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{{song|
{{song|
|song name                = Standing At The Altar
|song name                = Standing At The Altar
|album image              = [[Image:1800newfunk_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1-800 New Funk]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] </small>
|album image              = [[Image:1800newfunk_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: 1-800 New Funk]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] </small><br><br>[[Image:D&P_SDE.jpg|100px|link=Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe]] <br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]</small><br>
|single image              = [[Image:Standingatthealtar_single.jpg|117px|link=Single: Standing At The Altar]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]]
|single image              = [[Image:Standingatthealtar_single.jpg|117px|link=Single: Standing At The Altar]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]]
|performer                = [[Margie Cox]]
|performer                = [[Margie Cox]]; [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]])
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 12|12 August 1994]] - [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_12|12 July 1994]] (advanced release for a signing session) <br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 12|12 August 1994]] (worldwide release)
|album(s)                  = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]]
|album(s)                  = [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] <br>[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)              = [[Mr. Hayes]], [[Greg Sain]]
|producer(s)              = [[Mr. Hayes]], [[Greg Sain]]
|previous song            = [[Stained Glass]]
|previous song            = [[Stained Glass]]
|next song                = [[Standing In The Rain]]
|next song                = [[Standing In The Rain]]
|introduction              = '''Standing At The Altar''', by [[Margie Cox]], is the seventh track on the album [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] (a compilation of mostly-unreleased music largely written and produced by [[Prince]]/ [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], recorded by other [[Paisley Park Records]] artists), and, later in 1994, [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] was available as the album's only commercial single, available in Europe only. Around the time of the album's release, however, it was issuded as a 7" promo with [[Love Sign]] on the flip side. The song was written by [[Prince]] (credited as such, even though it was released while he used the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), and produced by [[Mr. Hayes]], [[Greg Sain]].
|introduction              = '''Standing At The Altar''', by [[Margie Cox]], is the seventh track on the album [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] (a compilation of mostly-unreleased music largely written and produced by [[Prince]]/ [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], recorded by other [[Paisley Park Records]] artists), and, later in 1994, [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] was available as the album’s only commercial single, available in Europe only. Around the time of the album’s release, however, it was issued as a 7" promo with [[Love Sign]] on the flip side. The song was written by [[Prince]] (credited as such, even though it was released while he used the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), and produced by [[Mr. Hayes]] and [[Greg Sain]].


While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in July 1991, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The lyrics are inspired by the love relationship between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Julia Roberts] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland] when she unexpectedly broke-up with him three days before their planned wedding date in June 1991. The track was intended for a planned solo project by [[Margie Cox]] (after the [[Album: Flash (1990)|Flash]] album, for which she sung lead vocals, was abandoned), but this project remained unfinished.
The lyrics are inspired by the love relationship between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Julia Roberts] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland] when she unexpectedly broke-up with him three days before their planned wedding date in June 1991.
 
Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 1991]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[Hey U]]).
In the early hours of  [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 2|2 July 1991]], [[Margie Cox]] added her vocals to it. The track was at this point intended for a planned solo project by [[Margie Cox]] (after the [[Album: Flash (1990)|Flash]] album, for which she sung lead vocals, was abandoned), but this [[Album: Margie Cox (1994)|album]] remained unreleased.
 
The version with [[Prince]] singing was released in October 2023 as the sixth track of ''Vault Tracks part 3'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe| Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = July 1991
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 23|23 June 1991]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 26|26 June 1991]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Mixing
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 2|2 July 1991]] (a.m.)
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Basic tracking
|additional info          = [[Margie Cox]] Lead vocals, other overdubs, mixing
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
'''Margie Cox version'''
*[[Margie Cox]] - lead vocals, background vocals
*[[Margie Cox]] - lead vocals, background vocals
*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - guitar
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*[[Rosie Gaines]] - background vocals
*[[Rosie Gaines]] - background vocals
*[[Greg Sain]] - background vocals
*[[Greg Sain]] - background vocals
*[[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] - all other instruments (unidentified musicians, although most likely this was simply [[Prince]])
*[[Prince]] - background vocals all other instruments (credited as [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]])
 
