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from the album Sign O’ The Times Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 30 March 1987 - Sign O’ The Times album Album(s): Sign O’ The Times The Hits 1 The Hits / The B-Sides Girl 6 One Nite Alone... Live! Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 29 May 1987 (a.m.): U4, Vienna, Austria 14 April 2016 (Show 1): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Performed regularly on tour: Sign O’ The Times Tour Lovesexy Tour One Nite Alone... Tour World Tour 2003 Musicology Live 2004ever Performed occasionally in shows: 1987, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (solo piano), 2016 (solo piano)

Adore (originally titled Adore (Until The End Of Time)) is the seventh and final track on the second disc of Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times. In 1993, the track was included (in a previously-unavailable edited form) as the twelfth track on Prince’s first compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides); its inclusion was unusual since the track had not been available as a single or as a promo release at any point. In 1996, the track was included as the ninth track on the soundtrack album Girl 6 (a compilation of music by Prince and associated artists for the movie Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee). In 2002, a live version was also included as the sixth track on the second disc of One Nite Alone... Live!, Prince’s first live album (along with Do Me, Baby and Condition Of The ♥ (Interlude) from the same show). Basic tracking took place on 19 November 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California as Adore (Until The End Of Time) (three days before recording Play In The Sunshine and the studio overdubs for It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night). The track was initially placed (using this original title) as the seventh and final track on the third disc of the aborted 1986 album Crystal Ball, and was kept as the seventh and final track on the second disc as the album developed into Sign O’ The Times. In 2000, Adore was planned for inclusion on When 2 R In Love: The Ballads Of Prince (likely in re-recorded form, although it is possible this was planned but not executed). The album did not receive many votes by visitors at Prince: A Celebration, however, and was ultimately abandoned. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 19 November 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking, overdubs, mix 21-24 November 1986 Sunset Sound - Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Overdubs, rough mix (21st); Overdubs, mix (22nd); Overdubs (including horns), mix (23rd); Overdubs (including strings), mix, instrumental mix (24th) Recording Personnel Prince - all vocal and instruments, except where noted Eric Leeds - saxophone Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Novi Novog - viola Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Adore 6:29 Sign O’ The Times Girl 6 Studio Adore 6:29 Sign O’ The Times (Super) Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020 Adore (Edit) 4:39 The Hits 1 The Hits / The B-Sides Edit Fade-out Adore 4:50 The Cross promotional single Edit Fade-out, not specified as an edited version Adore 4:50 Sign O’ The Times - The Singles‎ Edit Fade-out, not specified as an edited version. Same as above but remastered in 2020. Adore 5:32 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 14 April 2002, Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX; includes "The Twilight Zone Theme" interpolation Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Adore 2:00 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany, pt. 1 entering medley of Delirious / Jack U Off / Sister Adore 1:23 Lovesexy Live 2 VHS Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany, pt. 2 closing medley of Delirious / Jack U Off / Sister Adore T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info Segue 0:46 Carmen Electra Studio Ibstrumental segue/intro to All That. Uses the basic tracks of Adore All That 4:29 Carmen Electra Fantasia Erotica single Studio Uses the basic tracks of Adore with entirely different lyrics All That Unreleased Studio Original version intended for On Top Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Adore (Until The End Of Time) Studio Version without crowd noise bleed from It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night during intro Adore (Until The End Of Time) (Instrumental) Studio Instrumental mix

Additional Information See also Trivia Sign O’ The Times album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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