Big City
{{song-2|
|song name = Big City
|single image =
from the album Hitnrun Phase Two
|performer = Prince and the New Power Generation
|first released = 23 June, 2013 - 3rdEye TV video stream
|album(s) = Hitnrun Phase Two
|writer(s) = Prince (assumed)
|producer(s) = Prince (assumed)
|previous song = Big Brass Bed
|next song = Big Fun
|introduction = Big City is an unreleased track that was 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 (am) 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.
It is assumed that a studio version was recorded in Spring 2013, although this has not been confirmed.
In December 2015 the song appeared as twelfth and last track on the album Hitnrun Phase Two
|recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Spring 2013 (assumed) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Initial tracking (assumed, see notes above) |recording personnel =
- Prince - lead vocals (assumed)
- Shelby J. - background vocals
- Elisa Dease - background vocals
- Liv Warfield - background vocals
- Ledisi - background vocals
- Hannah Ford - drums
- Andrew Gouché - bass guitar
- Cassandra O'Neal - keyboards
- Ida Nielsen - guitar
- Donna Grantis - guitar
- 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
|released versions =
Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
---|---|---|---|---|
Big City | 6:26 | Hitnrun Phase Two | Studio |
|unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions
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