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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]]. | |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]]. | ||
− | 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 | + | 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] | + | 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 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. | 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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− | |3= Remix missing the | + | |3= 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDWB KDWB-FM]) |
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* [[13 June 2000|13 June 2000: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] | * [[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]], [[ | + | * [[Jam Of The Year World Tour]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]], [[Let’s Work]] or [[Delirious]])</small> |
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1997|1997]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]], [[ | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#1997|1997]] <small>(instrumental coda during [[Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing]], [[Let’s Work]] or [[Delirious]])</small> |
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single | |see also = [[Single: Gold|Gold]] single |
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