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Lately bass

"It should also be noted that the famous "Lately Bass" preset on the Yamaha TX81Z (used extensively on house and techno songs of the late 80's and 90's) was based off the bass tone of this song, and subsequently named after it as well" - this really needs a source, but I'll let that pass. But it would be interesting to know what synthesiser was used to play the bass on What Have You Done for Me Lately. -Ashley Pomeroy 21:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Prince authorship dispute

Deleted this: "There was a dispute regarding the paternity of the music. Prince believed Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis used an old demo he did with them in the early days of the Time." The sourced article by Per Nilsen makes no mention of this.