'''Prince version'''
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
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|released versions        =
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|3= [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]]<br>
|3= [[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]]<br>
[[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single
[[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single
[[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] promo single
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''Standing At The Altar (The 1-800 New Funk Version)'''
|5= [[Margie Cox]] version a.k.a. '''Standing At The Altar (The 1-800 New Funk Version)'''
}}
}}
{{Songline|
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|1= '''Standing At The Altar (Extended Version)'''
|1= '''Standing At The Altar (Extended Version)'''
|2= 5:58
|2= 5:58
|3= [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single
|3= [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single<br>
[[Album: 1-800 New Funk|1-800 New Funk]] (Japan only)
|4= Extended version
|4= Extended version
|5= Extended version by Simon Harris
|5= Extended version of the [[Margie Cox]] version by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris_(musician) Simon Harris]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Standing At The Altar'''
|2= 4:48
|3= [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= [[Prince]]’s original studio version, released in 2023
}}
}}
}}
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{{Songline|
|1= '''Standing At The Altar'''  
|1= '''Standing At The Altar'''  
|2= ?:??
|2= 3:57
|3= Promotional release only
|3= Promotional release only
|4= Promo video
|4= Promo video
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|1= '''Standing At The Altar'''
|1= '''Standing At The Altar'''
|2= early version  
|2= Early version of the [[Margie Cox]] version
|3= Shorter than released version and with different intro
|3= Shorter than released version and with different intro
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* [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single
* [[Single: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] single
* [[Video: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] video
* [[Video: Standing At The Altar|Standing At The Altar]] video
*[[Album: Margie Cox (1994)|Margie Cox]] unreleased solo album
* [[Margie Cox]]
* [[Margie Cox]]
*[[Album: Diamonds And Pearls SuperDeluxe|Diamonds And Pearls ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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|categories                = [[Category:1994]] [[Category:2023]] [[Category:Recorded 1991]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the New Power Generation)‏‎]]
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Latest revision as of 16:38, 25 June 2024

Stained Glass   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Standing In The Rain
Standing At The Altar

from the album 1-800 New Funk


from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
single art for Standing At The Altar
Song details
Performer: Margie Cox; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 12 July 1994 (advanced release for a signing session)
12 August 1994 (worldwide release)
Album(s): 1-800 New Funk
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Mr. Hayes, Greg Sain
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

Standing At The Altar, by Margie Cox, is the seventh track on the album 1-800 New Funk (a compilation of mostly-unreleased music largely written and produced by Prince/ , recorded by other Paisley Park Records artists), and, later in 1994, Standing At The Altar was available as the album’s only commercial single, available in Europe only. Around the time of the album’s release, however, it was issued as a 7" promo with Love Sign on the flip side. The song was written by Prince (credited as such, even though it was released while he used the name ), and produced by Mr. Hayes and Greg Sain.

The lyrics are inspired by the love relationship between Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland when she unexpectedly broke-up with him three days before their planned wedding date in June 1991.

Initial tracking took place on 23 June 1991, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Hey U). In the early hours of 2 July 1991, Margie Cox added her vocals to it. The track was at this point intended for a planned solo project by Margie Cox (after the Flash album, for which she sung lead vocals, was abandoned), but this album remained unreleased.

The version with Prince singing was released in October 2023 as the sixth track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
23 June 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
26 June 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Mixing
2 July 1991 (a.m.) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Margie Cox Lead vocals, other overdubs, mixing
Recording Personnel

Margie Cox version

Prince version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Standing At The Altar 3:54 1-800 New Funk

Standing At The Altar single

Studio Margie Cox version a.k.a. Standing At The Altar (The 1-800 New Funk Version)
Standing At The Altar (Extended Version) 5:58 Standing At The Altar single

1-800 New Funk (Japan only)

Extended version Extended version of the Margie Cox version by Simon Harris
Standing At The Altar 4:48 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince’s original studio version, released in 2023
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Standing At The Altar 3:57 Promotional release only Promo video See Standing At The Altar video for more details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Standing At The Altar Early version of the Margie Cox version Shorter than released version and with different intro
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
Stained Glass   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Standing In The Rain
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