Been listening to this a lot lately.

Would love to hear a version with Prince on vocals.

Who's Drawers?!

ARock said:

Who's Drawers?!

MAH DRAWERS!

I used 2 like this one a lot back in 84 85 1980s

but if feels kind of light, not musically full like a lot of the PR tracks

like its missing something

Yeah, it's great. The lyrics are very different from anything that he'd put on his own album, so I doubt he ever seriously considered keeping it to himself. It's got a somewhat similar vibe to "Extraloveable", at least to my ears.

I love this song! I listen to it a lot still, and it still gets me dancing. The vocals are great on it too.

fantastic song, awesome guitar and vocal, but Prince didnt write it or play guitar.

vinx98 said:

fantastic song, awesome guitar and vocal, but Prince didnt write it or play guitar.

He did, it's just credited to Morris Day on the album.

TheDigitalGardener said:

vinx98 said:

fantastic song, awesome guitar and vocal, but Prince didnt write it or play guitar.

He did, it's just credited to Morris Day on the album.

how do you know?

vinx98 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

He did, it's just credited to Morris Day on the album.

how do you know?

http://www.princevault.co...My_Drawers

TheDigitalGardener said:

vinx98 said:

how do you know?

http://www.princevault.co...My_Drawers

So this is what I dont understand, how is it credited to Prince, firstly it says it was written under a pseudonym Jamie Starr, who credited it to Morris Day. First how is it known that Jamie Starr did this? and how could something like this be official? Either you wrote it, it appears with your name, or you didnt. If Prince had credited to Morris, how could it have been done under that psudonym?

Also, how does Princevault know that this actually happened? Do they have some paperwork?

The people at PV know their stuff. it's run/written by (some of) the same people behind The Vault/uptown, or it's based on info provided by them or something.

[Edited 10/13/12 8:22am]

People that have researched these matters have had discussions with the engineers and other people involved in the sessions. It's common knowledge by this point that Prince did most of the songs for The Time and the ones that he didn't do sound quite different from the rest anyway.

Love this song - the synth line reminds me of "If I Was Your Girlfriend"

Also the royalties go to Prince and they're registered to his publishing (or whatever it is) at ASCAP right?

vinx98 - All this credits stuff has been sorted out years back, you just have to kind of get with the program - princevault.com (as well as earlier sources like Uptown etc) is on the money.

NouveauDance said:

Also the royalties go to Prince and they're registered to his publishing (or whatever it is) at ASCAP right?

vinx98 - All this credits stuff has been sorted out years back, you just have to kind of get with the program - princevault.com (as well as earlier sources like Uptown etc) is on the money.

ASCAP has him listed as the writer for My Drawers, but The Time under performers.

This is the jam.

this is the best song on Ice Cream Castles,an album that I wasn't too crazy about.

SoulAlive said:

this is the best song on Ice Cream Castles,an album that I wasn't too crazy about.

I shocked you dont like it.

Its so damned energetic and rocking..and still remains funky/soulful. Big guitar riffs mixed with the souful synths...so hot imo.

Sounds like it would fit on Jesse Johnsons Review

SoulAlive said:

this is the best song on Ice Cream Castles,an album that I wasn't too crazy about.

Def. the best song on the record for me. I feel like it's cut from the same cloth as Sex Shooter.

vinx98 said:

fantastic song, awesome guitar and vocal, but Prince didnt write it or play guitar.

My drawers (4:08) [lyrics]
recorded January 1984 by [Prince] with [Morris Day] & [Jesse Johnson] at Sunset Sound [7] • performed by [Prince] (all instruments) with [Morris Day] (lead vocals) & [Jesse Johnson] (guitar) • final mixing January 1984 at Sunset Sound [7]
written by [Prince] (uncredited) • registered to [Prince] (as Jamie Starr)
finally released 1984 on the Album [Ice Cream Castle] • 1984 on the 12"-Single [The bird] • 1990 on the 7"-Single [Chocolate] • 1990 on the 12"-Single / CD-Single [Chocolate]

On 26th and 27th March 1983, during the 2nd leg of [Prince]'s "1999"-Tour, [Prince] spends two days at Hollywood Sunset Sound to work with [Morris Day] and [Jesse Johnson] on tracks for THE TIME's third album. This was the first time, that some members of band were involved in the production process. They cut Jungle love, My summertime thang and an impromptu jam entitled Cloreen bacon skin, which was only released by [Prince] on his 1998 [Crystal Ball] album. My summertime thang finally didn't make it on this release, but a re-recorded version surfaced on THE TIME's 1990 reunion album [Pandemonium].

