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Who sings ("I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray") the first line of "1999" by Prince?

Question #126808. Asked by serpa.
Last updated Aug 26 2016.
Originally posted Sep 17 2012 3:11 PM.

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"Prince shares lead vocals on the track with members of his band The Revolution, namely Dez Dickerson, Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones. Originally conceived to be a three-part harmony, it was later decided to separate out the voices that started each verse." -from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_(song)

If the video's anything to go by

http://www.last.fm/music/Prince/_/1999/+wiki , the female voices singing that first line are a harmony of Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLgYb8Wg3U

Response last updated by satguru on Aug 26 2016.
Sep 17 2012, 5:40 PM

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Who sings ("I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray") the first line of "1999" by Prince?

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