Draft:The Question Of U
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| "The Question of U" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Prince | |
| from the album Graffiti Bridge | |
| Genre | Contemporary R&B[1] |
| Length | 4:00 |
| Songwriter(s) | Prince |
"The Question of U" is a song by American musician Prince from the 1990 soundtrack album Graffiti Bridge. The song was created during the sessions of the short-lived band, The Flesh, being reworked on multiple dates before ending up on the album.[2]
Composition
[edit]The song starts with a layered flute playing an arpeggio. The song's main groove is built around a 6
8 pattern of a kick drum with slapback delay, snare, hi-hats, bass, and guitar being played with a wah pedal. Prince joins in with electric piano for the song's only verse and chorus. The song ends with a guitar solo, synth solo, and fading out on a harpsichord solo.
Music video
[edit]A music video was for "The Question of U" was made using live footage of the song from the Tokyo Dome stop of the Nude Tour.[3]
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from Benoît Clerc and Duane Tudahl[2][4]
Musicians
[edit]- Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, claps, Oberheim OB-8, programming, synthesizers
Technical
[edit]- Prince – producer
- Eddie Garcia, Tom Garneau, Chuck Zwicky – recording engineers
Legacy
[edit]Prince performed the song regularly on the Nude Tour and the Musicology Live 2004ever tour, and occasionally on the Piano & a Microphone Tour.[5][6][7]
In 2000, the band Earthsuit sampled the song's flute arpeggio in their song "Said the Sun to the Shine".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prince - The Question of You". RYM/Sonemic. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ a b Clerc, Benoît (2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 9781784728816.
- ^ Prince (2017-09-22). Prince - The Question of U (Official Music Video). Retrieved 2025-04-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tudahl, Duane (November 2021). Prince and the Parade and Sign O the Times Era Studio Session: 1985 and 1986. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538144510.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Prince Tour Statistics: Nude Tour | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Prince Tour Statistics: Musicology Live 2004ever | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Prince Tour Statistics: Piano & a Microphone | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Earthsuit's 'Said the Sun to the Shine' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2025-04-09.