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|introduction = '''Breakdown''' (initially released as '''The Breakdown''') is the third track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and had been released five and a half months earlier as a stand-alone single, where both the song and the single were titled [[Single: The Breakdown|The Breakdown]]. | |introduction = '''Breakdown''' (initially released as '''The Breakdown''') is the third track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]], and had been released five and a half months earlier as a stand-alone single, where both the song and the single were titled [[Single: The Breakdown|The Breakdown]]. | ||
− | After being played live throughout 2013 and [[Prince]] announcing it as his favorite current song on his Arsenio Hall Show appearance in March 2014, the song was unexpectedly released a few minutes before midnight on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] several hours after the announcement of a new deal with Warner Bros. Records, though the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] was not announced at the time | + | After being played live throughout 2013 and [[Prince]] announcing it as his favorite current song on his Arsenio Hall Show appearance in March 2014, the song was unexpectedly released a few minutes before midnight on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 18|18 April 2014]] several hours after the announcement of a new deal with Warner Bros. Records, though the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] was not announced at the time. |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, | + | The song was also included as a download for pre-orders of the album when it was announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 25|25 August 2014]] (along with [[Clouds]]). |
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+ | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking is believed to have taken place in late 2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. | ||
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+ | The track was first heard when DJ Rashida played it prior to [[Prince]]'s DJ set on [[19_January 2013|19 January 2013, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. | ||
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+ | During [[3rdEye_TV|3rdEye TV Show # 4]] the chat moderator announced that [[Donna Grantis]] and [[Hannah Ford]] had been recording parts for '''Breakdown''' that evening at [[Paisley Park Studios]] (Studio C), suggesting new recording on the track took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 22|22 June 2013]], although the released version seems to be identical to the one first heard in January 2013, indicating that the additional recording was not kept. | ||
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|date = Late 2012 | |date = Late 2012 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 22|22 June 2013]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 22|22 June 2013]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
|additional info = Additional recording by [[Donna Grantis]] and [[Hannah Ford]] | |additional info = Additional recording by [[Donna Grantis]] and [[Hannah Ford]] | ||
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