Breakfast Can Wait

"Breakfast Can Wait"
Single by Prince
from the album Art Official Age
Released	February 5, 2013
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	4:37
Label	NPG Records
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology

"Breakfast Can Wait" is a song by American recording artist Prince. The single was released on February 5, 2013 on his website 3rdEyeGirl.com and was re-released on 3rdEyeTunes.com on August 17, 2013.

The accompanying artwork for the single features comedian Dave Chappelle of Chappelle's Show dressed as Purple Rain-era Prince and serving pancakes, a scene from the 2004 sketch "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories".[2][3][4][5] In June 2014, Chappelle appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show and discussed the use of his image on Prince's single: "That's a Prince judo move right there. … You make fun of Prince in a sketch and he'll just use you in his album cover. … What am I going to do — sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him? … That's checkmate right there."[6]

A remix EP, titled The Breakfast Experience, followed on October 24, 2013 on iTunes and on Amazon the next day. It was made available on 3rdEyeTunes.com on November 5, 2013. The song is included on Prince's thirty-fourth studio album, Art Official Age, which was released on September 30, 2014.

Music video

The music video for the song was released on October 11, 2013. The video was directed by Danielle Curiel, a performer and part of the girl duo group Curly Fryz. [7][8]

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[9]	80
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	38

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References

Swensson, Andrea (February 5, 2013). "Prince releases smooth R&B jam 'Breakfast Can Wait'". The Current. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
Boardman, Madeline (6 February 2013). "'Breakfast Can Wait': Prince Releases A New Track". Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Locker, Melissa (11 October 2013). "You Have To See This: Prince's "Breakfast Can Wait"". Time. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Lopez, Korina (11 October 2013). "Prince releases 'Breakfast Can Wait' music video". USA Today. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Ocko, Alex. "Dave Chappelle Appears on Prince's "Breakfast Can Wait" Artwork". okayplayer. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Staff, THR (14 June 2014). "'Tonight Show': Dave Chappelle Explains How Prince Used His Own Joke Against Him (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
Ferreiro, Laura. "Prince Enlists Unknown Teenager to Direct "Breakfast Can Wait" Video". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
Lewis, Randy (11 October 2013). "Watch Prince's new video 'Breakfast Can Wait'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
"Ultratop.be – Prince – Breakfast Can Wait" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
"Ultratop.be – Prince – Breakfast Can Wait" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

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[1] Swensson, Andrea (February 5, 2013). "Prince releases smooth R&B jam 'Breakfast Can Wait'". The Current. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[2] Boardman, Madeline (6 February 2013). "'Breakfast Can Wait': Prince Releases A New Track". Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[3] Locker, Melissa (11 October 2013). "You Have To See This: Prince's "Breakfast Can Wait"". Time. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[4] Lopez, Korina (11 October 2013). "Prince releases 'Breakfast Can Wait' music video". USA Today. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[5] Ocko, Alex. "Dave Chappelle Appears on Prince's "Breakfast Can Wait" Artwork". okayplayer. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[6] Staff, THR (14 June 2014). "'Tonight Show': Dave Chappelle Explains How Prince Used His Own Joke Against Him (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[7] Ferreiro, Laura. "Prince Enlists Unknown Teenager to Direct "Breakfast Can Wait" Video". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[8] Lewis, Randy (11 October 2013). "Watch Prince's new video 'Breakfast Can Wait'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[sc_Flanders_Tip_Prince-9] "Ultratop.be – Prince – Breakfast Can Wait" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

[sc_Flanders_Urban_Prince-10] "Ultratop.be – Prince – Breakfast Can Wait" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban. Retrieved February 12, 2015.

Prince singles
1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K."
2010s	"Breakfast Can Wait"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Man'O'War" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Airplay-only songs	"International Lover"
Internet downloads	"One Song" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" "Guitar (original "demo" version)"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"