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• 12 November 1996: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (coda only, following One Of Us); 8 February 1997: Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, USA (28th NAACP Image Awards) (lip synch to pre-recorded performance)
• 24 February 1997: Earls Court, London, England (BRIT Awards) (live singing over pre-recorded performance, also last of three performances total)

• none

• 1996 (coda only, following One Of Us), 1997 (lip synch or live singing over pre-recorded performance only)

Emancipation is the twelfth and final track on the third disc of Prince's 19th album Emancipation, the third album credited to .

Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in 1995 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. An earlier mix of the track was included as the ninth and final track on a July 1995 configuration of Emancipation, and as the first track on another 1995 configuration. Prior to the 9 September 1995 (a.m.) show at Paisley Park Studios, pink sheets of paper were handed out to the audience with the title "Emancipation", but the poem written was entirely different than the song's lyrics (see trivia below); no recording is known to have been made of this poem.

The song's lyric reuses one of his most well-known lyrics during the chorus - "see you in the purple rain" (from Purple Rain).

• Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments

• Emancipation album

• Poem distributed prior to 9 September 1995 (a.m.) show at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota:
  

And this song from every mountain top

Every child will surely teach

The Emancipation Proclamation

Is well within our reach

love U, love U – Do U love me?

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)