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|song name                 = Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
|single image              = [[File:Emancipation.jpg|100px|link= Album: Emancipation]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]'' </small>
|performer                 = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|previous song             = [[Frida]]
|next song                 = [[From The Lotus...]]
|introduction              = '''Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife''' is the twelfth and final track on the second disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].

Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in late 1995 or early 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. According to the [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] booklet, the track was "written in Tokyo while she ([[Mayte]]) slept" and "recorded in secrecy", placing the writing in early January 1996 (while in Tokyo on the [[Japan '96]] tour); it is likely that he recorded a vocal or acoustic version at that point before recording the studio upon returning to the USA, but this is speculative. The studio version of this track was premiered at [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]]’s wedding reception on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_14|14 February 1996]].
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Early 1996
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
*[[Kathleen Johnson|Kathleen Bradford]] - additional vocals
*[[Rhonda Johnson]] - additional vocals
|released versions         =
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|1= '''Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife'''
|2= 7:37
|3= [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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}}
|unreleased versions       = 
|video versions            = 
|broadcasts, streaming     =
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|first live appearance     = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = none
|trivia                    = 
|see also                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Recorded 1996]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}