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{{song|
|song name                 = Ice Cream Castles
|album image              = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|100px|Link= Album: Ice Cream Castle]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]</small>
|single image               = [[File:Icecreamcastles single.jpg|100px|Link= Single: Ice Cream Castles]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]]</small>
|performer                 = [[The Time]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 30|30 May 1984]] - [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]<br> 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’s_About_Time_(Morris_Day_album) It’s About Time]<br>
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] (as [[Jamie Starr]]) and [[Morris Day]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Morris Day]] and [[The Starr Company]])
|previous song             = [[I’m Yours]]
|next song                 = [[If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up)]]
|introduction              = '''Ice Cream Castles''' is the first track on [[The Time]]’s third album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]], and, five weeks before the album’s release, [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] was released as the album’s first single. '''Ice Cream Castles''' was written by [[Prince]] (under the pseudonym [[Jamie Starr]]) and [[Morris Day]]. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]].

Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 13|13 January 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California (two days after [[My Drawers]]. The song’s title is a phrase used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell]’s song [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Both_Sides Now Both Sides, Now] (from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouds_(album) Clouds] 1969, and also released as a single, although the song was first released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Collins Judy Collins] in 1968). While reflecting about the song’s history on [https://www.facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan/posts/10152293702581224 Facebook] in 2014, [[Jesse Johnson]] stated, "<i>[[Morris Day|Morris]] & I recorded a song name "''Old & Ingnorant''" [sic] in Mpls the next day [[Morris Day|M]] & I fly out to meet [[Prince|P.]] In LA, at [[Sunset Sound]] he dug it and the track was re-recorded, rewritten, and became "'''Ice Cream Castles'''"! ... (Prince kept telling me "It’s so cool how you played the bass on the AND instead of the 1" great compliment even though at that time I didn’t know what he was talking about...yeah of course I do now!)</i>"

On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 23|23 April 2012]], a 9:54 rehearsal version of [[Mutiny]] containing an interpolation of [[Ice Cream Castles]] by [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] was streamed on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2012/04/22/mutiny-ice-cream-castlesnew-prince-rehearsal-jam-listen-now/ drfunkenberry.com] to promote the forthcoming [[Welcome 2 Australia Tour]].
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 13|13 January 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 14|14 January 1984]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_19|19 January 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Vocals & Overdubs
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Morris Day]] - vocals
*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
*[[Jesse Johnson]] - guitar
|released versions         =
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|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Ice Cream Castles'''
|2= 7:33
|3= [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]<br>
[[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single
|4= Studio
|5= 
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{{Songline|
|1= '''Ice Cream Castles (Edit)'''
|2= 3:37
|3= [[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single
|4= Edit
|5= 
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Ice Cream Castles'''
|2= 4:59
|3= [[Morris Day]]: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’s_About_Time_(Morris_Day_album) It’s About Time]<br>
|4= Live
|5= 21 June 1998, House Of Blues, Hollywood, California, USA
}}
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|video versions            = 
{{SongVideo|
|video versions            = 
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|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Ice Cream Castles''' 
|2= 4:16
|3= Promotional release only
|4= Promo video
|5= See [[Video: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] video for more details
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|broadcasts, streaming     = 
|unreleased versions       = 
|sampled in                = 
{{SongSampled|
|sampled in                = 
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Mutiny]] '''
|2= 9:54
|3= [[Prince and the New Power Generation|Prince And The NPG]]
|4= Rehearsal
|5= contains an interpolation of [[Ice Cream Castles]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Mutiny'''
|2= 5:09
|3= Delayed performance TV broadcast
|4= Studio
|5= [[04_March 2014|4 March 2014, The Arsenio Hall Show, Sunset Bronson Studios - Stage 19, Los Angeles, California]]; contains an interpolation of [[Ice Cream Castles]]; also posted online as [http://www.arseniohall.com/video/music-performances/4271_Prince_The_New_Power_Generation_Perform_Mutiny/index.html performance video]
}}
}}
}}
|first live appearance     = [[02_August 1986|2 August 1986: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY]] <small>(lyrical clip during [[Mutiny]])</small>; [[01_July 1990|1 July 1990: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England]] <small>(instrumentation during [[Baby I’m A Star]])</small> <br>
* [[08 March 2014|8 March 2014: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California]] <small> (instrumental interpolation in [[Mutiny]] </small>
|performed regularly on    = none
|performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All_Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All_Concerts#2012|2012]] <small> (interpolation in [[Mutiny]]) </small> , [[All_Concerts#2013|2013]] <small> (interpolation in [[Mutiny]]) </small>, [[All_Concerts#2014|2014]] <small> (interpolation in [[Mutiny]]) </small> 
|trivia                    = It is notable that while the track’s title is [[Ice Cream Castles]] (plural), the album title is simply [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] (singular).
*The intro and coda of [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] consists of overlapping renditions of music boxes playing the American standard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine You Are My Sunshine]. It is possibly inspired by the intro of the 1978 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn_(Sun_album) Sunburn] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_(R%26B_band) Sun], which also opens with a music box rendition of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW3RITtz3TQ You Are My Sunshine]. 
|see also                  = [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]
*[[Single: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] single
*[[Video: Ice Cream Castles|Ice Cream Castles]] video
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
*https://www.facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan/posts/10152293702581224
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Associated Artists)]][[Category:Songs (The Time)‏]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]]
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