Cosmic Day

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Cosmic Day

Sign O' The Times Deluxe
from the album Sign O' The Times Deluxe
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 6 August 2020 - streaming & download platforms
Album(s): Sign O' The Times Deluxe
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Cosmic Day is a song recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California on 15 November 1986 (ten days after Prince had completed the Camille album and shortly before he began to compile the Crystal Ball album).

With it lyrics mentioning mermen swimming in the sky, as sure as an elephant will see and every sky in the star, it is one of the most psychedelic songs Prince has done.

Although the song is recorded with the sped up Camille voice, it is unknown if this song was intended for Crystal Ball or any other project at the time.

It was send to Clare Fischer for an orchestral treatment in early December 1986, after the Crystal Ball 3LP was already pared down to Sign O' The Times, indicating that Prince never considered it for any specific project at the time.

When it was ultimately released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O' The Times Deluxe set it was the version without the Clare Fischer arrangement, but the standalone Fischer orchestration was later re-used to create Intermission.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
15 November 1986 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Basic tracking
5 December 1986 Mad Hatter Studios,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Orchestral overdubs by Clare Fischer's orchestra
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Cosmic Day Sign O' The Times Deluxe Studio


Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Intermission n/a n/a Studio There have been no audio-only releases of this track.
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Cosmic Day Studio with Clare Fischer arrangement
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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