Neon Nights

29 May 2020

Show 376 – Prince – The Batdance Megamix

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Neon Nights hosted by John von Ahlen aka Parralox & Costa Lakoumentas proudly presents: “Prince – The Batdance Megamix” – created by John exclusively for Neon Nights.

“Batdance” is the ninth and final track on Prince’s eleventh album Batman (the motion picture soundtrack to the Tim Burton film Batman), and, two weeks prior to the album’s release, Batdance was released as the album’s first single, becoming Prince’s fourth number one hit, and his first to achieve the feat of topping all 3 American charts since “Kiss” in 1986.

The B-side is “200 Balloons”, which was recorded for the film and serves as the musical blueprint for the main portion of “Batdance”. The song was rejected for the film by Tim Burton and replaced with “Trust”. The lyrics of “200 Balloons” reference the scene which it was created for to a greater degree than the replacement track, which is only connected to the scene by the Joker asking “Who do you trust?” after the song ends. Prince did little more than replace the lyrics of “200 Balloons” in its transition into “Batdance”. Only musical portions survived the transition, but full lyrics showed up in “The Batmix” (turn your head to the east, I be coming from the west). “200 Balloons” also contains samples of “House in Order” and “Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic”; the latter was another song submitted for inclusion in the movie, but rejected (it was replaced by “Partyman”).

Tracklist for “Prince – The Batdance Megamix” :
Batdance (The Batmix)
Batdance (Vicki Vale™ Mix Mix)
200 Balloons

All this & always Seeing The Future, on Neon Nights, the NUMBER ONE most downloaded podcast on JOY949, and NUMBER ONE most downloaded LGBTIQ Music Podcast in Australia.

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