chaka's version is a cover of a Prince song so yeah of course he WROTE it, but when I said he had nothing to do with it I meant that he wasn't involved in this recording. If I cover a Prince song tomorrow and release it on my album, u can safely claim that Prince has nothing to do with it, and it won't be included on Princevault.com, because Prince just doesn't chose who covers his songs and how they cover them, and therefore covers cannot by any mean be included in his discography.

I see your point now.

From the CD liner notes...

From the album C.K. by Chaka Khan (Warner Bros Records)

Eternity (words and music by Prince)

Arranged by: David Frank

David Frank: Keyboards, Synth, and Drum Programming

Ron Skies: Additional Keyboards and Drum Programming

Russ Titelman: Additional Drum Programming

Did not know that Taja used 2b Prince's girlfriend. When did they date and are there any pictures of them 2gether? I LOVE Sugar Walls, such a nasty song!

They were both good. Cool Love is my cut for real.

JonnyApplesauce said:

They were both good. Cool Love is my cut for real.

Loved Prince's production and guitar playing on Sheena Easton's "Cool Love" track.