Format Digital download Length 4:37 Writer(s) Prince | Genre R&B Label NPG Records | |
Released February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) | ||
"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 dressed as Prince and serving pancakes from a 2004 sketch from an episode of Chappelle's Show.
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.
In June of 2014, Dave Chappelle appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show and discussed the use of his image on Prince's single. The comic admitted, "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."
Music video
The music video for the song was released on October 11, 2013. The video was directed by Danielle Curiel, an 18-year-old fan, performer and part of the girl duo group Curly Fryz.