DO IT ALL NIGHT (PRINCE SONG)

"Do It All Night"
"Do It All Night"
	UK 7" single cover
Single by Prince
from the album Dirty Mind
B-side	"Head"
Released	March 6, 1981
Recorded	Minneapolis, May–June, 1980
Genre	Funk
Length	3:42
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology

"Do It All Night" was the lead single in the UK to support Prince's third album, Dirty Mind.^[2] The song is an ode to sex, and Prince exclaims that he wants to do it all night. The song opens with a simple keyboard hook before a prominent bass guitar kicks in, along with rhythm guitar and live drums. The song consists of two verses and several repeats of the chorus. Also featured is a keyboard solo in the bridge. The song opened Prince's Dirty Mind tour. The B-side of the track was the controversial Dirty Mind ode to oral sex, "Head".

Personnel

Credits from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud.^[3]^[4]

Prince – lead and backing vocals, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, ARP Omni, Oberheim OB-X, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Prince - Dirty Mind Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
^ "Prince - Do It All Night (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
^ Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.
^ "Dirty Mind". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Prince - Dirty Mind Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2022.

[2] "Prince - Do It All Night (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

[3] Clerc, Benoît (October 2022). Prince: All the Songs. Octopus. ISBN 9781784728816.

[4] "Dirty Mind". guitarcloud.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

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v t e Prince singles
1970s	" Soft and Wet" " Just as Long as We're Together" " I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	" Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" " Still Waiting" " Sexy Dancer" " Uptown" " Dirty Mind" " Do It All Night" " Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" " Controversy" " Let's Work" " Do Me, Baby" " 1999" " Little Red Corvette" " Delirious" " Let's Pretend We're Married" " When Doves Cry" " Let's Go Crazy" " Purple Rain" " I Would Die 4 U" " Take Me with U" " Paisley Park" " Raspberry Beret" " Pop Life" " America" " Kiss" " Mountains" " Anotherloverholenyohead" " Girls & Boys" " Sign "O" the Times" " If I Was Your Girlfriend" " U Got the Look" " I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" " Alphabet St." " Glam Slam" " I Wish U Heaven" " Batdance" " Partyman" " The Arms of Orion" " Scandalous!"
1990s	" The Future" " Thieves in the Temple" " New Power Generation" " Gett Off" " Cream" " Diamonds and Pearls" " Money Don't Matter 2 Night" " Insatiable" " Thunder" " Sexy MF" " My Name Is Prince" " 7" " Damn U" " The Morning Papers" " Pink Cashmere" " Nothing Compares 2 U" " Peach" " The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" " Letitgo" " Space" " Purple Medley" " I Hate U" " Gold" " Dinner with Delores" " Betcha by Golly Wow!" " The Holy River" " The Truth" " The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	" U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) " When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) " Supercute" " The Work, pt. 1" " Days of Wild" " Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" " Musicology" " Cinnamon Girl" " S.S.T." " Te Amo Corazón" " Black Sweat" " Fury" " Guitar" " F.U.N.K." " Dance 4 Me"
2010s	" Rocknroll Loveaffair" " Breakfast Can Wait" " Fallinlove2nite" " Breakdown" " This Could B Us" " Free Urself"
Promotional singles	" When You Were Mine" " Erotic City" " Nothing Compares 2 U" " Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) " Somebody's Somebody" " It's About That Walk" " Call My Name" " The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	" Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	" Get Wild" " The War" " Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	" I Feel for You" " Partyup" " Private Joy" " International Lover" " How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" " The Beautiful Ones" " Computer Blue" " Darling Nikki" " Baby I'm a Star" " 17 Days" " Around the World in a Day" " Sometimes It Snows in April" " The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" " Starfish and Coffee" " Adore" " Don't Talk 2 Strangers" " I Can't Make U Love Me" " La, La, La Means I Love U" " One of Us" " Everyday Is a Winding Road" " A Case of U" " Crimson and Clover" " Moonbeam Levels"

v t e Prince singles
1970s	" Soft and Wet" " Just as Long as We're Together" " I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	" Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" " Still Waiting" " Sexy Dancer" " Uptown" " Dirty Mind" " Do It All Night" " Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" " Controversy" " Let's Work" " Do Me, Baby" " 1999" " Little Red Corvette" " Delirious" " Let's Pretend We're Married" " When Doves Cry" " Let's Go Crazy" " Purple Rain" " I Would Die 4 U" " Take Me with U" " Paisley Park" " Raspberry Beret" " Pop Life" " America" " Kiss" " Mountains" " Anotherloverholenyohead" " Girls & Boys" " Sign "O" the Times" " If I Was Your Girlfriend" " U Got the Look" " I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" " Alphabet St." " Glam Slam" " I Wish U Heaven" " Batdance" " Partyman" " The Arms of Orion" " Scandalous!"
1990s	" The Future" " Thieves in the Temple" " New Power Generation" " Gett Off" " Cream" " Diamonds and Pearls" " Money Don't Matter 2 Night" " Insatiable" " Thunder" " Sexy MF" " My Name Is Prince" " 7" " Damn U" " The Morning Papers" " Pink Cashmere" " Nothing Compares 2 U" " Peach" " The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" " Letitgo" " Space" " Purple Medley" " I Hate U" " Gold" " Dinner with Delores" " Betcha by Golly Wow!" " The Holy River" " The Truth" " The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	" U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) " When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) " Supercute" " The Work, pt. 1" " Days of Wild" " Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" " Musicology" " Cinnamon Girl" " S.S.T." " Te Amo Corazón" " Black Sweat" " Fury" " Guitar" " F.U.N.K." " Dance 4 Me"
2010s	" Rocknroll Loveaffair" " Breakfast Can Wait" " Fallinlove2nite" " Breakdown" " This Could B Us" " Free Urself"
Promotional singles	" When You Were Mine" " Erotic City" " Nothing Compares 2 U" " Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) " Somebody's Somebody" " It's About That Walk" " Call My Name" " The Song of the Heart"
Internet downloads	" Guitar (original "demo" version)"
New Power Generation	" Get Wild" " The War" " Come On"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	" I Feel for You" " Partyup" " Private Joy" " International Lover" " How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" " The Beautiful Ones" " Computer Blue" " Darling Nikki" " Baby I'm a Star" " 17 Days" " Around the World in a Day" " Sometimes It Snows in April" " The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" " Starfish and Coffee" " Adore" " Don't Talk 2 Strangers" " I Can't Make U Love Me" " La, La, La Means I Love U" " One of Us" " Everyday Is a Winding Road" " A Case of U" " Crimson and Clover" " Moonbeam Levels"

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