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|introduction              = '''Blue Light''' is the seventh track (sixth song) on [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]], the second to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]].
 
|introduction              = '''Blue Light''' is the seventh track (sixth song) on [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]], the second to be credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]].
  
Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_12|12 May 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (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 [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album. It was included as the ninth track (sixth song) on March 1992, and late-Summer, 1992, configurations of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album, until many of the album's [[Symbol segues|segues]] were removed for release. In early 1993, [[Single: Blue Light|Blue Light]] was planned as a single, with a test pressing made, but the single was left unreleased.
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Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_12|12 May 1991]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (two days after [[Gett Off]], on the same day [[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[You're All I Want]]).  
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It was the earliest-recorded track to be used on the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album. It was included as the ninth track (sixth song) on March 1992, and late-Summer, 1992, configurations of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album, until many of the album's [[Symbol segues|segues]] were removed for release.  
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In early 1993, [[Single: Blue Light|Blue Light]] was planned as a single, with a test pressing made, but the single was left unreleased.
 
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Revision as of 13:33, 24 March 2017

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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.


Recording process

Initial tracking took place on 12 May 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (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.

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 Initial tracking
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
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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