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| |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) |
| |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) |
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| |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 [[TV Film: Love 4 One Another|Love 4 One Another]]. | | |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]]. |
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 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.
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Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)
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Early version, missing some crowd chants
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Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)
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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)
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