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|song name                = Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)
 
|song name                = Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)
|single image             = [[File:Gold single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Gold]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Gold|Gold]] </small>
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|album image               = [[File:Gold single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Gold]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Gold|Gold]] </small>
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|single image              =  [[File: Rocknrollisalive single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] <br> <small> single art for <br>[[Single: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
 
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1995]] - [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1995]] - [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single
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|previous song            = [[Rock And Roll Love Affair]]
 
|previous song            = [[Rock And Roll Love Affair]]
 
|next song                = [[Rock Me, Lover]]
 
|next song                = [[Rock Me, Lover]]
|introduction              = '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Gold|Gold]], the second commercial single to be released from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], released worldwide. In 1996, the song was also included in the TV movie [[Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]].
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|introduction              = '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)''' was released as the b-side of the single [[Single: Gold|Gold]], the second commercial single to be released from [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], released worldwide. In 1996, the song was also included in the TV movie [[TV Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]].
  
Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 12|12 September 1995]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (on the same day [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] was released as a single), incorporating an audience chant of "Rock 'n' roll is alive! And it lives in Minneapolis" from the [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995]] show at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the song premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDWB KDWB-FM] radio in Minneapolis the following day. A separate instrumental version, containing the audience chants and the DJ's voiceover sampled from the initial broadcast, premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDWB KDWB-FM] two days later.
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 12|12 September 1995]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Single: Eye Hate U]][[Single: Eye Hate U| Hate U]] was released as a single), incorporating an audience chant of "Rock 'n' roll is alive! And it lives in Minneapolis" from the [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995]] show at [[Paisley Park Studios]], and the song premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDWB KDWB-FM] radio in Minneapolis the following day. A separate instrumental version, containing the audience chants and the DJ's voiceover sampled from the initial broadcast, premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDWB KDWB-FM] two days later.
  
 
The song was recorded in direct response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz Lenny Kravitz]'s song [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Is_Dead Rock And Roll Is Dead] (from the 1995 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_(Lenny_Kravitz_album) Circus], also released as a single), which had just been released, and received some press coverage as a result. A lyric sheet given to attendees at a listening party for [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] (where this song was also played), ended with the credit "Thanx Lenny, call me in Minneapolis".
 
The song was recorded in direct response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz Lenny Kravitz]'s song [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Is_Dead Rock And Roll Is Dead] (from the 1995 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_(Lenny_Kravitz_album) Circus], also released as a single), which had just been released, and received some press coverage as a result. A lyric sheet given to attendees at a listening party for [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] (where this song was also played), ended with the credit "Thanx Lenny, call me in Minneapolis".
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The song was released as the A-side of a posthumous 7" vinyl distributed to all attendees at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves] NBA basketball game in Minneapolis' [[Target Center]] against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat Miami Heat] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 April, 2019]] (with [[Calhoun Square]] as the B-side). The single was made available digitally on the same day.
 
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|date                      = [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995]]
 
|date                      = [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Audience chant recording
 
|additional info          = Audience chant recording
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 12|12 September 1995]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 12|12 September 1995]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
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|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1995]]
 
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1995]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Remixing for instrumental version
 
|additional info          = Remixing for instrumental version
 
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|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''
 
|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''
 
|2= 4:34
 
|2= 4:34
|3= [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single
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|3= [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single<br>
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[[Single: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] single
 
|4= Studio
 
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|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''  
 
|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''  
|2= ?:??
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|2= 4:45
 
|3= Promotional release only
 
|3= Promotional release only
 
|4= Promo video
 
|4= Promo video
|5= See [[Video:Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video and [[Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]] film for more details
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|5= See [[Video: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video and [[TV Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]] film for more details
 
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|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''  
 
|1= '''Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)'''  
|2= ?:??
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|2= 4:45
 
|3= Unreleased promotional video
 
|3= Unreleased promotional video
 
|4= Promo video
 
|4= Promo video
|5= Alternate version of the above video, with additional performance footage; see [[Video:Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video for more details
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|5= Alternate version of the above video, with additional performance footage; see [[Video: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video for more details
 
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|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|broadcasts, streaming    =  
 
|sampled in                =  
 
|sampled in                =  
|first live appearance    = [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(audience chant)</small>; [[22_October 1995-am|22 October 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(full version)</small> <br>
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|first live appearance    = [[09_September 1995|9 September 1995: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(audience chant)</small>; [[22_October 1995-am|22 October 1995 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(full version)</small> <br>
* [[13 June 2000|13 June 2000: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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* [[13 June 2000|13 June 2000: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]])</small>
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Love 4 One Another Charities Tour]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]])</small>
 
* [[Jam Of The Year World Tour]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]], [[Let's Work]] or [[Delirious]])</small>
 
* [[Jam Of The Year World Tour]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]], [[Let's Work]] or [[Delirious]])</small>
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|trivia                    =  
 
|trivia                    =  
 
|see also                  = [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single
 
|see also                  = [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single
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* [[Single: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] single
 
* [[Video: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video
 
* [[Video: Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)|Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]] video
* [[Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]] film
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* [[TV Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]] film
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
* '''Copyright:''' [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office PAu002014829 / 1995-10-02]; [http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 480415727 / ISWC: T9028309504 / NPG PUBLISHING]
 
* '''Copyright:''' [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office PAu002014829 / 1995-10-02]; [http://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx ASCAP Work ID: 480415727 / ISWC: T9028309504 / NPG PUBLISHING]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]]
 
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Revision as of 14:55, 8 April 2019

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Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)

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Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)
Song details
Performer: SymbolSmallerBlue.png
First Released: 30 November 1995 - Gold single
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Producer(s): Prince (as SymbolSmallerBlue.png)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) was released as the b-side of the single Gold, the second commercial single to be released from The Gold Experience, released worldwide. In 1996, the song was also included in the TV movie Love 4 One Another.

Basic tracking took place on 12 September 1995 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day EyeBlue.png Hate U was released as a single), incorporating an audience chant of "Rock 'n' roll is alive! And it lives in Minneapolis" from the 9 September 1995 show at Paisley Park Studios, and the song premiered on KDWB-FM radio in Minneapolis the following day. A separate instrumental version, containing the audience chants and the DJ's voiceover sampled from the initial broadcast, premiered on KDWB-FM two days later.

The song was recorded in direct response to Lenny Kravitz's song Rock And Roll Is Dead (from the 1995 album Circus, also released as a single), which had just been released, and received some press coverage as a result. A lyric sheet given to attendees at a listening party for The Gold Experience (where this song was also played), ended with the credit "Thanx Lenny, call me in Minneapolis".

The song was released as the A-side of a posthumous 7" vinyl distributed to all attendees at the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball game in Minneapolis' Target Center against the Miami Heat on 5 April, 2019 (with Calhoun Square as the B-side). The single was made available digitally on the same day.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
9 September 1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Audience chant recording
12 September 1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking
14 September 1995 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Remixing for instrumental version
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) 4:34 Gold single

Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) single

Studio
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) 4:45 Promotional release only Promo video See Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) video and Love 4 One Another film for more details
Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) 4:45 Unreleased promotional video Promo video Alternate version of the above video, with additional performance footage; see Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) video for more details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) Studio Early version, missing some crowd chants
Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) Remix Remix missing the song's verses, replaced by keyboards and samples of DJ Tony Fly speaking over the track (sampled from the song's premiere on KDWB-FM)
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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