America

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Annotation

Writing credited to Prince and the Revolution.

https://princevault.com/index.php/America

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-15 01:46 UTC.

Relationships

writer and arranger:Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:Controversy Music
premiered at:Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, United States (on 1985-02-23)
Wikidata:Q2842803 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1984-07-23AmericaPrince and The Revolution3:42
1984-07-23America (12″ version)Prince and The Revolution21:41
1984-07-23America (extended version)Prince21:34
1985-02-23America (live, 1985‐02‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)livePrince14:56
1985-03-23America (live, 1985‐03‐23: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution11:04
1985-10-27America (live, 1985‐10‐27: Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France)livePrince9:45
1985-10-27AmericalivePrince and The Revolution9:55
1985 – 1986America (live, 1985–1986)livePrince3:01
1986-03-03America (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince16:23
1986-03-03America incl. Spanish Key (instr.) (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution13:11
1986-04-03America (live, 1986‐04‐03: The Metro, Boston, MA, USA)livePrince and The Revolution12:20
1986-05-23America / [drum solo] (live, 1986‐05‐23: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince16:12
1986-08-03Life Can Be So Nice / America (instr.) (live, 1986‐08‐03: Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)instrumental, live and partialPrince and The Revolution3:52
1986-08-31America (live, 1986‐08‐31: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany)livePrince & The Revolution11:18
1986-09-09America (live, 1986‐09‐09: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan)livePrince and The Revolution6:50
1986America (1986: rehearsal)Prince and The Revolution13:05
1993-09-03America (live, 1993‐09‐03: Flugplatz Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany)livePrince and The New Power Generation2:08
1993-09-071999 / Baby I’m a Star / America / D.M.S.R. (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House, Marylebone, UK)live and medleyPrince13:35
1993-09-07America (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House: Concert Hall, London, UK)livePrince2:08
1993-09-07America (live, 1993‐09‐07: Broadcasting House: Concert Hall, London, UK)livePrince2:08
1998-03-18America (live, 1998‐03‐18: House of Blues Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveSheila E.13:34
2000-06-13America (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince13:11
2000-06-13America / Give It Up or Turnit a Loose / Take the “A” Train (live, 2000‐06‐13: Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince16:06
2002-10-18Stretchin’ Out (In a Rubber Band) / Take Five / America (live, 2002‐10‐18: Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium)livePrince and The NPG11:11
2002-10-25Days of Wild / America / Times Squared (live, 2002‐10‐25: Falkoner Salen, Frederiksberg, Denmark)live and partialPrince9:55
2004-02-16America (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince4:00
2004-02-16America (live, 2004‐02‐16: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince4:06
2008-06-08America (live, 2008‐06‐08: The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN, USA)cover and live[unknown]8:01
2020-01-28America / Free / The Glamorous Life (live, 2020‐01‐28: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveSheila E.4:26
AmericacoverSheila E.4:08
America (Mr. K edit)Prince9:52
America / Freecover and medleySheila E.7:42