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Apollonia 6 is the only studio album by R&B vocal trio and Prince protégées Apollonia 6.[5][6]

Apollonia 6
Studio album by Apollonia 6
Released	October 1, 1984
Recorded	December 1983 – March 1984 at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Minneapolis sound pop R&B
Length	34:05
Label	Warner Bros.[1]
Producer	Prince (as The Starr ★ Company)
Singles from Apollonia 6
"Sex Shooter" Released: 1984 "Blue Limousine" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The album was initially to be the second release by the Prince-formed group Vanity 6, but when lead singer Vanity departed Prince's camp, the musician hired Apollonia Kotero, thus changing the group's name and album.

Apollonia 6 primarily features the vocals of Kotero and Bennett with backing vocals by Wendy & Lisa and Jill Jones (Susan Moonsie only recorded one song for this album). The album spawned only one hit, "Sex Shooter", which was performed by the group in the film Purple Rain.

Although the album was released primarily on vinyl and audio cassette (Warner Bros. 25108), a CD version of the album was released in Japan in 1990 (WPCP-3701). Warner Bros. initially opted to not to issue this album on CD, which has become a highly sought-after collectible and it became later pirated. It was later released in the US, but it is not available for streaming and digital distribution.

Apollonia 6 had a fair chart run, but is considered by some to be a viable part of the Minneapolis sound.[2]

Track listing

#	Title	Credited writer(s)1	Length
1.	"Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian"	Apollonia Kotero, The Revolution, Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie	7:06
2.	"Sex Shooter"	Apollonia Kotero	3:39
3.	"Blue Limousine"	Brenda Bennett	6:19
4.	"A Million Miles (I Love You)"	Brenda Bennett	5:51
5.	"Ooo She She Wa Wa"	Susan Moonsie	4:10
6.	"Some Kind of Lover"	Brenda Bennett	4:48
7.	"In a Spanish Villa"	Apollonia Kotero, Wendy Melvoin	2:12

_{1. All the songs on this album were actually written by Prince, but the songwriting credits were given to the group's members.}[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Personnel

• Vocals: Apollonia Kotero, Susan Moonsie, Brenda Bennett
• Multi-instruments: Prince & The Revolution
• Guitars: Wendy Melvoin
• Keyboards: Lisa Coleman
• Bass: Mark Brown
• Drums, percussion: Sheila E.
• Additional backing vocals: Jill Jones, Susannah Melvoin

Production

• Produced by Prince (as The Starr ★ Company)
• Recorded, engineered and mixed by Peggy McCreary & The Starr ★ Company
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman

Singles

Title	Release	Peak chart positions
		US[13]	US Dance	US R&B
"Sex Shooter"	1984	85	32	19
"Blue Limousine"		—	—	19
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Cover versions

"Sex Shooter" was covered by T.H.E.M. Thee Human Ego Maniacs in 2002, by both Firefox and Coco Electrik in 2006, by Frost in 2008, and by both Erika Jayne and Cahill featuring Nikki Belle in 2009.

"Oo She She Wa Wa" was covered by Snax featuring Peaches on his 2004 LP From the Rocking Chair to the Stage, released on Mental Groove Records.

References

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