Welcome 2 America is the first song and the title-track of the tenth posthumous album Welcome 2 America (the first full previously-unreleased studio album of Prince material). A tape photographed in Prince’s vault at Paisley Park Studios lists it as being recorded on 15 March 2010 (along with Yes and Dance 2 The Higher). The song was worked on further the following Summer with Shelby J., Elisa Dease and Liv Warfield.
The song was slated for the cancelled Welcome 2 America album in 2011 and performed live on 18 December 2010 during the first Madison Square Garden date of the Welcome 2 America Tour.
On 8 April, 2021, Welcome 2 America was made avalaible for download as a preview of this posthumous release. A 7" single was sold exclusively through the official Prince website to promote the release of the posthumous album.
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