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“The Purple Rain guitar was in the corner, his lava lamps were everywhere and the mixing desk had been used by Sly and the Family Stone”: Fine Young Cannibals confirm that She Drives Me Crazy was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince’s studio gear

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 19 -- Pictured: Young FIne Cannibals during the musical performance on May 13, 1989 (Photo by Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images).

Fine Young Cannibals have been discussing the making of She Drives Me Crazy, their 1988 smash hit single, revealing how they drew inspiration from recording it at Prince’s Paisley Park studio complex using the great man’s gear.

Speaking to The Guardian, lead singer Roland Gift says that, as they prepared to record what would turn out to be their second and final album, 1989’s The Raw & the Cooked, the names of all kinds of different producers were discussed, including Phil Collins. In the end, though, the band elected to make the record “in a way people say you should never do an album: in lots of different studios with different producers.”

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