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America

Single details

Released:	2 October, 1985
Related album:	Around The World In A Day
Label(s):	Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros.
Non-Album track(s):	America (21:46) Girl (3:51) Girl (Extended Version) (7:35)

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
America
Country: Chart	Entry Date	Peak Position	Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Hot 100	19 oct. 1985	46	7
USA: Billboard R&B Chart	2 Nov. 1985	35	8
Europe
Country: Chart	Entry Date	Peak Position	Weeks in Chart
Belgium: Ultratop Flanders	28 Dec. 1985	35	1

Certifications
This single has not received any certifications in the USA

Awards
This single has not received any awards in the USA

See also

America (music video)	America (sheet music)

America was the fourth and final single (third in North America) to be released from Prince's eighth album Around The World In A Day, the second album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. It was released five and a half months after the album.

The single included a non-album track b-side, Girl as well as extended versions of both America and Girl. The extended version of America was not given any title to distinguish it from the album version (only credited as "America"), but was the longest extended version to be released of any track by Prince, at 21:46 long.

The cover art, as with that of the singles Raspberry Beret and Pop Life, is an enlarged detail from the artwork of the album Around The World In A Day, painted by Doug Henders.

The single reached number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and number 35 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart.

While America was released in most of the world, Pop Life was released concurrently in the UK, where Girl was included as the b-side.

Track listing

7"	12"
A. America (3:40) B. Girl (3:51) Cat #: US: 7-28999 JP: P-2021 DE/CA: 928 999-7 AU: MX210895-6	A. America (21:46) B. Girl (Extended Version) (7:35) Cat #: US: 0-20389 DE/CA: 920 389-0 AU: MX210859-60
See individual tracks and related albums for credits.

Other Formats

7" Promo	12" Promo
(US: 7-28999) A. America (3:40) B. America (3:40) 7" 1987 Back To Back Hits Reissue (US: GWB-0529) A. America (3:40) AA. Pop Life (3:42)	(US: PRO-A-2300) A. America (3:40) B. America (3:40)
This record wasn't released in any other format (Cassette, CD, Digital).

Releases

7", 12", CD, Cassettes and Other versions

Country	Format	Cat. Number	Comments	Front	Back	Label 1	Label 2

USA	7"	7-28999

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country	Format	Cat. Number	Comments	Front	Back	Label 1	Label 2

None

Additional Information

	Promotion (at time of release)	Triva

	US press advert published in Billboard.

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince by Per Nilsen & JooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff (Uptown: 2004) ISBN 91-631-5482-X