Copenhagen was initially released as a members-only download from the NPG Music Club on 29 October 2002, only four days after it was recorded. This initially-released version includes a horn line interpolation from Miles Davis's track Jean-Pierre. As an "experiment", the song was released by an e-mailed link to European members only, as the track was recorded during the European leg of the One Nite Alone... Tour (during an NPG Music Club members-only soundcheck on 25 October 2002, where a version of Empty Room was also recorded). Four days later, a slightly shorter version (with a fade-in at the beginning) replaced the original file, without the interpolation of Jean-Pierre (likely due to licensing reasons). In 2004, this shorter version was included as the first track on Prince's third live album C-Note (a compilation of the five soundcheck tracks).
No studio version of the track is known to exist.
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