"Starstruck little fool," right? Didn't he write it about some movie star?

uhh...himself, maybe?

Natasha/ Vagina sucking a..., oh sorry Ian

You would have to ask Jill Jones.

"Baby You're a Trip" is written by her, on her album
co-produced by Prince.

EchoOfMySoul said:

that's debatable.

EchoOfMySoul said:

No - it's written by Prince. As with other projects e.g. Sheila E, The Time, credits were often given to the artist, someone else, or behind an alter ego. The song is registered as a Prince composition.

oh, nevermind:

http://www.geocities.com/...round.html

Not to get all Bart on you, but Per sez:

Jill and Prince investigated a wealth of songs from his back catalogue, including "No Call U," "My Baby Knows How To Love Me," "There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool," and "Boom, Boom, Can’t U Feel The Beat Of My Heart." Most of the tracks came from the 1981-82 period and were written from a female point of view. They also pulled out a song called "Baby, You’re A Trip," which had been recorded during the same Sunset Sound sessions that produced the 1999 track "Lady Cab Driver," on which Jill appeared. Jill replaced Prince’s vocal on the song. "Prince was blown away by Jill’s vocals on ‘Baby, You’re A Trip,’ recalls Rogers. "She’s a professional. He was very impressed with her voice. Jill is incredibly talented. The woman can sing!" Some of the songs were sent to Clare Fischer for orchestrations, including "Baby, You’re A Trip," "G-Spot," and "Mia Bocca," which was featured briefly as an instrumental in Under The Cherry Moon."

Jill Jones’ self-titled album was eventually released on Paisley Park records on May 26th 1987, almost four years after work had commenced on the project. Prince was listed as co-writer with Jill on four tracks ("Mia Bocca," "G-Spot," "All Day, All Night" and "For Love"), while Jill took credit to three songs ("Baby, You’re A Trip," "My Man" and "Violet Blue"). The remaining track, "With You," was a cover of the Prince song from 1979.

The songs attributed to Jill were copyrighted to White Fox Publishing. Much like the case with Prince’s previous side projects, however, his involvement in Jill’s record was much more substantial that the public was led to believe. He was in fact the sole writer of all the tracks on the album. The "co-written" songs (and "With You" are copyrighted as Prince compositions and the songs attributed to Jill on the album sleeve are registered at ASCAP’s copyright office as being written by Joey Coco. Jill and David Rivkin were listed as producers on five tracks of the album and Jill with Prince on three songs.

Prince’s lyrics even make an obvious reference to one of his earlier songs when Jill sings that, according to her man, the problem is not him, but rather what is in her diet, because "something in the water don’t compute."

yes, I probably should have looked it up. Thanks, all.

My baby's a trip.



And a half...

You know, while that article settles the Jill Jones debate, I still don't know who Prince wrote it for. Anybody know?

tommyalma said:

Just got back from that poopcannon site.

What a trip!

Very interesting.

Don't care who wrote it, it's bloody brilliant, one of my all time faves. Put it on in the car and sing my heart out (badly I might add)

col said:

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I love that song as well, it is a Trip 1/2