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|album image = [[File:Thevault...oldfriends4sale album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] </small> | |album image = [[File:Thevault...oldfriends4sale album.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:Extraordinary single.jpg|117px|link=Single: Extraordinary]] <br> <small> promo CD for [[Single: Extraordinary|Extraordinary]] (no cover art was included) | |single image = [[File:Extraordinary single.jpg|117px|link=Single: Extraordinary]] <br> <small> promo CD for [[Single: Extraordinary|Extraordinary]] (no cover art was included) | ||
| − | |performer = [[Prince | + | |performer = [[Prince]] |
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 10|10 August | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 10|10 August 1999]] - [[Single: Extraordinary|Extraordinary]] (promotional release only)<br> [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 24|24 August 1999]] - [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]] album (commercial release) |
|album(s) = [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]<br> | ||
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |previous song = [[ | + | |previous song = [[Exploding All Over Europe]] |
|next song = [[F.U.N.K.]] | |next song = [[F.U.N.K.]] | ||
|introduction = '''Extraordinary''' is the tenth and final track on [[Prince]]'s 22nd album [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]. Two weeks prior to the album's release, [[Single: Extraordinary|Extraordinary]] was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but no commercial release was planned. Soon afterwards, it was included as the second and final track on a Japanese promo-only single of [[Single: The Rest Of My Life|The Rest Of My Life]]. In 2002, a live version of the track was included as the fourth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s first live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=I Wanna Be Your Lover]][[I Wanna Be Your Lover| Wanna B Ur Lover]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]], [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] and [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]] from the same show). | |introduction = '''Extraordinary''' is the tenth and final track on [[Prince]]'s 22nd album [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]. Two weeks prior to the album's release, [[Single: Extraordinary|Extraordinary]] was released as a promo-only single in the USA, but no commercial release was planned. Soon afterwards, it was included as the second and final track on a Japanese promo-only single of [[Single: The Rest Of My Life|The Rest Of My Life]]. In 2002, a live version of the track was included as the fourth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s first live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with [[Xenophobia]], [[Avalanche]], [[Family Name]], [[Raspberry Beret]], [[The Everlasting Now]], [[File:EyeBlue.png|link=I Wanna Be Your Lover]][[I Wanna Be Your Lover| Wanna B Ur Lover]], [[Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds & Pearls]], [[The Beautiful Ones]], [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] and [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]] from the same show). | ||
| − | While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in September | + | While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracks were recorded in September 1992 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Tevin Campbell: Down|Down]], [[Baby Don't Care|Holly Don't Care]], [[The P]], [[The Halls Of Desire]], [[Paris 1798430]], [[Uncle Sam]], [[Super Hero]] and a remake of [[Shhh]]). The song was originally intended for [[Rosie Gaines]]' planned solo album [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]], and she recorded vocals for the track, although [[Prince]] reclaimed the track before the known configurations of [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] were compiled in 1993. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = September | + | |date = September 1992 |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
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|3= [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | |3= [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
| − | |5= [[30_April | + | |5= [[30_April 2002|30 April 2002, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA]] |
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[30_March | + | |first live appearance = [[30_March 2002|30 March 2002: Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C., USA]] <small>(during [[NPG Music Club]] members' soundcheck)</small> <br> |
| + | * [[23 April 2011|23 April 2011: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]] | ||
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| Exploding All Over Europe < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > F.U.N.K. |
