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|song name                 = Somewhere Here On Earth
|single image              = [[File:Planetearth album.jpg|100px|Link= Album: Planet Earth]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]]</small>
|performer                 = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 2007]] - [[Single: Guitar|Guitar]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]]<br>
[[Album: Anthology: 1995-2010|Anthology: 1995-2010]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]]
|previous song             = [[Sometimes It Snows In April]]
|next song                 = [[Son Of Sexy M.F.]]
|introduction              = '''Somewhere Here On Earth''' is the third track from [[Prince]]’s 32nd album [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]], and a week prior to the album’s initial release (with the [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Mail on Sunday|Mail on Sunday]] newspaper in the UK and Ireland) it was included as the b-side of [[Single: Guitar|Guitar]], the first single from the album, in Europe.

Basic tracking dates are uncertain, but it is believed that the track was recorded in early March 2007 at [[3121 at The Rio]] in Las Vegas, Nevada as the track was premiered with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Scott Christian Scott] on [[10_March 2007-am|10 March 2007 (a.m.)]] as an instrumental and [[11_March 2007-am|11 March 2007 (a.m.)]] as the full vocal track.
|recording info            =
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|date                      = Early March 2007
|studio                    = [[3121 at The Rio]],<br>Las Vegas, NV, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
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|recording personnel       = 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[C.C. Dunham]] - drums
*[[Joshua Dunham]] - bass guitar
*[[Renato Neto]] - keyboards (uncertain involvement)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Scott Christian Scott] - trumpet
|released versions         =
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|1= '''Somewhere Here On Earth'''
|2= 5:46
|3= [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]]<br>
[[Single: Guitar|Guitar]] single<br>
[[Album: Anthology: 1995-2010|Anthology: 1995-2010]]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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|line =
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|1= '''[[Mr. Goodnight]]'''
|2= 4:29
|3= [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]]<br>
[[Single: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] promo
|4= Studio
|5= Lyrics mention listening to '''Somewhere Here On Earth'''
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|video versions            = 
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|video versions            = 
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|line =
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|1= '''Somewhere Here On Earth'''
|2= 5:59
|3= Promotional release only
|4= Promo Video
|5= See [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] for details
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Somewhere Here On Earth'''
|2= 4:29
|3= Promotional release only
|4= Promo Video
|5= See [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] for details
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming     = 
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|broadcasts, streaming     = 
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|1= '''Somewhere Here On Earth'''
|2= ?:??
|3= Delayed Performance TV broadcast
|4= Live
|5= [[28_May 2009|28 May 2009, mat. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC Studio 3, Burbank, CA, USA]]
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|unreleased versions       = 
|first live appearance     = [[10_March 2007-am|10 March 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]] <small>(instrumental)</small>; [[11_March 2007-am|11 March 2007 (a.m.): 3121 @ Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA]] <small>(full vocal track)</small> <br>
* [[25_March_2016-2|25 March 2016 (show 2): Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada]] 
|performed regularly on    =[[21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour]]
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]]  <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
|trivia                    = Almost two years after its release, [[Somewhere Here On Earth]] was performed by [[Prince]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno Jay Leno]’s penultimate show after 17 years of hosting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno The Tonight Show With Jay Leno]. It is unknown if this was a personal favorite of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno Jay Leno]’s, or simply [[Prince]]’s own choice of song.
|see also                  = [[Album: Planet Earth|Planet Earth]] album
* [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] video
|references                = 
|categories                = [[Category:2007]][[Category:Recorded 2007]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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