America
~ Song
Annotation
Writing credited to Prince and the Revolution.
Annotation last modified on 2025-07-15 01:46 UTC.
Relationships
| writer and arranger: | Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) |
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| publisher: | Controversy Music |
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| premiered at: | Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, United States (on 1985-02-23) |
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| Wikidata: | Q2842803 [info] |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1984-07-23 | America | Prince and The Revolution | 3:42 | |
| 1984-07-23 | America (12″ version) | Prince and The Revolution | 21:41 | |
| 1984-07-23 | America (extended version) | Prince | 21:34 | |
| 1985-02-23 | America (live, 1985‐02‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 14:56 |
| 1985-03-23 | America (live, 1985‐03‐23: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 11:04 |
| 1985-10-27 | America (live, 1985‐10‐27: Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France) | live | Prince | 9:45 |
| 1985-10-27 | America | live | Prince and The Revolution | 9:55 |
| 1985 – 1986 | America (live, 1985–1986) | live | Prince | 3:01 |
| 1986-03-03 | America (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 16:23 |
| 1986-03-03 | America incl. Spanish Key (instr.) (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 13:11 |
| 1986-04-03 | America (live, 1986‐04‐03: The Metro, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 12:20 |
| 1986-05-23 | America / [drum solo] (live, 1986‐05‐23: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 16:12 |
| 1986-08-03 | Life Can Be So Nice / America (instr.) (live, 1986‐08‐03: Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA) | instrumental, live and partial | Prince and The Revolution | 3:52 |
| 1986-08-31 | America (live, 1986‐08‐31: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | live | Prince & The Revolution | 11:18 |
| 1986-09-09 | America (live, 1986‐09‐09: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan) | live | Prince and The Revolution | 6:50 |
| 1986 | America (1986: rehearsal) | Prince and The Revolution | 13:05 | |
| 1993-09-03 | America (live, 1993‐09‐03: Flugplatz Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany) | live | Prince and The New Power Generation | 2:08 |
| 1993-09-07 | 1999 / Baby I’m a Star / America / D.M.S.R. (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House, Marylebone, UK) | live and medley | Prince | 13:35 |
| 1993-09-07 | America (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House: Concert Hall, London, UK) | live | Prince | 2:08 |
| 1993-09-07 | America (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House: Concert Hall, London, UK) | live | Prince | 2:08 |
| 1998-03-18 | America (live, 1998‐03‐18: House of Blues Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Sheila E. | 13:34 |
| 2000-06-13 | America (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 13:11 |
| 2000-06-13 | America / Give It Up or Turnit a Loose / Take the “A” Train (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Prince | 16:06 |
| 2002-10-18 | Stretchin’ Out (In a Rubber Band) / Take Five / America (live, 2002‐10‐18: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium) | live | Prince and The NPG | 11:11 |
| 2002-10-25 | Days of Wild / America / Times Squared (live, 2002‐10‐25: Falkoner Salen, Frederiksberg, Denmark) | live and partial | Prince | 9:55 |
| 2004-02-16 | America (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:00 |
| 2004-02-16 | America (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Prince | 4:06 |
| 2008-06-08 | America (live, 2008‐06‐08: The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | cover and live | [unknown] | 8:01 |
| 2020-01-28 | America / Free / The Glamorous Life (live, 2020‐01‐28: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Sheila E. | 4:26 |
| America | cover | Sheila E. | 4:08 | |
| America (Mr. K edit) | Prince | 9:52 | ||
| America / Free | cover and medley | Sheila E. | 7:42 | |