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|song name                 = When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes
|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|performer                 = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] 
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] 
|previous song             = [[When She Comes]]
|next song                 = [[When The Lights Go Down]]
|introduction              = '''When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes''' is a track recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 29|29 September 1986]], at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the day after [[Baby Doll House]], [[One]] and [[Two]] and on the same day as [[Three]], [[Four]] and [[Five]]). Along with [[Crucial]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]], the song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]]. Other songs recorded earlier ([[Heaven]], [[God Is Everywhere]], [[Others Here With Us]] and [[All My Dreams]]) were also considered for the film, but the project was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects.

Interestingly the groove, pace, feel and theme of the song is very similar to [[The Line]], recorded in December 1987.

In September 2020 the song was released as the twelfth track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
|recording info            =
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 29|29]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking, overdubs, mix (29th); mix (30th)
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|recording personnel       = 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
|released versions         =
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|1= '''When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes'''
|2= 6:17
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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|first live appearance     = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = 
|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
|categories                = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
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