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"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.

"5 Women"
Promotional single by Prince
from the album The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
ReleasedLate Summer 1999
RecordedLate August/Early September 1990[1]
StudioWarner Pioneer Studio (Tokyo, Japan) [1]
GenreBlues
Length5:13
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Prince
Producer(s)Prince

Unlike Prince's previous material, "5 Women" primarily takes influence from blues 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.[2] The material created was recorded throughout 1985 and 1996, and was promoted by the release of one single, "Extraordinary", on August 10, 1999.


Track listing


Germany CD single[3]
No.TitleLength
1."5 Women"5:13

Credits and personnel


Credits adapted from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale liner notes[4]


References


  1. http://www.princevault.com/index.phptitle=5_Women [dead link]
  2. MTV News Staff (July 28, 1999). "Warner Bros. Mines "Vault" For New Prince Album". MTV. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  3. "Prince – 5 Women". Discogs. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  4. The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (liner notes). Prince (musician). Warner Bros. Records. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)



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