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|song name = Cosmic Day | |song name = Cosmic Day | ||
− | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign | + | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 6|6 August 2020]] - ' | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 6|6 August 2020]] - '’streaming & download platforms'' |
− | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign | + | |album(s) = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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With it lyrics mentioning ''mermen swimming in the sky'', ''as sure as an elephant will see'' and ''every sky in the star'', it is one of the most psychedelic songs [[Prince]] has done. | With it lyrics mentioning ''mermen swimming in the sky'', ''as sure as an elephant will see'' and ''every sky in the star'', it is one of the most psychedelic songs [[Prince]] has done. | ||
− | The song is recorded with the sped up [[Alias: Camille|Camille]] voice, and while this is unconfirmed, | + | The song is recorded with the sped up [[Alias: Camille|Camille]] voice, and while this is unconfirmed, it’s possible the song was initially considered for [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]], but never made it on a configuration, because a week later [[Prince]] recorded [[Play In The Sunshine]], which has a similar feel, and perhaps works better on the collection of songs that ultimately became [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] |
− | It was sent to [[Clare Fischer]] for an orchestral treatment in early December 1986, after the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] 3LP was already pared down to [[Album: Sign | + | It was sent to [[Clare Fischer]] for an orchestral treatment in early December 1986, after the [[Album: Crystal Ball 1986|Crystal Ball]] 3LP was already pared down to [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] and finalized, indicating that at that point [[Prince]] no longer considered it for inclusion. |
− | When it was ultimately released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign | + | When it was ultimately released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set it was the version without the [[Clare Fischer]] arrangement, but the standalone [[Clare Fischer|Fischer]] orchestration was later re-used to create [[Intermission]]. |
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 5|5 December 1986]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 5|5 December 1986]] | ||
|studio = Mad Hatter Studios,<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = Mad Hatter Studios,<br>Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
− | |additional info = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]] | + | |additional info = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra |
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− | |3= [[Album: Sign | + | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
− | |see also = [[Album: Sign | + | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album |
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2020]] [[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] [[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] |
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