Melody Cool

Single details

Released:	10 August 1990 (Dutch release) 4 December 1990 (US release)
Related album:	Graffiti Bridge (and later The Voice)
Label(s):	Warner Bros. / Paisley Park Records
Non-album tracks:	Melody Cool (Deep House Vocal) (6:22) Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16) Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) (4:42) Melody Cool (Extended Remix) (6:05) Melody Cool (Mellow Dub Mix) (4:33)

Melody Cool was the fourth single to be released from Prince's twelfth album Graffiti Bridge, although, like the song Melody Cool, the single was credited only to Mavis Staples (Melody Cool was later included, in a slightly different mix, on Staples' 1993 album The Voice).

The single was released three and a half months after the album, although in Europe it had been released in August. Melody Cool was featured in the movie Graffiti Bridge, which had been released a few months prior.

The b-side, Time Waits For No One, was taken (in edited form) from Mavis Staples' 1989 album Time Waits For No One, and the single also contained remixes of the title track.

The single reached number 36 on the US Billboard R&B Chart, but failed to enter the Billboard Pop Chart.

Track listing

7"

(UK: W9728, DEU: 5439-19728-7)
A. Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16)
B. Time Waits For No One (Edit) (4:18)

12"

(US: 9 21748-0)
A1. Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) (4:42)
A2. Melody Cool (Extended Remix) (6:05)
B1. Melody Cool (Deep House Vocal) (6:22)
B2. Melody Cool (Mellow Dub Mix) (4:33)
B3. Time Waits For No One (Edit) (4:18)

(UK: W9728T, DEU: 7599 21720-0)
A. Melody Cool (Extended Remix) (6:05)
B1. Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16)
B2. Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) (4:42)

CD

(UK: W9728CD, DEU: 7599-21720-2)
1. Melody Cool (Extended Remix) (6:05)
2. Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16)
3. Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) (4:42)

12" promo

(US: SAM 686)
A. Melody Cool (Extended Remix) (6:05)
B1. Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16)
B2. Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) (4:42)

(US: PRO-A1-4397)
A. Melody Cool (Edit) (3:16)
B. Melody Cool (3:39)