The Ladder is the eighth track on Prince's seventh album Around The World In A Day, the second album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution.
Basic tracks were recorded on 23 December 1984 (the day before the monologue used in Temptation). Prince taught the song to the band during the soundcheck for the concert that night at the Saint Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA, before the band recorded it the same day at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA. The string interlude prior to the song was previously used on the unreleased track Our Destiny.
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