This Could Be Us

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This Could Be Us

Artofficialage album.jpg
from the album Art Official Age
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 30 September, 2014 - Art Official Age album
Album(s): Art Official Age
Writer(s): Prince (assumed)
Producer(s): Prince and Joshua Welton
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

This Could Be Us (a.k.a. This Could B Us) is the seventh track on Prince's 37th album Art Official Age. A remix of the track has been announced for inclusion on his 38th album Hitnrun, and has been made available on the streaming service Tidal (as This Could B Us) two weeks before the album's availability there.

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 Hitnrun remix contains additional recording from early 2015 at Paisley Park Studios.

The track was first mentioned in a 23 June, 2014 article by Jon Bream in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (along with The Gold Standard, a remix of Funknroll and an unnamed duet with 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 Purple Rain. It’s a joyful ballad with some ecstatic Prince vocalizing."

On 26 June, 2014, a 35-second snippet of This Could Be Us was made available on 3rdEyeGirl Twitter account via a dropbox link.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Spring 2014 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Early 2014 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Remix with additional recording
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
  • Joshua Welton - unidentified instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
This Could Be Us 5:11 Art Official Age Studio
This Could Be Us 0:35 3rdEyeGirl Twitter download Snippet Snippet only with footsteps ending
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
This Could Be Us 3:51 Warner Bros. YouTube static video stream Edit
This Could B Us 4:11 Tidal stream Remix Also planned for inclusion on Hitnrun; remix by Joshua Welton with additional recording by Prince


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • "This Could Be Us" meme which inspired the song title:
Thiscouldbus.jpg
Thiscouldbus single.jpg

References
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