pretty dope. should have replaced Jughead on the album

pretty dope. should have replaced Jughead on the album

I love this song. As a B-Side to the regular "Gett Off" and "Cream" singles, it's one of the early provocations toward my Prince fandom. Sadly I don't have it now. I'm afraid of ordering any singles that might have it, because I know I'll probably get jipped into re-buying the still pretty common maxi-singles that I already have.

Anyone know a reliable and reasonable way to track down this track? I suppose I can always move past my cynisism and trust an Amazon seller.

The D&P album came out when my brother, my best friend and I were in college.

I remember the three of us flipping out over how fun this song was and wondering how the heck it didn't make the album while songs like Jughead, Live For Love and Push did.

I think I read on a thread here a while back that most people find that this song is either too silly or downright awful.

Other than the cheesy keyboard sound that should have been replaced with real horns, I think it's a ton of fun and really enjoy it.

Fenwick said:

while I'll agree that it should be on there instead of Jughead, it's not better than the other 2 you mentioned (though Push is only marginally better). ideally, neither would be on there and a couple of other songs would be cut to make for a really top-notch 10 track album.

to me, the length of CD's did more damage to albums than the the download age.

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In stock at $8.99

squirrelgrease said:

good luck getting them to answer a question, though. i used to buy from them all the time, years ago. came across their site a couple weeks ago and inqired about one of their discs, and haven't heard back. wait, no, i have. they put me on their mailing list. but still didn't answer my question.

If I'm not mistaken didn't the NPG Music Club release one version of this song?

If I'm not mistaken didn't the NPG Music Club release one version of this song?

About the song

Horny Pony was released as the b-side of the single Gett Off, the first single to be credited to Prince & The New Power Generation. It was also included as the b-side of the following single, Cream, and was included, with a computerized spoken intro, as part of NPG Music Club Edition 7 in August, 2001.

Basic tracks were recorded on 11 September, 1990 at Paisley Park Studios (during the same session as Fancy Dancer, Jughead, The Flow and a reworked version of Something Funky (This House Comes)) within hours of returning to the USA from the Nude Tour in Japan. The track was placed on the Diamonds And Pearls album during various configurations, and was also included on an acetate of a Gett Off EP, which was aborted soon after compilation. Horny Pony was replaced on the Diamonds And Pearls album by Gett Off in June, 1991, but the track is still mentioned in the rap portion of Push (along with other songs on the album), and is printed on the corresponding tracklist on the packaging's back cover (quoted from Push). After being removed from the album, Horny Pony was then included on the Gett Off single.

11 September, 1990 - Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA - Initial tracking of Gett Off

Summer, 2001 (assumed) - Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) - Computerized intro addition

Musicians

Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted

Levi Seacer Jr. - rhythm guitar and backing vox (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Tommy Barbarella - purpleaxxe sampler, other various keys and sex symbol (credited as part of
The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Sonny T. - bass and backing vox (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Rosie Gaines - co-lead backing vox, purpleaxxe sampler and organ (credited as part of The New
Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Michael B. - drums (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Tony M. - lead raps and backing vox (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Kirk Johnson - backing vox and percussion (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Damon Dickson - backing vox and percussion (credited as part of The New Power Generation - involvement uncertain)

Versions

Horny Pony - 4:18 - Gett Off single - Cream single - Studio

Horny Pony - 4:26 - NPG Music Club Edition 7 MP3 download - Computerized spoken intro before complete track as above

Quotations and trivia

The song is not related in any way to Horny Toad, other than that they are both b-sides.
Horny Pony is printed on the tracklist on the Diamonds And Pearls album's back cover, overlaid with "Gett Off", which replaced it.

PurpleLove7 said:

the regular version. but with a music club narrator segue before it starts.

Basic tracks were recorded on 11 September, 1990 at Paisley Park Studios (during the same session as Fancy Dancer,

I dig the weird noise that Prince makes towards the end of this song.

errant said:

There you go being more concise and shit.