Deliverance is an unreleased track recorded in 2006, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
In late 2006 or early 2007, it was included as subsequently the 13th track and the 11th track on early configurations of the Lotusflower album (later slightly renamed Lotusflow3r for release). A considerable amount of the tracks on those configurations were released instead on Planet Earth. Deliverance was also tentatively placed on an early configuration of Planet Earth in May 2007.
In 2017, timed with the first anniversary of Prince’s death, engineer Ian Boxill wanted to make an EP available titled Deliverance, including Deliverance, I Am, Touch Me, Sunrise Sunset, No One Else, and I Am (Extended). This would have featured the original songs, overdubbed and remixed by Boxill. Prince’s estate filed and won a lawsuit to halt this release and for the original masters to be returned to the estate. Therefore the EP Deliverance is considered an unofficial bootleg release, with the versions of the songs on it unofficial remixes. As such, the songs are considered unreleased, despite their short availability on mainstream music sites.
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