This is excellent!! It sounds great!! It is cool & stylish!! Awesome musical backup!! She sang it perfectly!! Prince created a great piece here!! Prince was so masterful, such a genius!! Prince gave us so much!! Thank-you, Prince, for everything!! You made our lives so much better!! You are forever the rightful one & only true Master, our beloved, sweet Prince!! Thank-you so much for sharing!!
Miss Understood is an unreleased song by The Family recorded in September 1984, at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, and was intended for The Family album. Susannah Melvoin, who sang lead vocals on the track, didn't like the track, which was a cheery pop song unlike other tracks by The Family, and argued with Prince to not include it on the album. According to engineer Susan Rogers, Prince defended the track and even threatened to find someone else to sing in the band instead of Susannah Melvoin, but ultimately the track was not included on the final album.
Susannah stated recently that Prince wanted her to sing this like a cross between Elvis and some other singer (can't remember who), and she just did not feel comfortable doing it. She said it felt forced and not authentic. She wanted to re-cut it for the next album. So, Prince ultimately agreed to keep it off the first album.
Now that I'm a woman I'm always dreaming of romance I'm always dreaming about the perfect man Who'd take me in his arms and understand, understand me My name is Miss Understood I'm just a girl who wants true love like anyone would I'm Miss Understood Isn't there a man who understands me? He picked me up at midnight (Oh) When all the town was fast asleep We danced 4 the man in the moon above Understanding's cheap when U fall in love, fall in love Just call me Miss Understood I'm just a girl who wants true love like anyone would I'm Miss Understood Isn't there a man who understands me? I want a lover that can satisfy the hunger of my lonely heart Gotta have a lover with a PhD in undercover art Now that I'm a woman I'm always looking 4 romance (Romance) I'm always looking 4 the perfect man Who'd take me in his arms and understand, understand me
Miss Understood is an unreleased song by The Family recorded on 10 August 1984, at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and was intended for The Family album. Susannah Melvoin, who overdubbed a lead vocal on the track at Sunset Sound, in Hollywood, California didn’t like the track, which was a cheery pop song unlike other tracks by The Family. She argued with Prince to not include it on the album. According to engineer Susan Rogers, Prince defended the track and even threatened to find someone else to sing in the band instead of Susannah Melvoin, but ultimately the track was not included on the album as it was released. Jill Jones says it was also considered for her eponymous debut album, and presumably she recorded a lead voice on it at some point.
This should've definitely been included on their debut album. I felt the album was a mix of genres and very avant garde. There was no clear pop ditty on the album so this would've remedied that very nicely!!
when doves cry doesn't have a bass on it. just like kiss, and s few others. including river run dry on the family's album. only Prince could pull this off.
it sounds like Susannah ......but it sounds like Appolina 6....unless Susannah turned it down , and prince then gave it to Apollonia 6?? I think I hear Brenda in the mix!!!
I've always had this listed as Prince, but it makes so much more sense to reclassify it as The Family (as it's always been obvious to be Susannah Melvoin on vocals). It's a terrific song, but totally wrong for the first The Family album. Maybe it should have been a b-side.
Susannah didn't like this song; she never liked her voice and the song sounds like an outtake for Apollonia 6 album (it was recorded in august 10th, 1984). The only thing familiar with The Family album is the sound of keyboard, because is the same used in "Desire" and also in "Manic Monday".
Well... Duane Tudahl wrote about this song in his new book "Prince and the Purple Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984". Before this book, I found informations in "The Vault" book and Susannah herself talked about this song after Prince death.
@@joeywyssjunior7640 Maybe B-side by the standards Prince set in the 80s, but it's a standout track now judging by the low creative standards of radio today. I really like this.
It would have worked for the 80s. Susannah didn't like it and Prince agreed to leave it off the album. I don't think she was comfortable being the lead on it and preferred the band approach.
I don''t think Brenda is singing backround on this. The vocal is higher pitched and Brenda had a lower singing voice. I think Prince Layered Susannah's vocals. Also, per The Vault.com, there are no backround singers on this song.
First time I ever heard this track. It sounds great, but I agree it should not have been on the album. Actually would have been better for Appolonia 6. Brenda on lead vocal.
No, this is Susannah Melvoin, member of The Family, and Wendy's twin sister. This song was meant for The Family's first album. Brenda is singing backround vocals.
Sorry Reg, but this is a well documented and long circulating song recorded during The Family sessions. Susannah should be apologized to for you even comparing to Apples. Apples is sweet but she can't carry a tune to save her life...
No, it is Susannah Melvoin on lead vocal. According to The Vault.com, it is only Susannah singing. There is no backround singer. Prince probably layered Susannah's vocals
The Family album is a masterpiece. 🌺💙🌊
I’m forever a Prince fan! Missing him so much! 5 years this month, April 21, since he left us. I’m heartbroken still 💔❤️❤️💜💜💜💜💜💜💜❤️💋💋🌹🌹🌹
Susannah has such a wonderful voice. I am glad that this song came to light. I love the vibe of this groove.
