The Question of U

~ Song

Annotation

The song started of as an instrumental committed to tape during the so-called “Paisley Jam” on 28 December 1985 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California with Sheila E., Levi Seacer, Jr. and Eric Leeds. It was the same session that also produced Madrid, Breathless, Slaughterhouse, U Just Can’t Stop, Run Amok, High Calonic and Mobile). At this point it was titled 12 Keys by Eric Leeds, who named all the tracks from the session.

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Annotation last modified on 2024-07-21 19:44 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist, writer and arranger:Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:Controversy Music

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1985-12-28 – 1985-12-2912 KeysinstrumentalPrince6:29
1986-07-06 – 1990-03The Question of UPrince4:00
1990-04The Question of U (rehearsal, 1990‐04)Prince3:55
1990-07-22The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)instrumental and livePrince0:39
1990-07-22The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)livePrince0:39
1990-07-22The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)instrumental, live and partialPrince0:39
1990-07-22The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)livePrince8:22
1990-07-22The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)livePrince8:30
1990-07-22The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)livePrince8:30
1990-07-29The Question of U (piano) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince1:38
1990-07-29The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince7:25
1990-07-29The Question of U / Electric Man (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29The Question of U #1 (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29The Question of U #1 (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)instrumental and livePrince?:??
1990-07-29The Question of U #1 (piano instrumental) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)instrumental and livePrince?:??
1990-07-29The Question of U #2 (full band) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29The Question of U #2 (full band) (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-08-18The Question of U (live, soundcheck, 1990‐08‐18: Stade Charles-Ehrmann, Nice, France)livePrince1:35
1990-08-31The Question of U (live, 1990‐08‐31: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Japan)instrumental and livePrince9:07
1990-08-31The Question of U (live, 1990-08-31: The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan)livePrince9:12
1990-08-31The Question of U (live, 1990‐08‐31: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan)livePrince7:31
1991-01-18Venus de Milo / The Question of U (medley) (live, 1991-01-18: Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)live and medleyPrince3:44
1998-01-05The Question of U (live, 1998-01-05: Roberts Municipal Stadium, Evansville, IN, USA)livePrince0:57
1998-12-20The Question of U (live, soundcheck, 1998‐12‐20: Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain)livePrince6:04
1998-12-24The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1998‐12‐24: Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands)instrumental and livePrince3:41
1998-12-26The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 1998‐12‐26: Hanns‐Martin‐Schleyer‐Halle, Stuttgart, Germany)instrumental and livePrince3:16
1998-12-28The Question of U (live, 1998‐12‐28: Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany)instrumental and livePrince3:12
1998-12-28The Question of U (live, 1998‐12‐28: Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany)instrumental and livePrince3:01
2000-06-13The Question of U (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince4:09
2000-06-13The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA)instrumental and livePrince4:09
2002-10-18The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐18, soundcheck: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)livePrince and The NPG4:00
2002-10-18The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐18, soundcheck: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)livePrince and The NPG1:27
2002-10-18The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐18, soundcheck: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)livePrince and The NPG14:12
2002-10-26The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐26: VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark)livePrince3:57
2002-10-29The Question of U (live, 2002‐10‐29: Bataclan, Paris, France)livePrince4:01
2004-02-16The Question of U (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince4:24
2004-03-15The Question of U (live, 2004‐03‐15: Club Black, New York, NY, USA)livePrince & The New Power Generation4:04
2004-04-07The Question of U / The One / Fallin’ (live, 2004‐04‐07: Qwest Center, Omaha, NE, USA)livePrince10:59
2007-09-01The Question of U (instrumental) (live, 2007‐09‐01: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)instrumental and livePrince0:34
2007-09-01The Question of U (piano) (live, 2007‐09‐01: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)live and partialPrince0:38
2007-09-01The Question of U / The One / Fallin’ (live, 2007‐09‐01: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)livePrince?:??
2007-09-22The One (live, 2007‐09‐17: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)instrumental and livePrince9:08
2010-12-29The Question of U (instr.) (live, 2010‐12‐29: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)instrumental and livePrince?:??
2011-04-30The Question of U (instrumental) / The One / Begggin’ Woman Blues (live, 2011‐04‐30: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)instrumental and livePrince10:40
2011-05-05The Question of U (instrumental) / The One (live, 2011‐05‐05: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)instrumental and livePrince13:16
2011-05-13The Question of U / The One / U Will B (live, 2011‐05‐13: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)instrumental and livePrince15:23
2015-05-19The Question of U / The One w/ Electric Man (live, 2015‐05‐19, 23:00: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada)livePrince & 3RDEYEGIRL7:45
2016-01-21The Question of U (instr.) (live, 2016‐01‐21, 23:00: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)instrumental and livePrince1:26
The Question of Ucover and instrumentalClassic Metropolitan Orchestra5:01
The Question of UcoverSeela & Darwin2:55
The Question of UcoverJacob Young3:00
The Question of UcoverThe Margarets2:23
The Question of UPrince1:57
The Question of UPrince4:04
The Question of U (instrumental) / The One (live)instrumental and livePrince6:59
The Question of U (video)Prince4:01
The Question of U #1Prince2:09
The Question of U #2Prince2:01