This Could Be Us

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This Could Be Us

from the album Art Official Age (as This Could Be Us) from the album Hitnrun Phase One (as This Could B Us) single art for This Could B Us Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 30 September 2014 - Art Official Age album Album(s): Art Official Age (This Could Be Us) Hitnrun Phase One (This Could B Us) Writer(s): Prince 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 is the seventh track on Prince’s 37th album Art Official Age. A remix of the track (titled This Could B Us) is the fifth track on Prince’s 38th album Hitnrun Phase One, and This Could B Us was released as the album’s third single (though only its first following the album’s release) ten days before the album’s release. While specific recording dates are not known, it is assumed to have been recorded in Spring 2014 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The Hitnrun Phase One remix contains additional recording believed to have taken place in 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, possibly Ain’t About 2 Stop or The Single Most Amazing). 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 Tracking Early 2015 (assumed) Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Remix with additional recording Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals, bass and guitar, except where noted (assumed) Joshua Welton - keyboards & drum programming (assumed) 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 This Could B Us 4:11 Hitnrun Phase One This Could B Us single Remix Remix by Joshua Welton with additional recording by Prince Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info This Could Be Us 3:51 Warner Bros. YouTube static video stream Edit

Additional Information See also Trivia Art Official Age album Hitnrun Phase One album This Could B Us single "This Could Be Us" meme which inspired the song title: References A late-night taste of Prince’s new music by Jon Bream (Star Tribune: 23 June 2014) Prince’s band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015 (BBC: 24 July 2015)

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