Extraordinary (Prince song)

"Extraordinary"
Single by Prince
from the album The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
Released	August 10, 1999
Recorded	September 1992; Paisley Park Studios (Chanhassen, Minnesota)
Genre	Pop; funk;
Length	2:28
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology
Prince UK singles chronology

"Extraordinary" is a song recorded by American musician Prince. It was issued as the lead single from his twenty-second studio album The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (1999). It was released on August 10, 1999 as a CD single, exclusively in the United States. Prince solely wrote and produced it, while a series of individuals provided various instrumentation for the track.

The single was originally recorded in September 1992 and remained unreleased for six years until the announcement of The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale. It was the only single released from the album, besides a series of three promotional singles, "The Rest of My Life", "5 Women", and "It's About That Walk". The song was sent to mainstream radio on August 10, two weeks before the release of the album.

Track listing

United States CD single[1][2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Extraordinary"	2:28

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale liner notes[3]

Prince – vocals, lyrics, production, instruments
Michael B. – drums
Tommy Barbarella – keyboards

Mr. Hayes – keyboards
Levi Seacer, Jr. – guitar
Sonny T. – bass guitar

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References

"Prince – Extraordinary". Discogs. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
"Prince – Extraordinary". Discogs. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (liner notes). Prince (musician). Warner Bros. Records. 1999.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[Discogs_CD_release1-1] "Prince – Extraordinary". Discogs. Retrieved May 14, 2016.

[Discogs_CD_release2-2] "Prince – Extraordinary". Discogs. Retrieved May 14, 2016.

[liner-3] The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (liner notes). Prince (musician). Warner Bros. Records. 1999.CS1 maint: others (link)

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"