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| "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Prince | |
| from the album 1999 | |
| A-side | "Automatic" |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:00 |
| Songwriter | Prince |
"Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" is a song by American musician Prince from his 1982 album 1999. The song featured as B-side to the Australian single pressing of "Automatic".[1]
https://www.500princesongs.com/39-something-in-the-water-does-not-compute/
https://princesongs.org/2019/08/02/something-in-the-water-does-not-compute/
https://pressrewind.net/2021/05/31/episode-42-something-in-the-water-does-not-compute/
Composition
[edit]Personnel
[edit]Information taken from Benoît Clerc[2], PrinceSongs[3], and the 1999 Super Deluxe Edition booklet
Musicians
[edit]- Prince – vocals, synthesizers, Oberheim OB-SX, Linn LM-1, Pearl SY-1 Syncussion, backing vocals
Technical
[edit]- Prince – producer
- Don Batts – recording engineer
- Peggy McCreary, David Leonard – mixing
Legacy
[edit]Prince was interested in computers in the 1980s and 1990s, using the idea of combining themes of technology and love with "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" and later songs, including "Electric Intercourse", "Computer Blue", "Emale", and "My Computer".[4]
[Not performed regularly on tour, by 3rdeyeblind https://princevault.com/index.php/Something_In_The_Water_(Does_Not_Compute)]
In 2001, American rapper Chino XL used the song's chorus lyrics as the chorus for his song "Water" off his album I Told You So.[5]
In 2008, the band Sold Out covered the song for the tribute album Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Artist Known as Prince.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Prince - Automatic, 1983, retrieved 2025-04-08
- ^ Clerc, Benoît (2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus Publishing. ISBN 9781784728816.
- ^ "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) – Dance / Music / Sex / Romance". princesongs.org. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Shah, Hasit (2016-03-08). "Poor Lonely Computer: Prince's Misunderstood Relationship With The Internet". NPR. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Chino XL's 'Water' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ Various - Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince, 2008, retrieved 2025-04-19