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|song name                 = It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings
|single image              = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 25|25 September 2020]] - [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
|album(s)                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|performer                 = [[Prince]] ([[Prince and the Revolution]])
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]] & [[Eric Leeds]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]] 
|previous song             = [[It]]
|next song                 = [[It Be’s Like That Sometimes]]
|introduction              = '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings''' is an instrumental recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]]. A line up of [[Prince]], [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]], [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], [[Eric Leeds]] and [[Atlanta Bliss]]  recorded four takes of this instrumental, that was given its title by [[Eric Leeds]]. It was intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (sometimes also referred to as  [[Musical: The Dawn|Dream Factory]]), and remains unreleased. [[Clare Fischer]] put an arrangement on it in August 1986, with [[Prince]] away in Europe on the [[Parade Tour]].

The song was released in September 2020 as the second track of ''Vault Tracks part 2'', one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']].
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 9|9 July 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking, horn overdubs
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 12|12 July 1986]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]] - Studio 3,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Probable mix 
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 18|18 August 1986]]
|studio                    = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Way_Recording Ocean Way Recording],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Orchestral overdubs by [[Clare Fischer]]’s orchestra
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 4|4 September 1986]]
|studio                    = Hollywood Central Studios,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info           = Overdubs (trombone, Morris Repass, [[Clare Fischer]]) 
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = September / October 1986
|studio                    = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|additional info           = Mix (orchestral arrangement) (assumed)
}}
|recording personnel       = 
'''Released version'''
*[[Prince]] - drums
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - bass
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - piano
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet
:Orchestral Players:
:*Violins - Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun and Harold Wolf.
:*Violas - Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga and David Stock.
:*Cellos - Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer and Fred Seykora.
:*Basses - Chuck Dominico and Arni Egilsson.
:*Woodwinds - Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo and Bob Tricarico.
:*Trumpets - Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O’Donnell and Al Vizutti.
:*Trombones - Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass and Bill Watrous.
:*French Horns - Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O’Connor, Calvin Smith and Jim Thatcher.
:*Tuba - Tommy Johnson.
:*Tympani and percussion - Brent Fischer.
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|released versions         =
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|1= '''It Ain’t Over Until The Fat Lady Sings'''
|2= 2:21
|3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']]
|4= Studio
|5= 
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|unreleased versions       = 
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|unreleased versions       = 
{{Unreleased|
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
|2= Studio
|3= (Take 1)
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
|2= Studio
|3= (Take 2)
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{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
|2= Studio
|3= (Take 3)
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
|2= Studio
|3= Moderately different mix with slightly alternate ending to 2020 remaster
}}
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings '''
|2= Studio
|3= After [[Clare Fischer]] overdubs
}}
}}
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|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                    = "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%27t_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings It Ain’t Over ’Til The Fat Lady Sings]" is a proverb meaning one should not assume the outcome of some activity until it has actually finished.
|see also                  = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] album
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]]
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
* ''[https://www.duanetudahl.com/prince-book Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)]''
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%27t_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings It ain’t over ’Til the fat lady sings]
|categories                = [[Category:2020]][[Category:Recorded 1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category: Instrumental Songs]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Posthumously-released Songs]]
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