Kylie Minogue and Prince’s lost song ‘Baby Doll’ leaks online 32 years after it was created

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Kylie Minogue and Prince‘s lost collaboration ‘Baby Doll’ has surfaced online 32 years after it was created.The song came about in 1992 after Minogue met Prince backstage after his ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ show at Earls Court in June of that year.

She asked Prince what he was working on and he later invited her to his famed Paisley Park studio in Minneapolis.The funk-laden version that has landed online features lyrics that Minogue confirmed were in the song in 2018: “Let me be your baby doll, sugar and spice and all things nice/ Let me be your paradise.”Check it out below:Prior to this, while they were hanging out in a London hotel room surrounded by studio equipment, Prince reportedly asked: “Where are your lyrics?”At that point in time, Minogue wasn’t writing lyrics but threw some together for Prince to structure a track around.

The demo was then posted in cassette form to Minogue’s address, but it has since gone missing.Minogue has spoken about the track’s existence in interviews for years and has mentioned that her record label wasn’t interested in the idea of him producing it all himself, so she never got to record it.

She has also mentioned that the Prince Estate might also have a copy.It was also reportedly set to appear as one of the Vault tracks recorded between 1990 and 1992 on a Diamonds and Love compilation The Prince Estate planned to release in the Summer of 2022.