21 Guns

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{{song-3| |song name = 21 Guns |single image = |performer = Prince |writer(s) = Prince (assumed) |producer(s) = Prince (assumed) |previous song = 20 (A Girl And Her Puppy) |next song = 40 Ounces |introduction = 21 Guns is an unreleased track originally believed to have been recorded somewhere between 1998 and late 2000 as a piano demo at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. In a 2022 interview Kip Blackshire said he recorded vocals on the track, alluding it was latrer recorded in a fuller arrangement. The songs chord progression but it bares striking similarities to the song later released as Contest Song.

|recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|1998-2000 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Demo recording |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|1998-2000 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Studio with Kip Blackshire vocals |recording personnel =

|unreleased versions =

Title Version Additional Info
21 Guns Studio
Title Version Additional Info
21 Guns with Kip Blackshire vocals