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{{song|
|song name                 = The Rhythm Of Your ♥
|album image               = [[File:Childofthesun album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Child Of The Sun]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Rhythmofyourheart single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart]]<br> <small> single art for [[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]]</small>
|performer                 = [[Mayte]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_6|6 November 1995]] - [[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night|If]] [[file:Eye.png|link=Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night]][[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night| Love U 2night]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] (uncredited on album, credited to [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] in association with Hena Productions on single)
|previous song             = [[Rhythm Angel]]
|next song                 = [[Rich Friends]]
|introduction              = '''The Rhythm Of Your ♥''' (more commonly known as '''The Rhythm Of Your Heart''', but also known as '''Rhythm Of Your ♥''' or '''Listen 2 The Rhythm''') is the fourth track on [[Mayte]]’s first and only album [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], and a few weeks before the album’s release, it was included as the b-side on some versions of [[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night|If]] [[file:Eye.png|link=Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night]][[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night| Love U 2night]], the album’s second single. In 2007, [[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]] (lacking the definite article in the title) was released as a limited-release single (originally pressed in 1998), containing an extended remix of the track featuring a rap by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). Although no production credit is given on the album, the song was written and produced by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]).

It is likely that the song started its life as simply '''The Rhythm'''. [[Prince]] recorded a track with that title at at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1989]], as it can be extrapolated from the date of a tape found in the Vault, visible in police pictures taken after [[Prince]]’s death. <!-- basic tracking for [[Prince]]’s original version took place in early 1989, using the title '''Listen 2 The Rhythm''' --> The first half of the chorus was reused from [[Rhythm Angel]] - "Shine like the sun, cry like the rain / Feel like an angel, know no pain", but the two songs are otherwise lyrically separate. The song was registered at the Library of Congress on 1 May 1989 as '''The Rhythm Of Your heart'''.

[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] may have worked on the track further in 1994, and it was included as the second track on a late 1994 configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]], also under its original title. [[Mayte]]’s vocal overdubs likely took place in late 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], when the track was renamed '''The Rhythm Of Your ♥'''. It was included, in a different mix than released, as the fourth track on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 5|5 May 1995]] configuration of [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], where it remained for release, although it was worked on further in Summer 1995 before release ([[Prince]]’s rap was removed, although included on the remix included on the single). It is likely the track was included on [[Mayte]]’s album [[Album: Scorpio (1998)|Scorpio]] (as '''Rhythm Of Your ♥'''), which included some tracks from [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]], as the single [[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]] was made available at that time.
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1989]] <small>(assumed)</small>
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking ([[Prince]] vocals)
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Late 1994
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info                  = [[Mayte]] vocal overdubs
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Summer 1995
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Additional recording
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Mayte]] - lead vocals
*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] – all other instruments and background vocals, except where noted
*[[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] - instruments (specific bandmembers not credited, although possibly this only means [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone
*[[Steve Strand]] - trumpet
*[[Dave Jensen]] - trumpet
*[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone saxophone
*[[Brian Gallagher]] - tenor saxophone
|released versions         =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''The Rhythm Of Your ♥'''
|2= 3:16
|3= [[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night|If]] [[file:Eye.png|link=Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night]][[Single: If_Eye_Love_U_2night| Love U 2night]] single<br>
[[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] album
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''Rhythm Of Your ♥'''
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''The Rhythm Of Your ♥'''
|2= 3:23
|3= [[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]] single
|4= Studio
|5= slightly longer in the coda w/ extra heartbeats
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Rhythm Of Your ♥ (Remix)'''
|2= 6:11
|3= [[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]] single
|4= Extended version
|5= Mixed by [[César Sogbe]] and [[Joe Galdo]], assisted by [[John Merchant]]
}}
}}
|unreleased versions       = 
{{SongUnreleased|
|unreleased versions       = 
{{Unreleased|
|line=
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Listen 2 The Rhythm'''
|2= Studio
|3= Original version with [[Prince]] vocals
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''The Rhythm Of Your ♥'''
|2= Studio
|3= Rawer sound with [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] rap included
}}
}}
}}
|video versions            = 
{{SongVideo|
|video versions            = 
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Rhythm Of Your ♥''' 
|2= 3:24
|3= [[Mayte]]’s [http://www.youtube.com/user/officialmayte YouTube channel]
|4= Promo video
|5= 1998 promo video, unreleased until featured on [[Mayte]]’s [http://www.youtube.com/user/officialmayte YouTube channel] in 2013. See [[Video: The Rhythm Of Your Heart|The Rhythm Of Your ♥]] for details
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming     = 
|sampled in                = 
|first live appearance     = [[08_June 1995-am|8 June 1995 (a.m.), Glam Slam, Miami Beach, FL, USA]] <small>(lip-synch by [[Mayte]] during opening set; only known performance)</small><br>
*This track is not believed to have been performed by [[Prince]]
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1995|1995]] <small>(during [[Mayte]] opening set)</small>
|trivia                    = 
|see also                  = [[Album: Child Of The Sun|Child Of The Sun]] album
*[[Single: Rhythm Of Your Heart|Rhythm Of Your ♥]] single
*[[Video: The Rhythm Of Your Heart|The Rhythm Of Your ♥]] music video
*[[Mayte]]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Recorded 1989]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
}}
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