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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = The Future

| cover = Prince future_single.jpg

| alt =

| caption = German 7-inch single

| type = single

| artist = Princehttp://www.markmoore.com/discography/the-future-electric-chair/

| album = Batman

| B-side = Electric Chair

| released = May 18, 1990

| recorded = 1989

| studio = Paisley Park

| genre = * Pop

* funk

* synthpop

* minimalist

| length =

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer = Prince

| producer = * Prince

* Mark Moore & William Orbit

| prev_title = Scandalous!

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Thieves in the Temple

| next_year = 1990

| misc =

}}

"'The Future'" is a song from American musician Prince's 1989 'Batman' soundtrack, and the final single released from the album. The single was not the album version, but a remixed version by S'Express' Mark Moore and William Orbit. "The Future" was released as a single only in Europe. The standard European 7-inch single was backed with the album version of "'Electric Chair'", but on the maxi-single, "Electric Chair" was also remixed by Moore and Orbit. Moore and Orbit's remix of "The Future" is house-inspired, whereas Prince's original is minimalistic. Moore and Orbit substituted a muted, pulsating beat in place of the original elements of Prince's song. Moore and Orbit also removed Prince's original bassline, synthline, and snippets of sampled dialogue. This would be the last time Orbit would work with Prince for several years. In most countries, neither "The Future" nor its B-side were a hit on the pop or dance floors. The single peaked at #9 in the Dutch charts.

The LP version of "The Future" features the sampled strings of Clare Fischer lifted from the then-unreleased 1986 track "Crystal Ball", and samples the Sounds of Blackness choir. The lyrics speak of a bleak future, recalling the fictional DC Comics location Gotham City, and that it needs "spirituality that will last".

"Electric Chair" was recorded well before the album concept had begun, being cut in June 1988. Despite this, it fits well into the theme of the film and evokes the Joker's madness. The track blends hard rock and funk with a loud, booming drum machine pattern, and aggressive bass and lead guitar wailing throughout. The bridge combines a funky, percussive bass line with a meshed guitar synth phrase. A raspy grunt from "Electric Chair" can be heard in the Underworld remix of William Orbit's "Water From A Vine Leaf" as well as some tracks from Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman, perhaps owing to Underworld's Karl Hyde serving as guitarist at Prince's Paisley Park in 1989.

Critical reception



Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' wrote, "A brilliant house remix of one of the best tracks on 'Batman' by Mark Moore (S'Express) and William Orbit. The track has been skilfully converted into an up-to-date dance floor number".

Track listings



* '7-inch single'

# "The Future" (remix edit) 3:30

# "Electric Chair" 4:13

* '12-inch / CD single'

# "The Future" (remix) 6:25

# "Electric Chair" (remix) 5:36

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References



Category:Prince (musician) songs

Category:1990 songs

Category:1990 singles

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Batman music

Category:Batman (1989 film series)

Category:Songs written for films

Category:Songs written by Prince (musician)

Category:Song recordings produced by Prince (musician)


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