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|song name                 = S.S.T.
|single image              = [[File:Sst_single.jpg|100px|S.S.T.|link=Single: S.S.T.]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: S.S.T.|S.S.T.]]</small>
|performer                 = [[Prince]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 3|3 September 2005]] - [[NPG Music Club]] download
|album(s)                  = None
|writer(s)                 = [[Prince]]
|producer(s)               = [[Prince]]
|previous song             = [[S&M Groove]]
|next song                 = [[The Sacrifice Of Victor]]
|introduction              = '''S.S.T.''' was first available as a download on the [[NPG Music Club]] within 24 hours of its recording in response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_katrina Hurricane Katrina]’s destruction of New Orleans, LA, USA. Two days later, the song was offered as a download bundle with [[Brand New Orleans]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples]' [[You Will Be Moved]]. Eight weeks later, a CD single of [[Single: S.S.T.|S.S.T.]] was released.

Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 2|2 September 2005]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, MN, as [[Prince]] watched footage of Hurricane Katrina’s effects on the city of New Orleans while listening to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_(band) Sade]’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweetest_Taboo The Sweetest Taboo] (from the 1985 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promise_(album) Promise], also released as a single), which became the acronym used for the song’s title ("Sade’s Sweetest Taboo"). 

"S.S.T." is also an acronym for "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_surface_temperature sea surface temperature]", which can be used in forecasting hurricanes. [[Brand New Orleans]], which is based around the final instrumental section of [[S.S.T.]], was recorded at the same session.
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 2|2 September 2005]]
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info           = Tracking
}}
|recording personnel       = 
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
<hr>
* [[Ian Boxill]] - Engineer 
|released versions         =
{{Songchart|
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{{Songline|
|1= '''S.S.T.'''
|2= 3:39
|3= [[NPG Music Club]] .wma download
[[Single: S.S.T.|S.S.T.]] single
|4= Studio
|5= 
}}
}}
|sampled in                =
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|sampled in                = 
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Brand New Orleans]]'''
|2= 6:37
|3= [[NPG Music Club]] .wma download
[[Single: S.S.T.|S.S.T.]] single
|4= Studio
|5= Based around final instrumental section of [[S.S.T.]]
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming     =
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|broadcasts, streaming     =
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|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''S.S.T.'''
|2= ?:??
|3= [[NPG Music Club]] splash page stream
|4= Instrumental clip
|5= Streamed intro on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 3|3 September 2005]] without vocals
}}
}}
}}
|video versions            = 
|unreleased versions       = 
|sampled in                =
|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                  = [[NPG Music Club]]
* [[Single: S.S.T.|S.S.T.]] single
|references                = 
|categories                = [[Category:2005]][[Category:Recorded 2005]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}