The Question of U
~ Song
Annotation
The song started of as an instrumental committed to tape during the so-called “Paisley Jam” on 28 December 1985 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California with Sheila E., Levi Seacer, Jr. and Eric Leeds. It was the same session that also produced Madrid, Breathless, Slaughterhouse, U Just Can’t Stop, Run Amok, High Calonic and Mobile). At this point it was titled 12 Keys by Eric Leeds, who named all the tracks from the session.
Annotation last modified on 2024-07-21 19:44 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist, writer and arranger: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
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| publisher: | Controversy Music |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1985-12-28 – 1985-12-29 | 12 Keys | instrumental | Prince | 6:29 |
| 1986-07-06 – 1990-03 | The Question of U | Prince | 4:00 | |
| 1990-04 | The Question of U (rehearsal, 1990‐04) | Prince | 3:55 | |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 0:39 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990-07-22: The Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain) | instrumental and live | Prince | 0:39 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 0:39 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990-07-22: The Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain) | live | Prince | 8:22 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | live | Prince | 8:21 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | live | Prince | 8:30 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | live | Prince | 8:22 |
| 1990-07-22 | The Question of You (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 0:39 |
| 1990-07-24 | The Question of U (live, 1990‐07‐24: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | live | Prince | 0:39 |
| 1990-07-29 | The Question of U #1 (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain) | instrumental and live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1990-07-29 | The Question of U #1 (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain) | instrumental and live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1990-07-29 | The Question of U #2 (full band) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1990-07-29 | The Question of U #2 (full band) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain) | live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 1990-08-18 | The Question of U (live, soundcheck, 1990‐08‐18: Stade Charles-Ehrmann, Nice, France) | live | Prince | 1:35 |
| 1990-08-31 | The Question of U (live, 1990-08-31: The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Prince | 9:12 |
| 1990-08-31 | The Question of U (live, 1990-08-31: The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Prince | 7:31 |
| 1991-01-18 | Venus de Milo / The Question of U (medley) (live, 1991-01-18: Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live and medley | Prince | 3:44 |
| 1998-01-05 | The Question of U (live, 1998-01-05: Roberts Municipal Stadium, Evansville, IN, USA) | live | The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince) | 0:57 |
| 1998-12-24 | The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1998‐12‐24: Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands) | instrumental and live | Prince | 3:41 |
| 1998-12-27 | The Question of U (live, 1998-12-27: Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany) | instrumental and live | Prince | 3:01 |
| 1999 – 2000 | The Question of U (rehearsal, 1999‐2000: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | Prince | 6:04 | |
| 2002-10-26 | The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐26: VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark) | live | Prince | 3:57 |
| 2004-02-16 | The Question of U (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:24 |
| 2004-03-15 | The Question of U (live, 2004-03-15: Club Black, New York, NY, USA) | live | Prince & The New Power Generation | 4:04 |
| 2007-09-22 | The One (live, 2007‐09‐17: The O₂ Arena, London, UK) | instrumental and live | Prince | 9:08 |
| 2010-12-29 | The Question of U (instr.) (live, 2010‐12‐29: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | instrumental and live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 2011-05-13 | The Question of U / The One / U Will B (live, 2011‐05‐13: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | instrumental and live | Prince | ?:?? |
| 2015-05-19 | The Question of U / The One w/ Electric Man (live, 2015‐05‐19, 23:00: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Prince & 3rdEyeGirl | 7:45 |
| 2016-01-21 | The Question of U (instr.) (live, 2016‐01‐21, 23:00: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA) | instrumental and live | Prince | 1:26 |
| The Question of U | Prince | 4:04 | ||
| The Question of U | cover | Seela & Darwin | 2:55 | |
| The Question of U | cover and instrumental | Classic Metropolitan Orchestra | 4:59 | |
| The Question of U | Prince | 1:57 | ||
| The Question of U | cover | Jacob Young | 3:00 | |
| The Question of U | cover | The Margarets | 2:23 | |
| The Question of U (live) | live | Prince | 7:31 | |
| The Question of U (video) | Prince | 4:01 | ||
| The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐24: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain) | Prince | 8:30 | ||
| The Question of U #1 | Prince | 2:09 | ||
| The Question of U #2 | Prince | 2:01 | ||