Parade

**Sessions and compiling**
Prince began working on the album in mid-April 1985, shortly before the release of the previous album, Around The World In A Day, and began by recording the drum track in sequence of Wendy’s Parade (late renamed Christopher Tracy’s Parade), New Position, I Wonder U and Under The Cherry Moon, all in one take. He then layered other instruments over all four tracks.
Having been pleased with Clare Fischer’s orchestration on The Family album, Prince sent Clare Fischer a cassette tape marked 'The Marx Brothers Project' and asked him to arrange and record orchestration for the entire album (except Kiss), which he did from mid-1985 to early 1986 at Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA, although Prince chose not to use all of the instrumentation on the final release.
A first configuration of the album was compiled on 1 May 1985 (detailed below), but several changes, including the removal of four tracks and the recording of five additional tracks, took place between then and the final release. The sountrack doesn’t include all the songs heard in the movie (see the Trivia section and the Under The Cherry Moon score & cues page for details)

**Promotion**
The album produced four commercially-released singles, Kiss, Mountains, Girls & Boys (in Europe only), and Anotherloverholenyohead.
Prince supported the album with a major European and Japanese tour, starting with a series of "hit & run" shows (with each show announced a day or two before the show itself) throughout the USA before the Parade Tour was formally launched. Several songs from the album were played on the tour.

**Charts**
The album reached number 3 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart, and number 2 on the Billboard Top Black Albums Chart.

**Certifications**
The album was certified platinum by RIAA two months after release, on  3 June 1986.

1. **Christopher Tracy’s Parade** (2:09) 1
2. **New Position** (2:21)
3. **I Wonder U** (1:40)
4. **Under The Cherry Moon** (2:57) 1
5. **Girls & Boys** (5:30)
6. **Life Can Be So Nice** (3:12)
7. **Venus De Milo** (1:54)
8. **Mountains** (3:58) 2
9. **Do U Lie?** (2:43)
10. **Kiss** (3:38)
11. **Anotherloverholenyohead** (3:58)
12. **Sometimes It Snows In April** (6:48) 2
* Intro: (Side 1)
1. **Christopher Tracy’s Parade** (2:09) 1
2. **New Position** (2:21)
3. **I Wonder U** (1:40)
4. **Under The Cherry Moon** (2:57) 1
5. **Girls & Boys** (5:30)
6. **Life Can Be So Nice** (3:12)
7. **Venus De Milo** (1:54)
* End: (Side 2)
1. **Mountains** (3:58) 2
2. **Do U Lie?** (2:43)
3. **Kiss** (3:38)
4. **Anotherloverholenyohead** (3:58)
 All songs written by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution), except where noted.

1  Written by John L. Nelson and Prince
2  Written by Prince (lyrics), Wendy Melvoin (music) and Lisa Coleman (music) (credited to Prince and the Revolution)

* Lisa Coleman - background vocals on Christopher Tracy’s Parade, New Position, I Wonder U, Life Can Be So Nice, keyboards and vocals on Girls & Boys, Mountains, Anotherloverholenyohead and Sometimes It Snows In April
* Wendy Melvoin - background vocals on Christopher Tracy’s Parade, New Position, Life Can Be So Nice, lead vocals on I Wonder U, guitars and vocals on Girls & Boys, Mountains, Anotherloverholenyohead and Sometimes It Snows In April
* Susannah Melvoin - background vocals on Christopher Tracy’s Parade, Girls & Boys and Anotherloverholenyohead
* Bobby Z. - drums and percussion on Girls & Boys, Mountains and Anotherloverholenyohead
* Brown Mark - bass guitar and vocals on Girls & Boys, Mountains and Anotherloverholenyohead
* Dr. Fink - keyboards on Girls & Boys, Mountains and Anotherloverholenyohead
* Sheila E. - background vocals on Girls & Boys, cowbells on Life Can Be So Nice and drums on Venus De Milo
* Eric Leeds - horns on Girls & Boys and Mountains
* Atlanta Bliss - trumpet on Girls & Boys and Mountains
* Marie France - french seduction on Girls & Boys
* Miko Weaver - rhythm guitar on Mountains
* Jonathan Melvoin - drums on Do U Lie?
* Sandra Francisco - little gypsy girl on Do U Lie?
* Tony Christian - background vocals (as Mazarati) and rhythm guitar (uncredited) on Kiss
* Craig "Screamer" Powell - background vocals (as Mazarati) and lead guitar (uncredited) on Kiss
* Jerome "Romeo" Cox - background vocals (as Mazarati) on Kiss
* Marr Starr - background vocals (as Mazarati) and keyboards (uncredited) on Kiss
* Aaron Paul "Ace" Keith - background vocals (as Mazarati) and keyboards (uncredited) on Kiss
* Kevin "Blondie" Patricks - drums (uncredited) on Kiss

**Orchestral Players**:
* Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf.
* Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock.
* Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora.
* Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
* Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico.
* Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti.
* Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous.
* French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher.
* Tuba - Tommy Johnson.
* Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer.
* David Z. - arranger on Kiss
* Susan Rogers - engineer
* Peggy McCreary - engineer (as "Peggy Mac")
* Coke Johnson - engineer
* David Z. - engineer
* David Tickle - engineer
* David Leonard - engineer
* Arne Frager - orchestra recording (Monterey Sound Studios)
* Bernie Grundman - mastering
* Jeff Katz - photography
* Laura LiPuma - art direction
* Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
* Ann Field - collage
* Cavallo, Ruffalo and Fargnoli - personal management
* Fred Moultrie - business management
* Lee Phillips - legal representation

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* The sountrack doesn’t include all the songs heard in the movie : Mia Bocca was released on Jill Jones’ eponymous album in 1987. An a capella version of An Honest Man was included on Crystal Ball in 1998 (the full version with instrumentation remains unreleased) and Old Friends 4 Sale on The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale (released in 1999). ♥ Or $ and Alexa De Paris were released as b-sides of Kiss and Mountains respectively. The full version of Wonderful Day was included on the posthumous Sign O’ The Times *Super Deluxe Edition* in 2020. Junk Music, the score and various cues remain unreleased.
* Billboard Top Compact Disc charts (30 positions): entry position **22** (7 Jun. 86), **9** (14 Jun. 86), **8** (21 Jun. 86), **8** (28 Jun. 86), **14** (7 Jul. 86),**15** (12 Jul. 86), **15** (12 Jul. 86), **19** (19 Jul. 86), **28** (26 Jul. 86), **26** (2 Aug. 86),, **30** (9 Aug. 86).

* **Copyright:** US Copyright Office / SR0000070734 / 1986-04-18
* **Certifications:** http://www.bpi.co.uk, http://www.riaa.com/, SNEP / 2001 Platinum Certifications, BVMI Gold & Platinum Certifications
* **Press:** **Four who worked with Prince talk about what made him a legend** by *Peter Larsen* (The Orange Conty Register : 26 January 2019) (The Marx Brothers Project - Reference to cassette tape sent to Clare Fischer)