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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 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 8 May 1987, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden (instrumental interpolation in When Doves Cry) 28 June 1987: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (lyrics included in Forever In My Life) 4 March 2016: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA, USA Performed regularly on tour: Sign O’ The Times Tour (instrumental interpolation in When Doves Cry and lyrics (occasional) in Forever In My Life) Lovesexy Tour (instrumental interpolation in When Doves Cry) Diamonds And Pearls Tour (interpolation in Thieves In The Temple) Performed occasionally in shows: 1987 (instrumental interpolation in When Doves Cry and lyrics in Forever In My Life ), 1988 (instrumental interpolation in When Doves Cry), 1992 (interpolation in Thieves In The Temple), 2016 (solo piano)

It is the fifth track on the first disc of Prince’s ninth album Sign O’ The Times. Basic tracking took place on 11 May 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after Frustration and If I Could Get Your Attention and the same day as Boy U Bad). The track was initially included as the fifth track on the first disc on the 3 June 1986 and 18 July 1986 configurations of Dream Factory. It was kept for inclusion as the fifth track on the first disc as the album developed into the triple-album Crystal Ball on the 30 November 1986 configuration, which was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 11 May 1986 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking, mix, overdubs, instrumental mix Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info It 5:10 Sign O’ The Times Studio It 5:10 Sign O’ The Times Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition Studio Remastered in 2020 Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Forever In My Life T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times VHS/DVD Live See Sign O’ The Times for details; incorporates It (uncredited) Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info It Studio Full version It (Instrumental) Studio Instrumental Mix

Additional Information See also Trivia Sign O’ The Times album Dream Factory unreleased album Crystal Ball unreleased album The (Fairlight CMI) drum beat of It was utilized in the live version of When Doves Cry as played on the Parade Tour. It was triggered on stage by a Simmons SDS-6 sequencer. The ORCH5 sample from the Fairlight was taken from the 1965 Josef Krips and Philharmonia Orchestra rendition of Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance of All the Subjects of Kastchei, IV: the Song of the Nightingale 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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