Listen: Prince "By Alien Means" demo for Madonna

[norisk_noglory 3,756]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF91tr6WiRw

 

By Alien Means is an unreleased track recorded at some point in 1988 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (the song was filed for copyright registration on 12 October 1988).
Prince submitted the track to Madonna for inclusion on her fourth album Like A Prayer
(which featured Prince on other tracks), but she turned it down, and it is unlikely that she ever recorded vocals for the track.

full article here
http://squaremadonnaicongallery.altervista.org/madonna-prince/

[groovyguy 63,869]

Thanks, norisk_noglory! 

[Susan Thomas 7,745]

thank you, really 

[Dikkie 128]

thanx

[Rebel Hugo 18,522]

Ty

[ariosoperfumegirl 94]

thanks

[mrsciccone 2,178]

Thanx

[OceanBlue 599]

Sorry but I can't really see Madonna singing this track....

[Fighter 28,889]

Edited because the youtube video was on hidden tags lol

[NowRadiate 3,334]

funny. the beats don't sound '88 to me but prince was a visionary and often ahead of his time.

[Luiz Ribeiro 6,208]

The song sounds like 90's .....more futuristic than Like a Prayer... she made the right choice

[mr.sterns 82]

Cool stuff. I love Prince but this tune is definitely not M-worthy material at all, no wonder she didn't record it! 

[madgefan 10,242]

It would have been interesting if a demo from their sessions together surfaced *mysteriously* 

[muscleguy35 1,864]

oh my i heard this track a million years ago and thank god madonna didn't do it! thats not M! i was listening to it and i haven't been that speechless since mariah carey got fat!!!