*Dope track. Another Prince classic with no true home...except all up in my ear hole! Hey ooo!*
Linn drums for the win!
Boom Pawwcack Pawwwcack !!! Indeed that linn
This is excellent!! It sounds great!! It is cool & stylish!! Awesome musical backup!! She sang it perfectly!! Prince created a great piece here!! Prince was so masterful, such a genius!! Prince gave us so much!! Thank-you, Prince, for everything!! You made our lives so much better!! You are forever the rightful one & only true Master, our beloved, sweet Prince!! Thank-you so much for sharing!!
One of my favorite unreleased tracks ...takes u back 2 that 80's feel good era.#RIPPrince💜
Prince saw this as great potential for summer pop radio. Could have hit the Billboard Hot 100 somewhere.
This is truly rare to find...
Miss Understood is an unreleased song by The Family recorded in September 1984, at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, and was intended for The Family album. Susannah Melvoin, who sang lead vocals on the track, didn't like the track, which was a cheery pop song unlike other tracks by The Family, and argued with Prince to not include it on the album. According to engineer Susan Rogers, Prince defended the track and even threatened to find someone else to sing in the band instead of Susannah Melvoin, but ultimately the track was not included on the final album.
Susannah was right.
great info Sandra. to me personally (if this is true), indicates how much political torque the Melvoin name had in the industry surrounding Prince.
Susannah stated recently that Prince wanted her to sing this like a cross between Elvis and some other singer (can't remember who), and she just did not feel comfortable doing it. She said it felt forced and not authentic. She wanted to re-cut it for the next album. So, Prince ultimately agreed to keep it off the first album.
KJS sounds like one of those moments when prince was unsure of himself it happens at times
@@kjs3786 Wow GREAT info thank u so,much! Sounds like an Elvis like melody....im a longtime Prince fan never knew thiz info
WOW....I can't believe this is the first time I am hearing this...and I have an EXTENSIVE unreleased collection. Great post.
im after those reference vocals for the time albums
You? I'm just responding to your comment SIX YEARS LATER!😑😑
Now that I'm a woman
I'm always dreaming of romance
I'm always dreaming about the perfect man
Who'd take me in his arms and understand, understand me
My name is Miss Understood
I'm just a girl who wants true love like anyone would
I'm Miss Understood
Isn't there a man who understands me?
He picked me up at midnight (Oh)
When all the town was fast asleep
We danced 4 the man in the moon above
Understanding's cheap when U fall in love, fall in love
Just call me Miss Understood
I'm just a girl who wants true love like anyone would
I'm Miss Understood
Isn't there a man who understands me?
I want a lover that can satisfy the hunger of my lonely heart
Gotta have a lover with a PhD in undercover art
Now that I'm a woman
I'm always looking 4 romance (Romance)
I'm always looking 4 the perfect man
Who'd take me in his arms and understand, understand me
I like it!!! Shoulda been on the album. 😍😍
I love this song. ♡
I like the photo. Cool, just like this song
I know how to respect what direction a song is intended so I can
appreciate music more than common listeners
Loving the pic...
Wonderful. He knew... I wonder if there's a recording of Prince singing it.
That's a certainty, he wrote it. Hearing his version would be a dream.
Great post! Never heard this.
The three unlikes were from people who worship Cardi B. and Justin Bieber. XD
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lol
That has to be it.
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love love love love and MISS this music!
Susannah sounds good!
"Wonderful song of Prince"
This seems like something that could've been in sixteen candles
I agree with her on this one. I don't think it would have fit in with the other tracks on the CD. I am hearing Vanity or Applonia on this.
Miss Understood is an unreleased song by The Family recorded on 10 August 1984, at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and was intended for The Family album. Susannah Melvoin, who overdubbed a lead vocal on the track at Sunset Sound, in Hollywood, California didn’t like the track, which was a cheery pop song unlike other tracks by The Family. She argued with Prince to not include it on the album. According to engineer Susan Rogers, Prince defended the track and even threatened to find someone else to sing in the band instead of Susannah Melvoin, but ultimately the track was not included on the album as it was released.
Jill Jones says it was also considered for her eponymous debut album, and presumably she recorded a lead voice on it at some point.
Even though this is from the Family, it sounds like Brenda Bennett could've handled this.
Yes, I could totally hear Brenda turning this out a la “Some Kind of Lover” from the Apollonia 6 album.
When me and prince wrote this Brenda did the demo vocals she was in studio with us .I’m on keyboards and prince doing drums and all other sounds
@@JeffTheGent if u didn’t know that was a sarcastic lie 🤣🤣 I wasn’t born when that album was made
@@pettyceddy9538 Oh, I thought you were actually a session musician from that time. 🤣 I deleted my misguided response.
@@JeffTheGent no I have stuff that prince gave me but I wasn’t a session artist 😂
Sounds like it was something for Vanity 6
it is vanity 6 i have it relased over seas
@@themusiccritic902you been saying this forever LIES!
It's just too bad it went unreleased...at the VERY least, this could have been a dance hit in the clubs!
