Difference between revisions of "This Could Be Us"
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|single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | |single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September, 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September, 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 28|28 August, 2015]] - [[Single: This Could B Us|This Could B Us]] single |
|album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
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|previous song = [[Thirteen And ¼]] | |previous song = [[Thirteen And ¼]] | ||
|next song = [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]] | |next song = [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''This Could Be Us''' (a.k.a. '''This Could B Us''') is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | + | |introduction = '''This Could Be Us''' (a.k.a. '''This Could B Us''') is the seventh track on [[Prince]]'s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]. |
− | + | The track was first mentioned in a 23 June, 2014 article by Jon Bream in the Minneapolis [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/264172601.html Star Tribune] (along with [[The Gold Standard]], a remix of [[Funknroll]] and an unnamed duet with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Ora Rita Ora]). In the article, Bream mentions that [[Prince]] explained the track as <blockquote>"''inspired by a meme of him and [[Apollonia]] riding on a motorcycle, clearly a scene taken from the 1984 movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. It’s a joyful ballad with some ecstatic Prince vocalizing.''"</blockquote> | |
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− | The track was first mentioned in a 23 June, 2014 article by Jon Bream in the Minneapolis [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/264172601.html Star Tribune] (along with [[The Gold Standard]], a remix of [[Funknroll]] and an unnamed duet with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Ora Rita Ora]). In the article, Bream mentions that [[Prince]] explained the track as "inspired by a meme of him and [[Apollonia]] riding on a motorcycle, clearly a scene taken from the 1984 movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. It’s a joyful ballad with some ecstatic Prince vocalizing." | + | |
On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 26|26 June, 2014]], a 35-second snippet of '''This Could Be Us''' was made available on [[3rd_Eye_Girl_Streams|3rdEyeGirl Twitter account]] via a dropbox link. | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 26|26 June, 2014]], a 35-second snippet of '''This Could Be Us''' was made available on [[3rd_Eye_Girl_Streams|3rdEyeGirl Twitter account]] via a dropbox link. | ||
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+ | A remix of the track has been announced late august 2015 for inclusion on his 38th album [[Album: Hitnrun|Hitnrun]] due 7 September, 2015 on Tidal; it was made available on the streaming service [http://listen.tidal.com/album/50496552 Tidal] (as '''This Could B Us''') two weeks before the album's availability on the platform. | ||
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+ | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 28|28 August, 2015]], [[Single: This Could B Us|This Could B Us]] was released as a digital single on iTunes, JunoDownload and Quobuz. | ||
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+ | <b>Recording process</b> | ||
+ | While specific recording dates are not known, it is assumed to have been recorded in Spring 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It is believed that the [[Album: Hitnrun|Hitnrun]] remix contains additional recording from early 2015 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. | ||
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