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from the album Hitnrun Phase Two Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 23 June 2013 - 3rdEye TV video stream Album(s): Hitnrun Phase Two Writer(s): Prince (assumed) Producer(s): Prince (assumed) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 17 March 2013 (a.m.): La Zona Rosa , Austin, TX, USA 21 March 2016 (show 1): Théâtre Maisonneuve - Place des Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada Performed regularly on tour: Piano & A Microphone Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 2013, 2014, 2016 (solo piano)

Big City is a track that was first streamed (in part) as a live rehearsal on 3rdEye TV Show # 4 on 23 June 2013. An instrumental version was first heard played live on 17 March 2013 (a.m.) at La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX, USA, during the SXSW show Prince performed for Samsung. A full version with lyrics was first performed live on 13 July 2013 Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland. An instrumental excerpt of the song was posted on NPG Twitter Account on 2 October 2013. Pictures from inside Paisley Park Studios show a tape with the song title dated 10/10/11, indicating It the studio version was recorded in October 2011. In December 2015 the song appeared as twelfth and last track on the album Hitnrun Phase Two. The track actual length is 5:41. It ends with 45 seconds of silence. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info October 2011 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking Recording Personnel Prince - lead vocals and bass guitar Shelby J. - background vocals Elisa Dease - background vocals Liv Warfield - background vocals Ledisi - background vocals John Blackwell - drums Ida Nielsen - bass guitar Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards (assumed) BK Jackson - saxophone Marcus Anderson - saxophone Adrian Crutchfield – saxophone Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone Keith Anderson - saxophone Lynn Grissett - trumpet Steve Reid - trumpet Phil Lassiter - trumpet Nick Marchione - trumpet Roy Agee - trombone Joey Rayfield - trombone Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Big City 6:26 Hitnrun Phase Two Studio Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Big City 2:20 3rdEye TV Show # 4 live video stream Rehearsal Streamed on 23 June 2013 Big City 0:54 NPG Twitter Account stream Rehearsal Streamed on 2 October 2013

Additional Information See also Trivia 3rd Eye Girl web TV channel References NPG Twitter Account NPG Soundcloud Account Hitnrun Phase Two unreleased album

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