Blue Light

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Blue Light

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from the album SymbolSmallerBlue.png
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 13 October 1992 - SymbolSmallerBlue.png album
Album(s): SymbolSmallerBlue.png
Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Blue Light is the seventh track (sixth song) on Prince’s 14th album SymbolSmallerBlue.png, the second to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation.

Basic tracking took place on 12 May 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after Gett Off, on the same day Eric Leeds recorded saxophone overdubs on You’re All I Want).

It was the earliest-recorded track to be used on the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album. It was included as the ninth track (sixth song) on March 1992, and late-Summer 1992, configurations of the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album, until many of the album’s segues were removed for release.

A tape box in Prince’s vault has a date of 11 December 1991 written on it. It is unclear if this is a new / alternate version or a mix of the song.

In early 1993, Blue Light was planned as a single, with a test pressing made, but the single was left unreleased.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
12 May 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
11 December 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
possible mix or new version
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Blue Light 4:38 SymbolSmallerBlue.png Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Blue Light 3:07 3 Chains O’ Gold VHS/laserdisc Promo video See Blue Light video for more details
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
2 Whom It May Concern 4:02 My Name Is Prince single

7 single
Damn U single

Studio medley See 2 Whom It May Concern for more details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Blue Light Version before December 1991 updates
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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