Standing At The Altar

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Standing At The Altar

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from the album 1-800 New Funk

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from the album
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition

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single art for Standing At The Altar
Song details
Performer: Margie Cox; Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
First Released: 12 July 1994 (advanced release for a signing session)
12 August 1994 (worldwide release)
Album(s): 1-800 New Funk
Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Mr. Hayes, Greg Sain
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Standing At The Altar, by Margie Cox, is the seventh track on the album 1-800 New Funk (a compilation of mostly-unreleased music largely written and produced by Prince/ SymbolSmallerBlue.png, recorded by other Paisley Park Records artists), and, later in 1994, Standing At The Altar was available as the album’s only commercial single, available in Europe only. Around the time of the album’s release, however, it was issued as a 7" promo with Love Sign on the flip side. The song was written by Prince (credited as such, even though it was released while he used the name SymbolSmallerBlue.png), and produced by Mr. Hayes and Greg Sain.

The lyrics are inspired by the love relationship between Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland when she unexpectedly broke-up with him three days before their planned wedding date in June 1991.

Initial tracking took place on 23 June 1991, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day as Hey U). In the early hours of 2 July 1991, Margie Cox added her vocals to it. The track was at this point intended for a planned solo project by Margie Cox (after the Flash album, for which she sung lead vocals, was abandoned), but this album remained unreleased.

The version with Prince singing was released in October 2023 as the sixth track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
23 June 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Tracking
26 June 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Mixing
2 July 1991 (a.m.) Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Margie Cox Lead vocals, other overdubs, mixing
Recording Personnel

Margie Cox version

Prince version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Standing At The Altar 3:54 1-800 New Funk

Standing At The Altar single

Studio Margie Cox version a.k.a. Standing At The Altar (The 1-800 New Funk Version)
Standing At The Altar (Extended Version) 5:58 Standing At The Altar single

1-800 New Funk (Japan only)

Extended version Extended version of the Margie Cox version by Simon Harris
Standing At The Altar 4:48 Diamonds And Pearls Super Deluxe Edition Studio Prince’s original studio version, released in 2023
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Standing At The Altar 3:57 Promotional release only Promo video See Standing At The Altar video for more details


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Standing At The Altar Early version of the Margie Cox version Shorter than released version and with different intro
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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