From 14th to 22nd April 1983, the "1999"-Tour ends 4 only days before, [Prince] works with [Morris Day] and [Jesse Johnson] at Hollywood Sunset Sound again. Amongst other tracks they recorded Chili sauce, If the kid can't make you come and Chocolate. The last song didn't make it to this album too, but like My summertime thang, a reworked version turned up on the 1990 reunion album [Pandemonium].

On 19th April 1983, a song called Velvet kitty kat (sometimes also entitled as "Mink kitty kat") and on 20th April 1983, a ballad entitled My love belongs to you were recorded too. Both were previously unreleased until now.

On 18th April 1983, [Prince] called [Jimmy Jam] and [Terry Lewis] into Hollywood Sunset Sound, and told them, that they were both let go from THE TIME. The duo stays in Los Angeles at the same time and working on the S.O.S. Band project at Larrabee Studios in West Hollywood. On 16th May 1983 [Prince] appears at the 3rd annual Minnesota Music Awards at the Charlton Celebrity Room in Bloomington and was finally honored with six awards. He thanked Minneapolis for its support and ended the night with a 10-minute jam of "D.M.S.R." on borrowed equipment with a mix of members of his own band, [Morris Day], [Jesse Johnson] and Vanity 6. Later this night they performed a jam session at First Avenue in Minneapolis with [Jesse Johnson] on drums and Sue Ann Carwell singing the lead vocals. Also in May 1983 [Prince], THE TIME and Vanity 6 starts preparations for the "Purple Rain" motion picture project. A warehouse in St. Louis Park, a Minneapolis suburb, was rented for band rehearsals and dancing and acting classes. [Prince] also installed most of his recording equipment and this warehouse becomes his new home studio for about 12 months. The line-up of THE TIME finally underwent some more changes. [Monte Moir] made the decision to leave the band when he heard, that [Jimmy Jam] and [Terry Lewis] had been let go by Prince. [Terry Lewis] was replaced on bass by [Rocky Harris], a local musician who knew [Jesse Johnson]. The replacements for [Jimmy Jam] and [Monte Moir] on keyboards were found in [Paul Peterson], a member of Twin-Cities first family in jazz and [Mark Cardenas], a Los Angeles native, who had been working in jazz-rock fusion circles in Minneapolis a few years before. On 4th October 1983, the new THE TIME line-up premiered live at First Avenue in Minneapolis. [Jerome Benton] introduced the show, enlisting the help of several bikini-clad models. He also did a soul-preacher routine, begging the audience for donations and passing a plate through the audience for their contributions to a charity fund. THE TIME played an 8-song set that includes two at this time previously unknown tracks - Jungle love and The bird. The concert was taped professional with a mobile recording unit and the live-version of The bird finally ended up on THE TIME's third album [Ice Cream Castle]. Despite a wildly receptive audience, this concert was filled with tension and it was obvious, that [Morris Day] was beginning to loose interest in the band. At the end of the show he stormed off the stage, bypassed the dressing room, and charged out the stagedoor to his Porsche. The confused band members remained behind for a somewhat tainted celebration. [Morris Day] was very dissatisfied with [Prince]'s firm control of THE TIME and the hand-picked additions to the band. Despite achieving a big commercial success with the previously two albums of THE TIME, he was also still seeing very little money for his work. The shooting to the "Purple Rain" motion picture starts on 1st November 1983. The new bass player [Rocky Harris] showed up late for the first day of filming and was replaced by [Prince] with [Jerry Hubbard], from a noted Twin-Cities musical family, immediately. [Morris Day] was very uncooperative and chronically late to all rehearsals and filmings. He and [Prince] hardly talked with each other during the whole shooting of the movie. At one day of filming both ended up in a real fistfight and [Jellybean Johnson] had to break it up. It was evident, that they both would soon be going their separate ways without each other.

Starting on 27th December 1983, [Prince] relocates for four months to Los Angeles for some additional shootings to the "Purple Rain" motion picture and extensive recording sessions for his own "Purple Rain" album, and a new project called Apollonia 6 at Hollywood Sunset Sound. In January 1984 he also finished the work for THE TIME's third album by recording Ice cream castles and My drawers. Tricky, that appeared as the 7inch b-side of Ice cream castles, was recorded with [Morris Day] shortly thereafter in February 1984.

