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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] - [[Single: The Breakdown|The Breakdown]] single | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] - [[Single: The Breakdown|The Breakdown]] single | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] | ||
|previous song = [[Brand New Orleans]] | |previous song = [[Brand New Orleans]] | ||
|next song = [[Breakfast Can Wait]] | |next song = [[Breakfast Can Wait]] | ||
|introduction = '''Breakdown''' (initially released as '''The Breakdown''') is the third track on [[Prince]] | |introduction = '''Breakdown''' (initially released as '''The Breakdown''') is the third track on [[Prince]]’s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and had been released five and a half months earlier as a stand-alone single, where both the song and the single were titled [[Single: The Breakdown|The Breakdown]]. | ||
After being played live throughout 2013 and [[Prince]] announcing it as his favorite current song on his Arsenio Hall Show appearance in March 2014, the song was unexpectedly released a few minutes before midnight on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] several hours after the announcement of a new deal with Warner Bros. Records, though the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] was not announced at the time. | After being played live throughout 2013 and [[Prince]] announcing it as his favorite current song on his Arsenio Hall Show appearance in March 2014, the song was unexpectedly released a few minutes before midnight on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] several hours after the announcement of a new deal with Warner Bros. Records, though the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] was not announced at the time. | ||
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The song was also included as a download for pre-orders of the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Clouds]]). | The song was also included as a download for pre-orders of the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Clouds]]). | ||
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place between Fall 2011 and early 2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in the same sessions that produced [[Time]], [[When Stars Collide]] and [[What It Feels Like]]. | ||
The track was first heard when DJ Rashida played it prior to [[Prince]] | The track was first heard when DJ Rashida played it prior to [[Prince]]’s DJ set on [[19_January 2013|19 January 2013, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. | ||
During [[3rdEye_TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] the chat moderator announced that [[Donna Grantis]] and [[Hannah Ford]] had been recording parts for '''Breakdown''' that evening at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio C), suggesting new recording on the track took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 22|22 June 2013]], although the released version seems to be identical to the one first heard in January 2013, indicating that the additional recording was not kept. | During [[3rdEye_TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] the chat moderator announced that [[Donna Grantis]] and [[Hannah Ford]] had been recording parts for '''Breakdown''' that evening at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio C), suggesting new recording on the track took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 22|22 June 2013]], although the released version seems to be identical to the one first heard in January 2013, indicating that the additional recording was not kept. | ||
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|date = | |date = Fall 2011 - early 2012 (assumed) | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking | ||
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|first live appearance = [[15 April 2013-1|15 April 2013 (Show 1): | |first live appearance = [[15 April 2013-1|15 April 2013 (Show 1): The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada]]<br> | ||
* [[04 March 2016 |4 March 2016: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA, USA]] | * [[04 March 2016 |4 March 2016: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | |see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | ||
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*[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/04/19/the_breakdown_listen_to_prince_s_latest_song_from_his_new_album_with_warner.html '''Prince Gets Melancholy in His Latest Song, "The Breakdown"''' ''by Sharan Shetty'' (Slate: 19 April 2014)] | *[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/04/19/the_breakdown_listen_to_prince_s_latest_song_from_his_new_album_with_warner.html '''Prince Gets Melancholy in His Latest Song, "The Breakdown"''' ''by Sharan Shetty'' (Slate: 19 April 2014)] | ||
*[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/21/prince-new-song-the-breakdown '''Prince releases new song, The Breakdown (The Guardian: 21 April 2014)] | *[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/21/prince-new-song-the-breakdown '''Prince releases new song, The Breakdown (The Guardian: 21 April 2014)] | ||
|categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category: | |categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category:Recorded 2012]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
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