“Take Me With U” by Prince

"Take Me with U" was the last American single pulled from Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution's 1984 album, and the duet with Apollonia Kotero very nearly belonged to someone else. It was first meant for Vanity, but she quit the Purple Rain film shortly before the cameras rolled, lured away by a Motown deal with Berry Gordy and a part in The Last Dragon; a demo with her vocal still circulates among collectors. Next it was earmarked for the Apollonia 6 album, until Prince moved it onto the soundtrack and trimmed the suite-like "Computer Blue" to make room.

He played most of it himself, from bass, drums and drum machine to acoustic guitar, synthesizer and tambourine, with David Coleman on cello and finger cymbals, Novi Novog on violin, and Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones adding their voices.

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