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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 30|30 March 1987]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]<br> | ||
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]<br> | ||
[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe| Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | |||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics) and [[Susannah Melvoin]] (lyrics) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (music and lyrics) and [[Susannah Melvoin]] (lyrics) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (three days after [[Crystal Ball]]), without the school alarm bell sound effect opening the song, which was added later. The track was initially included as the ninth track on the late April configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album. It was kept for inclusion as the eighth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] configuration and the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration. When the album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], the alarm bell opening was added, and the song was included as the sixth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. [[Prince]] re-recorded the song in Autumn, 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and it is likely that this version of the song was planned for inclusion on the 1996 children’s album [[Album: Happy Tears|Happy Tears]], but this information is unverified. It is likely that his (lip-synced) performance of the song on The Muppets Tonight TV show recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_28|28 October 1996]], was planned to be broadcast to coincide with the album’s release, but the album was ultimately abandoned when [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]]’s son died from complications caused by | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (three days after [[Crystal Ball]]), without the school alarm bell sound effect opening the song, which was added later. The track was initially included as the ninth track on the late April configuration of the [[Album: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]] album. It was kept for inclusion as the eighth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 3|3 June 1986]] configuration and the seventh track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 18|18 July 1986]] configuration. When the album developed into the triple-album [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], the alarm bell opening was added, and the song was included as the sixth track on the first disc on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 30|30 November 1986]] configuration, which was eventually pared down and became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]]. [[Prince]] re-recorded the song in Autumn, 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and it is likely that this version of the song was planned for inclusion on the 1996 children’s album [[Album: Happy Tears|Happy Tears]], but this information is unverified. It is likely that his (lip-synced) performance of the song on The Muppets Tonight TV show recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_28|28 October 1996]], was planned to be broadcast to coincide with the album’s release, but the album was ultimately abandoned when [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]]’s son died from complications caused by | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeiffer_syndrome Pfeiffer Syndrome] a week after his birth. <br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeiffer_syndrome Pfeiffer Syndrome] a week after his birth. <br> | ||
The lyrics are based on [[Susannah Melvoin]] telling [[Prince]] about a girl she and [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] went to school with. All the details; the name Cynthia Rose, the names of the classmates, the teacher miss Kathleen and Cynthia’s favorite number being 20 as well as the starfish for breakfast and the happy face she drew were all from [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] telling [[Prince]] about her weird classmate in school. [[Susannah Melvoin]] received a writing credit for being the originator of the story. | The lyrics are based on [[Susannah Melvoin]] telling [[Prince]] about a girl she and [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] went to school with. All the details; the name Cynthia Rose, the names of the classmates, the teacher miss Kathleen and Cynthia’s favorite number being 20 as well as the starfish for breakfast and the happy face she drew were all from [[Susannah Melvoin|Susannah]] telling [[Prince]] about her weird classmate in school. [[Susannah Melvoin]] received a writing credit for being the originator of the story. | ||
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