− | |next single link = [[Single: Do Me, Baby (Demo)|Do Me, Baby (Demo]] ''Prince.com exclusive'' | + | |next single link = [[Single: Do Me, Baby (Demo)|Do Me, Baby (Demo)]] ''Prince.com exclusive'' |
| |introduction = <b>Hot Summer</b> is a 7" single only released as a covermount with the August 2021 edition of Rolling Stone magazine in Germany on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 29|29 July, 2021]], to promote the [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]], released the same week (the album’s first promo single, [[Single: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]], had an announced release date of the day before, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 28|28 July, 2021]]). The a-side is the album version of [[Hot Summer]], while the b-side, [[The Bird]], is a live version of the track as audio, taken from the concert video released on blu-ray as part of the deluxe edition of the album, from [[28 April 2011|28 April 2011: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]]. Its inclusion marks back-to-back singles on which the b-sides are live versions by [[Prince]] of tracks originally released by [[The Time]] (a 2014 live version of [[Cool]] was included on the previous single, [[Single: Partyman / Cool|Partyman / Cool]]). | | |introduction = <b>Hot Summer</b> is a 7" single only released as a covermount with the August 2021 edition of Rolling Stone magazine in Germany on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 29|29 July, 2021]], to promote the [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]], released the same week (the album’s first promo single, [[Single: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]], had an announced release date of the day before, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 28|28 July, 2021]]). The a-side is the album version of [[Hot Summer]], while the b-side, [[The Bird]], is a live version of the track as audio, taken from the concert video released on blu-ray as part of the deluxe edition of the album, from [[28 April 2011|28 April 2011: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]]. Its inclusion marks back-to-back singles on which the b-sides are live versions by [[Prince]] of tracks originally released by [[The Time]] (a 2014 live version of [[Cool]] was included on the previous single, [[Single: Partyman / Cool|Partyman / Cool]]). |