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|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August, 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album pre-order download
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August, 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album pre-order download
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|trivia                    = While not being a single, the track entered SNEP Top Singles chart on 25 August, 2014 at position 182. It remained in the chart only one week.
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|see also                  = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album
 
|references                = [http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/19/lianne-la-havas-pushing-for-prince-collaboration-ive-given-him-enough-hints-4310043/ Lianne La Havas pushing for Prince collaboration: ‘I’ve given him enough hints’]
 
|references                = [http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/19/lianne-la-havas-pushing-for-prince-collaboration-ive-given-him-enough-hints-4310043/ Lianne La Havas pushing for Prince collaboration: ‘I’ve given him enough hints’]

Revision as of 19:20, 3 September 2015

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Clouds

Artofficialage album.jpg
from the album Art Official Age
Clouds single.jpg
promo single art for Clouds
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 25 August, 2014 - Art Official Age album pre-order download
Album(s): Art Official Age
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince and Joshua Welton
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Clouds is the second track on Prince's 37th album Art Official Age, and was released five weeks earlier as a pre-order download for the album when it was announced on 25 August, 2014 (along with Breakdown, which had previously been released as a single). A Clouds promo CD was also made available in Europe the week before the album.

While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking is believed to have taken place in Spring or Summer 2014 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. British folk/soul singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas, who appears as a vocalist on the track, gave an interview in late February, 2014, in which she stated she had not yet recorded with Prince but would love to, indicating that the track, or at least her portion of the track, had not yet been recorded. La Havas appeared live with Prince in March and July, 2014, and it is possible they worked together on the track then (along with Affirmation I & II, Way Back Home and Affirmation III), but this is purely speculative.

A snippet of the track was premiered over the PA prior to a live show, 26 July 2014, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, along with snippets of several other songs from Art Official Age.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring / Summer 2014 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Clouds 4:34 Art Official Age

Clouds promo

Studio



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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