Released August 10, 1999 Genre Pop
funk Label Warner Bros. | Format CD single
airplay Length 2:28 | |
Recorded September 1992; Paisley Park Studios (Chanhassen, Minnesota) | ||
"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.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale liner notes