databank said:

Manic Monday is from 1983

And is basically a rewrite of "1999".

Xtraordinary said:

Maybe Prince feels like some of these songs were a little before their time. So it was best to let them simmer a bit in the vault until the timing was right.

I think all artists do that. Sometimes the time isn't right, or you feel that your baby isn't really finished or ready for the world, or you have to make choices because you can't use everythng you produced at once, or you want to keep some material for later times in case you'd need it, or you just remember that this unreleased something from earlier times would fit perfectly in this or that new project.

As a writer, i have a vault full of unpublished texts (finished or not), and that's totally on purpose. When i use something from it i sometimes decide to let people know, and some other times i decide to act as if it was a new baby, also depending on how reworked it is.

Jakeasaurus said:

whoa. What the hell is up with that MoneyMade character? That's a whole new level of crazy right there

Come on Jake....about as crazy as these staples you put in your lips.

databank said:

NouveauDance said:

Definately Pink Cashmere, it's from 1988.

What i'd love 2 know is if the released version's orchestra has been overdubbed in 1988 as Scififilmnerd suggests or if it was added in 93 for The Hits.

The strings were added for the 93 hits version..There were horns instead of strings in the 1988 version...

No offense, but I don't see a point to this thread..MANY artists use songs they wrote anywhere between a year or two or 20 if they've been writing long enough...on their albums. I know Michael Jackson did that, Madonna, Whitney...I can't remember the rest, but it is common. They might start writing a song, put it away cause they can't think of how to finish it, then sudenly the lights come on and they are able to...

lydiaravenswood said:

No offense, but I don't see a point to this thread..MANY artists use songs they wrote anywhere between a year or two or 20 if they've been writing long enough...on their albums. I know Michael Jackson did that, Madonna, Whitney...I can't remember the rest, but it is common. They might start writing a song, put it away cause they can't think of how to finish it, then sudenly the lights come on and they are able to...

You didn't read the original post.

Rinluv said:

databank said:

What i'd love 2 know is if the released version's orchestra has been overdubbed in 1988 as Scififilmnerd suggests or if it was added in 93 for The Hits.

The strings were added for the 93 hits version..There were horns instead of strings in the 1988 version...

It was keys not horns IIRC.

Scififilmnerd thinks the strings were added for the original Rave album in 88 but he says "assumed" so i guess he ain't sure. Do u have any info that supports the idea that it was added in 93?

Spinlight said:

Some known examples are:

"Love 4 1 Another" (1994) becoming "New World" on Emancipation (1996).

"Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful" (2006 sessions) released on LotusFlower (2009) with slightly altered title (sometimes considered misprint).

"The Question of U" (1985), "Joy In Repetition" (1986), "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" (1982), "We Can Funk" (1983), and "Still Would Stand All Time" (1988) for Graffiti Bridge (1990).

What are some others we might not know about/talk about often?

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Jakeasaurus said:

is that the blonde chick everyones talking about?

No. Said blonde chick is much older.

lydiaravenswood said:

No offense, but I don't see a point to this thread..

It's pretty self explanatory.

I think a couple of people are thinking there's some sort of nit-picking going on here or something (because of the word 'borrowing' in the thread title?) - this is just a discussion about older tracks appearing on albums years after they were first written, no one is saying this is bad or lazy.