Recording sessions : August-October 1985
Studios : Flyte Tyme Productions in Minneapolis.
Label : A&M Records
Release date : February 4, 1986
Original track listing
“Control”
“Nasty”
“What Have You Done for Me Lately”
“You Can Be Mine”
“The Pleasure Principle”
“When I Think of You”
“He Doesn’t Know I’m Alive”
“Let’s Wait Awhile”
“Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)”
Peak on Billboard 200 : 1
Demos/Alternate Versions
Control (Video Mix) : Released in 1987 (Control : The Remixes)
Outtakes/unreleased tracks from the album’ sessions
Others songs from this era
Baby Sister : Background vocals. Released in 1986 (Latoya Jackson “Imagination”)
Diamonds : Lead vocals. Released in 1987 (Herb Alpert “Keep Your Eye On Me”.
Making Love In The Rain : Background vocals. Released in 1987 (Herb Alpert “Keep Your Eye On Me”.
No concert
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