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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).
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Recording Information
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Recording Sessions
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Studio
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Additional info
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| 1995
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Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
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Tracking
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Recording Personnel
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- Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments
- Uncredited (possibly sampled) horn player(s)
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Versions
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Released Versions
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Broadcasts/streaming (only)
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Length
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Released
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Version
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Additional info
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| One Of Us
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Live performance TV broadcast
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Live
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12 November 1996, Emancipation Freedom Concert, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA; contains Emancipation coda
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| Emancipation
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Delayed performance TV broadcast
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Lip-synch
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8 February 1997, 28th NAACP Image Awards, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, USA; lip synch to pre-recorded performance
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| 1999/We March/Emancipation
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Delayed performance TV broadcast
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Live
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24 February 1997, BRIT Awards, Earls Court, London, England; contains 1999 and We March interpolations; live singing over pre-recorded performance
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Unreleased Versions
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Version
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Additional Info
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| Emancipation
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Studio
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Early mix included on early configurations of Emancipation
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