Susannah didn't like her vocals. I'm on her Instagram page and she told me this, herself.
It was released as a B side to screams of passion
Sounds more like Apollonia 6 than the Family.
This should've definitely been included on their debut album.
I felt the album was a mix of genres and very avant garde. There was no clear pop ditty on the album so this would've remedied that very nicely!!
I like it.
It has the same tempo as When Dove Cry 🤧
when doves cry doesn't have a bass on it. just like kiss, and s few others. including river run dry on the family's album. only Prince could pull this off.
This sounds more like it shoulda been a Sheila E. song.
Susannah , I love u
Who's singing?
And did I hear "Little Red Corvette"
at 4:04 or am I crazy?
Susannah Melvoin sings the lead vocals.
yup heard it too
Susannah hates this song but damn do I love it!!!
it sounds like Susannah ......but it sounds like Appolina 6....unless Susannah turned it down , and prince then gave it to Apollonia 6?? I think I hear Brenda in the mix!!!
John Brinkman I hear Brenda big time
John Brinkman Brenda from V6/A6 is also singing on this track.
John Brinkman So true! I hear Brenda in there too..Appolonia is fine as 🅰️ but couldn't carry a tone if it Hermes Bag👜
@@inspectorbudget if you guys hear Brenda your not Prince fans lol
(That's not Brenda because her voice is low register) lol
@@starrcompany3275 The part is low for a female. What are you talking about?
I like this 😍 it's quirky 😀
I want to buy this track. 💜
I've always had this listed as Prince, but it makes so much more sense to reclassify it as The Family (as it's always been obvious to be Susannah Melvoin on vocals). It's a terrific song, but totally wrong for the first The Family album. Maybe it should have been a b-side.
Susannah didn't like this song; she never liked her voice and the song sounds like an outtake for Apollonia 6 album (it was recorded in august 10th, 1984).
The only thing familiar with The Family album is the sound of keyboard, because is the same used in "Desire" and also in "Manic Monday".
+Fabio Michieli How do U know the in4mation 2 this song?
Well... Duane Tudahl wrote about this song in his new book "Prince and the Purple Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984". Before this book, I found informations in "The Vault" book and Susannah herself talked about this song after Prince death.
That's exactly what I thought, strictly B-side material.
@@joeywyssjunior7640
Maybe B-side by the standards Prince set in the 80s, but it's a standout track now judging by the low creative standards of radio today. I really like this.
that's a picture of Wendy
Why I can see Brenda singing this!
Funky Mpls Sound
Cool they left it off cuz it would not have fit on that BRILLANT Family album!Maybe somthing from Vanity or Brenda but not Susanna🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Sounds like it could have been written for Vanity 6.
It would have worked for the 80s. Susannah didn't like it and Prince agreed to leave it off the album. I don't think she was comfortable being the lead on it and preferred the band approach.
Bingo. She mentioned this in an interview for SOTT.
This is Brenda on the vocals from Vanity 6.
chj2 I stand corrected I do hear Susannah's voice. Thanks for clarifying.💜
I don''t think Brenda is singing backround on this. The vocal is higher pitched and Brenda had a lower singing voice. I think Prince Layered Susannah's vocals. Also, per The Vault.com, there are no backround singers on this song.
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She definitely didn't sell it .
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Wish he would have gave this to Gwen
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Wonder who's singing lead
Sounds like Brenda or Wendy???
It’s Susannah....Brenda is in the back ground.
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First time I ever heard this track. It sounds great, but I agree it should not have been on the album. Actually would have been better for Appolonia 6. Brenda on lead vocal.
WHATEVER PRINCE TOUCH ITZ FIYR,SUSANNAH CAN BLOW
sounds like a demo not mixed yet
Sounds like it for Brenda(Vanity 6)
Sounds like a Vanity 6 type of song to me.
raspberry beret up speed intro lol
Incorrect.
Susannah Melvoin has a great voice.
Who is singing lead vocals?
Suzannah Melvoin, Wendy Melvoin's twin sister.
no it is vanity 6 i have the colletion
No, this is Susannah Melvoin, member of The Family, and Wendy's twin sister. This song was meant for The Family's first album. Brenda is singing backround vocals.
Not.
No Brenda no Vanity or Apollonia 6 its Susannah Melvoin it was to be on The Family debut album. But Susannah didn't like it so was never released
Your collection is clearly mislabeled. This is Susannah...she has even spoke about her disdain for this recording.
THIS NOT THE FAMILY, IT IS APPOLONIA SIX
Sorry Reg, but this is a well documented and long circulating song recorded during The Family sessions. Susannah should be apologized to for you even comparing to Apples. Apples is sweet but she can't carry a tune to save her life...
Ahh, so it's Brenda on lead vocals?
No, it is Susannah Melvoin on lead vocal. According to The Vault.com, it is only Susannah singing. There is no backround singer. Prince probably layered Susannah's vocals
NOPE
@@anthonyconlon7990 Yes!!! Someone who agrees with me. Brenda had the vocals.