Rebirth Of The Flesh
{{song|
|song name = Rebirth Of The Flesh
|album image = 
NPG Music Club download
no official artwork created
|single image = 
from the album
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe
|performer = Prince
|first released = 28 August 2001 - NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download (live version)
25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe album (studio version)
|album(s) = Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe
|writer(s) = Prince
|producer(s) = Prince
|previous song = Reason Enough
|next song = Reconsider (U Betta)
|introduction = Basic tracking for Rebirth Of The Flesh took place on 28 October 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of Feel U Up, the same day as Rockhard In A Funky Place, two days before Good Love). A version with an edited,shortened ending was included as the first track on the 5 November 1986 configuration of the Camille album (credited to the pseudonym Camille), which was later aborted. A few weeks later, it was included as the first track on the first disc of the triple-album Crystal Ball on the 30 November 1986 configuration. The track was removed when the album was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times.
The full version as recorded in 1986 was released in September 2020 on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe set. The song is listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro) although no other studio version with a different outro was released.
A rehearsal version from 1988 (labeled Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88)), from rehearsals for an aborted USA Tour in 1988, was released as an mp3 download as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 8. No other details about musicians, recording date or location were given, but Greg Brooks is audible and also named in the song, which dates it to being recorded somewhere before mid February 1988 when he and Wally Safford left the band. The studio version remains unreleased.
|recording info =
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|28 October 1986
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking
|- align="left"
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Early 1988 (assumed)
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
|style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Rehearsal recording
|recording personnel =
Rehearsal version
- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Sheila E. - drums, background vocals (assumed)
- Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass guitar, background vocals (assumed)
- Miko Weaver - guitar, background vocals (assumed)
- Dr. Fink - keyboards (assumed)
- Boni Boyer - keyboards, background vocals (assumed)
- Eric Leeds - saxophone, flute (assumed)
- Atlanta Bliss - trumpet, vocals (assumed)
- Cat - background vocals (assumed)
- Wally Safford - background vocals (assumed)
- Greg Brooks - background vocals (assumed)
Original studio version
|released versions =
| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88) | 4:02 | NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download | Rehearsal | Recorded early 1988 (assumed) |
| Rebirth Of The Flesh | 5:28 | Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe | Studio | Listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro) |
