| |introduction = '''Clouds''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released five weeks earlier as a pre-order download for the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Breakdown]], which had previously been released as a single). A [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] promo CD was also made available in Europe the week before the album. | | |introduction = '''Clouds''' is the second track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and was released five weeks earlier as a pre-order download for the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Breakdown]], which had previously been released as a single). A [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] promo CD was also made available in Europe the week before the album. |
| While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place in Spring or Summer 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. British folk/soul singer/songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas Lianne La Havas], who appears as a vocalist on the track, gave an interview in [http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/19/lianne-la-havas-pushing-for-prince-collaboration-ive-given-him-enough-hints-4310043/ late February 2014], in which she stated she had not yet recorded with [[Prince]] but would love to, indicating that the track, or at least her portion of the track, had not yet been recorded. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas La Havas] appeared live with [[Prince]] in [[08_March 2014|March]] and [[04_July 2014|July 2014]], and it is possible they worked together on the track then (along with [[Affirmation I & II]], [[Way Back Home]] and [[Affirmation III]]), but this is purely speculative. | | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place in Spring or Summer 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. British folk/soul singer/songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas Lianne La Havas], who appears as a vocalist on the track, gave an interview in [http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/19/lianne-la-havas-pushing-for-prince-collaboration-ive-given-him-enough-hints-4310043/ late February 2014], in which she stated she had not yet recorded with [[Prince]] but would love to, indicating that the track, or at least her portion of the track, had not yet been recorded. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas La Havas] appeared live with [[Prince]] in [[08_March 2014|March]] and [[04_July 2014|July 2014]], and it is possible they worked together on the track then (along with [[Affirmation I & II]], [[Way Back Home]] and [[Affirmation III]]), but this is purely speculative. |
| A snippet of the track was premiered over the PA prior to a live show, [[26_July 2014|26 July 2014, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]], along with snippets of several other songs from [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]. | | A snippet of the track was premiered over the PA prior to a live show, [[26_July 2014|26 July 2014, Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]], along with snippets of several other songs from [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]. |
