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|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 2018]] - [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album pre-release download
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 2018]] - [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album pre-release download
 
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|album(s)              = [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (assumed)
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small>
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
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|introduction              = '''Why The Butterflies''' is the ninth and final track on [[Prince]]'s posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]], planned for release in September, 2018. The track was also released as the third pre-release download for the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 2018]], eight days before the album's release.
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|introduction              = '''Why The Butterflies''' is the ninth and final track on [[Prince]]’s posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]. The track was also released as the third pre-release download for the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 2018]], eight days before the album’s release.
  
The version included on the [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album is from a solo piano rehearsal at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. No studio version of the track is known to exist, and the track was not intended for release on a studio album at any point. Indeed the track may simply be an improvisation, with no further work done following this performance.
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The version included on the [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album is from a solo piano rehearsal at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. No studio version of the track is known to exist, and the track was not intended for release on a studio album at any point. Indeed the track may simply be an improvisation, with no further work done following this performance.
 
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Spring 1983
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|date                      = Late Summer - Autumn 1983
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
 
|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
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|see also                  = [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]] album
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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|references                = ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
|categories                = [[Category:2018]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
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|categories                = [[Category:2018]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 24 November 2023

Whitecaps   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Why The Butterflies

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from the album Piano & A Microphone 1983
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 13 September 2018 - Piano & A Microphone 1983 album pre-release download
Album(s): Piano & A Microphone 1983
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Why The Butterflies is the ninth and final track on Prince’s posthumous album Piano & A Microphone 1983. The track was also released as the third pre-release download for the album on 13 September 2018, eight days before the album’s release.

The version included on the Piano & A Microphone 1983 album is from a solo piano rehearsal at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. No studio version of the track is known to exist, and the track was not intended for release on a studio album at any point. Indeed the track may simply be an improvisation, with no further work done following this performance.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Late Summer - Autumn 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Rehearsal recording
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Why The Butterflies 6:26 Piano & A Microphone 1983 'Rehearsal'



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
Whitecaps   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?