Released 1999 Genre Jazz Label Warner Bros. | Format CD single Length 5:13 | |
Recorded April 1992; Platinum Studios (Melbourne, Australia) | ||
"5 Women" is a song recorded by American musician Prince. It was released as the second promotional single from his twenty-second studio album The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (1999). It was issued in 1999 as a CD single, exclusively in Germany, receiving radio airplay in addition to the CD. Prince solely wrote and produced it, while a series of individuals provided various instrumentation for the track.
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Unlike Prince's previous material, "5 Women" primarily takes influence from jazz music, instead of his traditional funk material. Joe Cocker, an English musician, released the track under "Five Women" for his 1991 studio album Night Calls before Prince released his version of it.
Background and release
In July 1999, Prince announced the upcoming release of The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, a collection of previously unreleased material from his partnership with Warner Bros. Records. The material created was recorded throughout 1985 and 1994, and was promoted by the release of one single, "Extraordinary", on August 10, 1999.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale liner notes