On 8th June 1984, THE TIME, led by [Jesse Johnson], performed Jungle love live on the 3rd annual Minnesota Black Music Awards at the Prom Center in St. Paul. [Morris Day] wasn't present at this event and his conspicuous absence sparked rumors, that THE TIME had broken up. In late June 1984 [Morris Day] was definitely no longer interested to continuing his work with THE TIME, has moved to Santa Monica in Los Angeles (CA) and severed ties with [Prince]'s camp and his management team. Their departures weren't announced officially until after the premiere of the "Purple Rain" motion picture. Without [Morris Day], it was basically [Jesse Johnson] who leads the band. [Prince] initially wanted continue THE TIME by installing [Paul Peterson] as new frontman and lead-singer, but [Jesse Johnson] rejected this idea. After failed attempts to convince [Morris Day] to return to Minneapolis, all come to the conclusion, that THE TIME was history.

I have my reasons for beleiving Prince didnt write MY Drawers, but havent got tim now to go into it - will do at some point in the future

Disintegration

When it came to record The Time's third album, Ice Cream Castle, Prince's control was less firm than on previous albums with the group. This time, group members actually played on the record, and Morris Day and Jesse Johnson had a part in writing several songs.

However, there were dissensions in the studio, and guitarist Jesse Johnson, who was strongly involved in the project, was disappointed in Prince's strong control over the group, "He only let me write and produce on the last Time album because he knew I was quitting, and when I quit anyway he took my production credit off. I wrote, played and produced stuff like 'Jungle Love.'"

In April of 1984, after the album was completed, Morris Day left Minneapolis to settle down in Santa Monica, California. This was the beginning of the end for The Time. Jesse Johnson had already decided to leave the group and Morris was more interested in pursuing a solo career. Their departures weren't announced officially until after the premiere of Purple Rain.

According to a 1984 record at the US Copyright Office, there are two entries for My Drawers:

Item 1

My drawers.

Item 2

My drawers.

Look at the dates. Basically, the original entry at the USCO had Prince (as Jamie Starr) as the author. But this was changed three months later to note Morris Day as the author.

Whether Morris or Prince wrote it, only they know. But Prince (apparently) wanted to make sure Morris got paid.

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times.

"One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

"Jamie Starr is an engineer, the coproducer of our record. Of course he's real," says Morris Day, whose band now outplays whoever it was on the first Time record.

But if there is a Jamie Starr, why can't he be reached?

Manager Steve Fargnoli says it's because he's "in and out of Minneapolis,"

because he's "a reclusive maniac" (like Prince)

and because "it could be months before I see him."

Can he be reached by phone? "No."

Well, you wouldn't need to call him over to Prince's home studio if he's already there.

"Prince is Jamie Starr" says former Warner Bros. artist and fellow Minneapolitan Sue Ann (Carwell), who has been a friend of Prince's for years -- ever since he wrote and produced her first demo tape. Others who are close to Prince also say that he is Jamie Starr, but they refuse to be quoted in print. But, says one, "everybody knows who's the main man behind everything."

I love this song, very catchy....reminds me a bit of We Can Funk.

[Edited 10/15/12 14:07pm]

If you search the ASCAP website for WorkID 430358393, it comes up as a Prince composition.

https://www.ascap.com/Hom...index.aspx

My Drawers

Baby, when we go out, I got clout
Cuz I'm your number one body rocker
Fellas? (Yeah?) She'll make U scream, your insides shout
But let me tell U what it's all about

CHORUS:
She's mine, all mine
I'm her number one body rocker all of the time
She's mine, all mine
U better find a brand new bag cuz these is my drawers

Slap me!
My drawers
Baby, mmm

Baby, I'm so ashamed cuz I'm all aflame
I mean U've got my body hot
Fellas? (Yeah?) She's so fast, U'd never last
U couldn't deal with the funk she's got

CHORUS

Oh baby, this is your number one
Yes, I know U're young
But we could have so much fun
Jesse, if U could play guitar
I'll warm up the car
And me and this girl can see the sun rise

Hey, hey, hey, hey! Whose drawers? (Your drawers) {x2}

U're mine, all mine
I'm your number one body rocker all of the time

Whose drawers? (Your drawers) {x4}
(Whose drawers?) My drawers, huh
Whose drawers? (Your drawers)

She's mine, all mine
I'm her number one body rocker all of the time

Whose drawers? (Your drawers)

She's mine (she's mine), all mine (all mine)
U better find a brand new bag cuz these is my drawers
Take it home

Hey, hey, hey, hey!