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|single image = [[File:Clouds single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Clouds]] <br><small> promo single art for [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] </small> | |single image = [[File:Clouds single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Clouds]] <br><small> promo single art for [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album pre-order download |
|album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
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|previous song = [[Closer 2 My Heart]] | |previous song = [[Closer 2 My Heart]] | ||
|next song = [[Coca-Cola]] | |next song = [[Coca-Cola]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Clouds''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released five weeks earlier as a pre-order download for the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August | + | |introduction = '''Clouds''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released five weeks earlier as a pre-order download for the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Breakdown]], which had previously been released as a single). A [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] promo CD was also made available in Europe the week before the album. |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place in Spring or Summer 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. British folk/soul singer/songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas Lianne La Havas], who appears as a vocalist on the track, gave an interview in [http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/19/lianne-la-havas-pushing-for-prince-collaboration-ive-given-him-enough-hints-4310043/ 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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas La Havas] appeared live with [[Prince]] in [[08_March 2014|March]] and [[04_July 2014|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 | + | A snippet of the track was premiered over the PA prior to a live show, [[26_July 2014|26 July 2014, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]], along with snippets of several other songs from [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]. |
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| + | [[Joshua Welton]] remixed the track in 2014 or early 2015 but the remix was developed into a distinct track, [[Mr. Nelson]], which was then included on [[Prince]]'s next album, [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]. | ||
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|date = Spring / Summer 2014 | |date = Spring / Summer 2014 | ||
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
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|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
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| + | |1= '''[[Mr. Nelson]]''' | ||
| + | |2= 2:27 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]] album stream | ||
| + | |4= Studio | ||
| + | |5= Developed from [[Clouds]] remix; see [[Mr. Nelson]] for more details | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | |1= '''Clouds''' | ||
| + | |2= ?:?? | ||
| + | |3= Live performance TV broadcast | ||
| + | |4= Live | ||
| + | |5= [[01_November 2014|1 November 2014, Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV Studios, GE building (Studio 8H), New York, NY, USA]]; with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas Lianne La Havas] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[18 October | + | |first live appearance = [[18 October 2014-am|18 October 2014 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]<br> |
| + | * [[09 April 2015|9 April 2015: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
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