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|introduction          = '''Happy Tears''' is a multimedia project announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 1|1 April 1996]] during a press release focusing on [[Mayte]]’s pregnancy.
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|introduction          = '''Happy Tears''' is a multimedia project announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 1|1 April 1996]] during a press release focusing on [[Mayte]]’s pregnancy, "''as a gift to their new born child"''.
  
 
The project was to be credited to "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Mayte]]", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists. It was planned to include an album of songs on CD, an accompanying children’s storybook and a read-along cassette of the book’s stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children’s stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters.  
 
The project was to be credited to "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Mayte]]", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists. It was planned to include an album of songs on CD, an accompanying children’s storybook and a read-along cassette of the book’s stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children’s stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters.  
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*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards (on [[Starfish And Coffee]] and possible other unknown tracks)
 
*[[Tommy Barbarella]] - keyboards (on [[Starfish And Coffee]] and possible other unknown tracks)
 
|production            = See individual songs for production information.
 
|production            = See individual songs for production information.
|see also              = [[Single : Happy Tears|Happy Tears]] unreleased single
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|see also              = [[Single: Happy Tears|Happy Tears]] unreleased single
 
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{{SeeAlso|
|item1  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball<br>(album)]]
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|item1  = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]<br>(Album)
 
|image1  = [[File:Crystalball album.png|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]]
 
|image1  = [[File:Crystalball album.png|60px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]]
|item2  = [[Single: Happy Tears|Happy Tears<br>(unreleased single)]]
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|item2  = [[Single: Happy Tears|Happy Tears]]<br>(Unreleased single)
 
|image2  = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: Happy Tears]]
 
|image2  = [[File:Unreleased project.png|60px|link=Album: Happy Tears]]
 
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|trivia                = The project is unrelated to [[Prince]]’s contribution to the children’s movie soundtrack [[Album: Happy Feet|Happy Feet]], released in 2006, despite the similarity in name.
 
|trivia                = The project is unrelated to [[Prince]]’s contribution to the children’s movie soundtrack [[Album: Happy Feet|Happy Feet]], released in 2006, despite the similarity in name.
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*There were rumors that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O’Donnell Rosie O’ Donnell] took part in the recording of one of the songs, but this has not been verified.
 
|alternative            =  
 
|alternative            =  
|references            = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004)
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|references            = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''  
 
*http://prince.org/msg/7/342786
 
*http://prince.org/msg/7/342786
 
|categories            = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]]
 
|categories            = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 27 June 2022

1995: Unreleased project.png The Vault - Volumes I, II and III Unreleased Albums
(Prince)
Unreleased Albums
(Related Artists)
1997: Unreleased project.png The Dawn
Happy Tears

Unreleased project.png

Album details


Intended Release Date: Late 1996 / Early 1997
Label(s): NPG Records (assumed)
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Happy Tears unreleased single

See also


Crystal Ball
(Album)
Happy Tears
(Unreleased single)
Crystalball album.png Unreleased project.png
Happy Tears is a multimedia project announced on 1 April 1996 during a press release focusing on Mayte’s pregnancy, "as a gift to their new born child".

The project was to be credited to "SymbolSmallerBlue.png and Mayte", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists. It was planned to include an album of songs on CD, an accompanying children’s storybook and a read-along cassette of the book’s stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children’s stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters.

While SymbolSmallerBlue.png may have planned songs for a children’s album in advance of Mayte’s pregnancy, it is probable that the eight songs planned for the album were recorded between March and August 1996. The tracks, described as bedtime stories, were reportedly narrated by SymbolSmallerBlue.png and sung in English, German and Spanish by Mayte. The only songs confirmed for the album were She Gave Her Angels (which was later released on Crystal Ball) and Happy Tears. Happy Tears was planned as the first single from the project and set to be released for Christmas 1996. It is also possible that the 1995 re-recording of Starfish And Coffee was planned for inclusion on the album as this song and She Gave Her Angels were lip-synched during SymbolSmallerBlue.png’s appearance on The Muppets Tonight TV show, which was planned to coincide with the project’s release.

The project was canceled when SymbolSmallerBlue.png and Mayte’s son died from complications caused by Pfeiffer Syndrome a week after his birth on 16 October 1996.



Track listing
CD

The specific sequence of tracks is unknown, but tracks believed to have been included are:

All songs written by Prince/SymbolSmallerBlue.png (assumed) except where noted.
1 Written by Prince (music and lyrics) and Susannah Melvoin (lyrics)



Personnel
Musicians


Production
  • See individual songs for production information.


 
Additional Information

Trivia

  • The project is unrelated to Prince’s contribution to the children’s movie soundtrack Happy Feet, released in 2006, despite the similarity in name.
  • There were rumors that Rosie O’ Donnell took part in the recording of one of the songs, but this has not been verified.

References
Unreleased project.png 1995
The Vault - Volumes I, II and III
Unreleased Albums
(Prince)
Unreleased Albums
(Related Artists)
1997
The Dawn
Unreleased project.png