Copenhagen

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Copenhagen

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NPG Music Club download
- no official artwork created

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included on the album C-Note
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 29 October 2002 - NPG Music Club mp3 download
Album(s): C-Note
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Copenhagen was initially released as a members-only download from the NPG Music Club on 29 October 2002, only four days after it was recorded. This initially-released version includes a horn line interpolation from Miles Davis's track Jean-Pierre. As an "experiment", the song was released by an e-mailed link to European members only, as the track was recorded during the European leg of the One Nite Alone... Tour (during an NPG Music Club members-only soundcheck on 25 October 2002, where a version of Empty Room was also recorded). Four days later, a slightly shorter version (with a fade-in at the beginning) replaced the original file, without the interpolation of Jean-Pierre (likely due to licensing reasons).

On 3 January 2003, the shorter version was made available as a download via a website link emailed to some NPG Music Club members. (On the same day, Japanese members variously received an email with a download link to one of the soundcheck recordings, Nagoya, Osaka or Tokyo. A similar download link to the Empty Room soundcheck recording was emailed to other members the next day).

In 2004, this shorter version was included as the first track on Prince's third live album C-Note (a compilation of the five soundcheck tracks).

No studio version of the track is known to exist.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
25 October 2002 Falconer Salen,
Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Live recording
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Copenhagen 13:37 NPG Music Club mp3 download Live 25 October 2002, Falconer Salen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark; contains horn interpolation of Jean-Pierre
Copenhagen 10:07 NPG Music Club mp3 download

C-Note

Live edit 25 October 2002, Falconer Salen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Copenhagen (as with Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo) is named after the city it was performed in; the name is not related to the content of the music itself.

References
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