man i've always loved this song..i remember back in '87 i had a cassette copy of the Camille album

:mregreen: i was hooked up even back then, it blew my mind...actually, i still think i have that old maxell cassette

that song !! So damn Funky,the 12' and extended versions R even better !!!

Something 'bout your body baby really get me hot
I'm sweating girl and it's all because of U
I don't want your credit cards or anything U got
Feel U up is all I wanna do
What do U say?
[Edited 11/27/07 5:34am]

Classic track!...12" version is rediculous!!

IrrisistableRich said:

Wasn't that 12' version a little difficult to get through the door let alone play on the turntable?

It was track 2 to The Arms Of Orion. I have it on 3" cd single. Yes 3". You had to have an adapter to play in on some cd players. When I first heard it it blew me away. I didn't how how to take it. Then on second play I just loved it and still do to this day. Such a hidden gem.

langebleu said:

Yeah well 12'/12" I guess size does matter !!!

This is the song that turned me into Prince addict!

I was 16 at the time and the hormones was jumping like a NY club on a saturday night!

Still love this song with a passion!

That beginning beat kills me...

kick-boom, kick-boom, k-k-k-kick boom...

I have never heard the 12-inch version, but it is indeed a little gem (very funky, but poppy also, melodywise).

I often consider the "camille-period" (1987 - 1989) as a sort of rennaissance of the electofunk-days of 1999. And this song is sure proof of it.

I also love the sax-playing of Candy on it, such simple lines, but so effective in the overall arrangement of the song.
[Edited 11/28/07 5:24am]

The long version was hard to get if you were living in the USA. I believe it was only available on European releases. I have it on the German 12" and the UK 12" picture disc.Great track. If I recall correctly, I first heard it on a bootleg as a medley with an early version of "Irresistible bitch".

langebleu said:

Maybe it was the hinged 12' that played at 6 rpm?

to me 'feel u up' is just pure prince at his best. totally funky and totally different from anyone else....everything about it is just pure class.

Great track, top melody and hook and interesting production.

if only he could put a track out like this now, my faith would be restored, but I'm resigned to think he never will. shame.

Eric Leeds is on Sax, Candy didn't show up until 1988 and played on Partyman.

Well, Feel U Up was released as a single / 12-inch in 1989, and i have it as a single-cd with the liner notes saying: Saxophone - Candy Dulfer.

Riverpoet31 said:

The single was 'Partyman', on which Candy does play saxophone. The accompanying track / B-side was the older 'Feel U Up' which pre-dated Candy's involvement with Prince.

So, the liner notes on my cd-single are wrong, langeblue? lol

Riverpoet31 said:

The recording released in 1989 and subsequently featured on the 'Hits / The B Sides' dates from 1986 and was to have been included on the Camille album, around two years before he met Candy Dulfer.

So ... yes, if they suggest that she plays on 'Feel U Up' as opposed to 'Partyman'.