"Little Girl Wendy's Parade" was the original title to Christopher Tracy's Parade during the time that the lead-role in UTCM wasn't played by Prince but by Wendy (?).
When they decided that the part was going to be played by Prince, the title of the ..parade.. song was changed from 'Wendy's' to 'Christopher Tracy's'.

In Kiss, the lyrics still mention 'Little Girl Wendy's Parade'. These are the small gems that make it fun to be a Prince fan.

Here's the lyrics, so you can see:

Uh!

U don't have 2 be beautiful 2 turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk till dawn
U don't need experience 2 turn me out
U just leave it all up 2 me, I'm gonna show U what it's all about


CHORUS:
U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your . . . . . kiss


U got 2 not talk dirty, baby, if U wanna impress me
U can't be 2 flirty, mama, I know how 2 undress me (Yeah)
I want 2 be your fantasy, maybe U could be mine
U just leave it all up 2 me, we could have a good time


CHORUS


Yes, oh
I think I wanna dance, uh
Gotta, gotta, oh
Little Girl Wendy's Parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta


Women, not girls, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
U don't have 2 watch Dynasty 2 have an attitude, uh
U just leave it all up 2 me, my love will be your food (Yeah)


U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm compatible with!
I just want your extra time and your kiss

verrry interesting...

In fact, everytime I dance to that song, I sing the "Little Girl Wendy´s Parade"-line extra-loud, just to show off!

ChocolateInvasion said:

Mmmm. I'm not convinced (just as I know you're not - judging from the question mark) that it was ever the intention for the lead to be played by Wendy (or a character of that name).

I think it at least as likely that Prince wrote and recorded the song with 'Little Girl Wendy' in the title either because it wasn't originally planned for the film, or it was just a working title pending the decision to call the lead character, Christopher Tracy.

Nightcrawler said:

Clocking in at 40:52, I've never understood why another song from the film wasn't included on the album. When it came out, Parade was his shortest album since Controversy (37:11).

langebleu said:

Yea, the "Wendy was the lead" theory don't sound right...

Wendy as the lead in UTCM?? Never, EVER heard that theory before

I think it was just a little ditty using Wendy as the central name/character in the song, and Prince adapted it for the film/OST.

hmm...Wendy playing the Christopher Tracy-like character...

Does that mean that Prince was gonna play
the part of Mary Sharon?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Now you KNOW I gotta sing it loud and proud!
My daughter actually asked me if he sings that part for me...she can't comprehend that I don't actually know Prince or why I can't see him or talk to him when I have went to his concerts. When I called home from the Vegas concert, she wanted to know what Prince was doing.
Oh to be young and innocent again.

Oh! I always thought that line was:

"You could win this today..."

(and then the guitar solo)

BorisFishpaw said:

I wonder if Jerome woulda played Wendy's sidekick, or maybe Lisa woulda.
Boy,that would've been one "interesting" movie.

Doozer said:

Good call. As we all know, it woulda been cool if theyda put in Love or $.

I love Wendy! She makes me

mrdespues said:

Ha! On first listen, I thought he was saying

"You, girl, may lead the way..."

[guitar solo]

I have a bootleg CD where the song CTP is listed as LGWP!

Soapstone said:

That must be Charade then.
But sssttt, MrBliss doesn't like bootlegs

mrdespues said:

You're making a reference to 'Kiss' here aren't you?

Funny that UPTOWN say the lyric is "little girl Wendy's parade". On the other hand, the official lyric/score Parade book renders the line as : "U go in this parade".

So who's right?

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giotto said:

The score is right I think...at least, I'd take that over what a fan mag says. Hmmm...

Yes it is puzzling.

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[This message was edited Wed Mar 5 15:53:55 PST 2003 by mrdespues]

ChocolateInvasion said:

Now that one, I gotta see. Can you imagine : Wendy playing a hoar in the South of France, trying to get into the daughter of the richest man's pants? Can you picture Wendy making out with Mary in the telephone booth? I don't wanna picture it! I can't even begin to imagine it!

ChocolateInvasion said:

Yeah, you're obviously not a TRUE fan!

giotto said:

Where does the official lyric/score to Parade say this, Giotto? I have the official book for both Parade and The Hits, and I can't see any reference to the line 'U go in this Parade' in Kiss? Where am I missing this?