Difference between revisions of "1000 Light Years From Here"
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{{song| | {{song| | ||
− | |song name = | + | |song name = 1000 Light Years From Here |
|album image = [[File: Hitnrun_PHASEII_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br><small>from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]</small> | |album image = [[File: Hitnrun_PHASEII_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br><small>from the album [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]</small> | ||
|single image = [[File: Welcome2america.jpg|100px|border|link= Album: Welcome 2 America]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]]</small> | |single image = [[File: Welcome2america.jpg|100px|border|link= Album: Welcome 2 America]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]]</small> | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 12|12 December 2015]] - [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 12|12 December 2015]] - [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]] album<br> |
|album(s) = [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]<br> | ||
[[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] | [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] | ||
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|previous song = [[101]] | |previous song = [[101]] | ||
|next song = [[1010 (Rin Tin Tin)]] | |next song = [[1010 (Rin Tin Tin)]] | ||
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |introduction = '''1000 Light Years From Here''' is a song originally recorded March 2010, in sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] album. |
− | The song was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 11|11 March 2010]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[Same Page Different Book]]. It was worked further on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 19|19 March 2010]], but likely not yet merged with [[Black Muse]] (which is listed on the same tape, along with a song called seemingly called [[Wud]]), at that time. The pairing of | + | While that album remained unreleased at the time, [[Prince]] updated the song at a later date by adding horns to it. And although it didn’t get a release under its own name it was used as unlisted coda attached to [[Black Muse]], the tenth track on [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]; The last 3:05 minutes of [[Black Muse]] on that album are in fact '''1000 Light Years From Here'''. It is unknown why [[Prince]] chose to sequence this song and [[Black Muse]] as one track. |
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+ | The initial version of the track with entirely different lyrics and arrangement was released as the fourth song of the tenth posthumous album [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] (the first full previously-unreleased studio album of [[Prince]] material) in July 2021, 10 years after its original conception. Some lines of the song (''Good life, liberty, Innovation / Every child, no matter what color / Gettin' an education'') appeared in the [[Tourbook:_Welcome_2_America|Welcome 2 America Tourbook]] in 2010. | ||
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+ | The song was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 11|11 March 2010]], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as [[Same Page, Different Book]]). It was worked further on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 19|19 March 2010]], but likely not yet merged with [[Black Muse]] (which is listed on the same tape, along with a song called seemingly called [[Wud]]), at that time. The pairing of '''1000 Light Years From Here''' with [[Black Muse]] was likely done in 2015, preparing it for release on [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]]. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 11|11 March 2010]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 11|11 March 2010]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = March - April 2010 | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Vocal overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 10|10 October 2010]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 10|10 October 2010]] | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Possible additional work | + | |additional info = Possible additional work or re-recording |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 2015 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = Horns and merging with [[Black Muse]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | + | |
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+ | '''Hitnrun Phase Two version''' | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
*[[John Blackwell]] - drums | *[[John Blackwell]] - drums | ||
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone, horn arrangement | *[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone, horn arrangement | ||
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*[[Kenni Holmen]] - tenor sax, flute | *[[Kenni Holmen]] - tenor sax, flute | ||
*[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone sax, clarinet | *[[Kathy Jensen]] - baritone sax, clarinet | ||
− | *[[Shelby J.]] - background vocals | + | *[[Shelby J.]] - background vocals |
− | *[[Liv Warfield]] - background | + | *[[Liv Warfield]] - background |
− | *[[Elisa Dease]] - background vocals | + | *[[Elisa Dease]] - background vocals |
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+ | '''Welcome 2 America version''' | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted | ||
+ | *[[John Blackwell]] - drums | ||
+ | *[[Shelby J.]] - background vocals | ||
+ | *[[Liv Warfield]] - background vocals | ||
+ | *[[Elisa Dease]] - background vocals | ||
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|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
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|1= [[Black Muse]] | |1= [[Black Muse]] | ||
|2= 7:21 | |2= 7:21 | ||
− | |3= [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]] | + | |3= [[Album: Hitnrun Phase Two|Hitnrun Phase Two]] album |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= ''' | + | |5= '''1000 Light Years From Here''' appears unlisted as the last 3:05 minutes of [[Black Muse]] |
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''1000 Light Years From Here''' | |1= '''1000 Light Years From Here''' | ||
− | |2= | + | |2= 5:46 |
− | |3= | + | |3= [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]]<br> |
− | + | |4= Studio | |
+ | |5= Different verses and arrangements | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | |unreleased versions = | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
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*[[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] album | *[[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] album | ||
|references = [http://twitter.com/Prince3EG @Prince3EG on Twitter] | |references = [http://twitter.com/Prince3EG @Prince3EG on Twitter] | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:2021]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:2021]][[Category:Recorded 2010]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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