1,000 Light Years From Here is an unlisted song attached to Black Muse (the last 3:05 minutes), the tenth track on Prince’s 39th studio album Hitnrun Phase Two.
According to a tape photographed in Paisley Park Studios, the song was recorded on 11 March 2010, presumably at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Same Page Different Book. The song was worked further on 19 March 2010 (possibly merged with Black Muse which is also listed on the same tape, along with a song called seemingly called Wud).
In 2011, 1,000 Light Years From Here was slated for release (likely as a separate track) on the Welcome 2 America album that remains unreleased.
It is not known why Prince chose to sequence 1,000 Light Years From Here and Black Muse as one track on the physical and digital releases of the album.
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