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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 later recorded in a fuller arrangement. The song may have been intended for Blackshire’s first album, but it was ultimately not included in his eponymous album released in 2004 nor his second album called The Eleventh Hour released in 2005.
The song’s chord progression bares striking similarities to the track later released as Contest Song.
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