Jam Of The Year is the first track on the first disc of Prince's 19th album Emancipation, the third to be credited to . In 1997, a live version was included as the first track on NYC, a cassette single sold directly from the 1-800 New Funk phone service, which could be considered the third and final commercially-released single from the album.
Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in late 1995 or early 1996 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (at the same time Rosie Gaines recorded her parts of tracks on the Chaos And Disorder album). Jam Of The Year was remixed in 1997 (perhaps for potential single release, although at this stage Prince had abandoned promotion for the album after EMI's demise), and a clip was available on Love4OneAnother.com in the fall of 1997. This remix contained a rap by Doug E. Fresh, and the remix was later developed into the track Push It Up.
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Released
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Jam Of The Year
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T.B.C.
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Live performance TV broadcast
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Live
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12 November, 1996, Emancipation Freedom Concert, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Jam Of The Year (Remix)
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0:45
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Love4OneAnother.com stream
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Remix
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Remix with Doug E. Fresh; later developed into Push It Up
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Jam Of The Year
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9:02
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NPG Music Club .flv stream
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Live
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28 August, 1998, Brixton Academy, London, England; same as .mov download above, but contains Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing as uncredited extra song (not available separately)
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Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
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Unreleased Versions
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Jam Of The Year (Remix)
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Remix
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Full version of remix with Doug E. Fresh; later developed into Push It Up
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