| |introduction = '''Starfish And Coffee''' is the sixth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. In 2002, a brief live piano version was also included (titled '''Starfish & Coffee''') as the fourteenth track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]'s first live album (along with recordings of [[One Nite Alone...]], [[Free]] and [[Sometimes It Snows In April]] from the same show). | | |introduction = '''Starfish And Coffee''' is the sixth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s ninth album [[Album: Sign O' The Times|Sign O' The Times]]. In 2002, a brief live piano version was also included (titled '''Starfish & Coffee''') as the fourteenth track on the second disc of [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Prince]]'s first live album (along with recordings of [[One Nite Alone...]], [[Free]] and [[Sometimes It Snows In April]] from the same show). |
| Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April, 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (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]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, 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-synched) performance of the song on The Muppets Tonight TV show recorded in September, 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 | | Initial tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 20|20 April, 1986]] at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (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]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, 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 in September, 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 |
| 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, 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]] 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, 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]] telling [[Prince]] about her weird classmate in school. [[Susannah Melvoin]] received a writing credit for being the originator of the story. |
