NPG Records and Paisley Park Enterprises, in partnership with Warner Records and Legacy Recordings, are pleased to announce the release of Prince And The Revolution’s Around The World In A Day: The Singles, a very special strictly limited edition 7” singles box set exclusively for RSD Black Friday.
Around The World In A Day: The Singles features all four singles from the album (“Raspberry Beret”, “Paisley Park”, “Pop Life”, and “America”) plus a brand new exclusive 7” single featuring two versions of the 1985 track “4 The Tears In Your Eyes”, which Prince originally contributed to the We Are The World album.
Each 7” is pressed on unique coloured vinyl and presented in its original sleeve, packaged in a clamshell box. All feature elements of the Around The World In A Day LP sleeve, initially designed by Doug Henders and Laura Lipuma. The audio for all the tracks has been remastered by Bernie Grundman with additional mastering by Chris James.
“4 The Tears In Your Eyes”, which was initially released on the USA For Africa We Are The World album, also makes its streaming debut. The song, which Prince donated in lieu of appearing on We Are The World, is alluded to in the lyrics for Hello, the B-side of “Pop Life”, “I tried to tell them that I didn’t want to sing / but I’d gladly write a song instead”. The song was recorded on February 1 and 2, 1985, in New Orleans during the Purple Rain tour, and the re-recorded version from June 85, as used in the song’s video clip, features on the flip side of the 7” in the limited edition box.
The week before the single box set, Prince And The Revolution’s groundbreaking Billboard #1 album Around The World In A Day will be released in newly remastered stereo by Bernie Grundman, with additional mastering by Chris James, and will be released on Streaming, Download, CD, 140g LP, on Picture Disc LP exclusively for the Official Prince Store.
The album has also been meticulously remixed in Dolby Atmos by Prince protégé and Grammy-nominated engineer Chris James, drawn from the original multi-track masters, and will be available via all participating streaming services.
Around The World In A Day (Deluxe Edition), available on 2CD and 140g 3LP formats, features the extended versions of the A & B sides with the remix of “Paisley Park” making its digital debut, along with the extended version of “Girl” and “Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)” and the nearly 22-minute 12” version of “America” is making its debut on CD after having recently been released to streaming services.
ABOUT PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION’S AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
Released on April 22, 1985, Around The World In A Day landed just 15 days after the curtain fell on Prince’s era-defining Purple Rain Tour. Today, surprise album drops are routine. Back then, it was unthinkable. Only Prince could — and did — pull it off.
Purple Rain had torn up the rulebook of pop stardom. Warner Bros. wanted to cash in, with a European leg of the tour already booked and millions guaranteed. Prince walked away. Instead, he handed in Around The World In A Day: a psychedelic, inward-facing detour that blindsided the label. His demand? It was to be experienced as one uninterrupted story. No lead single. No staged rollout. No hype machine.
“Raspberry Beret” was finally serviced to radio in the US a month after the album’s release, which was an eternity in the mid-’80s hit factory. Yet Prince was vindicated. Without a tour, without videos, without even fresh promo shots (the only ones came from the later “Raspberry Beret” and “America” video shoots), the album flew off shelves, selling over two million copies and spinning off multiple Billboard Top Ten singles. Prince didn’t just defy the rules — he proved he didn’t need them.
The record ultimately yielded four commercial singles, “Raspberry Beret” with its spectacular kaleidoscopic video featuring Prince in a suit inspired by the clouds and sky on the sleeve, “Paisley Park” (released only overseas), “Pop Life”, and “America”. Several songs had been teased on the Purple Rain tour, though the bulk of the album had been finished by the end of 1984. “Raspberry Beret” dated back to 1982 but was later re-recorded in September ’84, while “Pop Life” was the first new track cut for the project, and “Temptation” was the last to be added.
Even its packaging was a statement: a swirl of psychedelic colours and faces painted by Doug Henders, who was working on the Purple Rain Tour and travelling with the painting, working on it between shows. The final result was far removed from the stark, iconic imagery of Purple Rain.
And in true Prince fashion, by the time the world first heard it, he was already somewhere else entirely. On April 21, 1985 — the day before the album’s release — Prince returned to Sunset Sound to record “Sometimes It Snows In April”, the haunting closer to his next album, Parade, which would also serve as the soundtrack to Under The Cherry Moon.
Bold, iconic, and unmistakably Prince. In conjunction with the music release, the Prince team also offers new merchandise featuring artwork inspired by Around The World In A Day. Order yours exclusively at the Official Prince Store.
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: THE SINGLES
RSD BLACK FRIDAY EXCLUSIVE
RELEASED NOVEMBER 28th
Raspberry Beret (7” Raspberry Vinyl)
A: Raspberry Beret (3:31)
B: She’s Always In My Hair (3:27)
Paisley Park (7” Peach Vinyl)
A: Paisley Park (4:41)
B: She’s Always In My Hair (3:27)
Pop Life (7” Yellow Vinyl)
A: Pop Life (3:42)
B: Hello (3:24)
America (7” White Vinyl)
A: America (3:40)
B: Girl (3:57)
4 The Tears In Your Eyes (7” Clear Vinyl)
A: 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:49) (We Are The World Album Version)
B: 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)
CD
1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)
2- Paisley Park (4:41)
3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)
4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)
5- Tamborine (2:46)
6- America (3:40)
7- Pop Life (3:42)
8- The Ladder (5:26)
9- Temptation (8:21)
LP
Side A:
1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)
2- Paisley Park (4:41)
3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)
4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)
5- Tamborine (2:46)
Side B
1- America (3:40)
2- Pop Life (3:42)
3- The Ladder (5:26)
4- Temptation (8:21)
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: DELUXE EDITION (2CD)
CD 1: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)
1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)
2- Paisley Park (4:41)
3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)
4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)
5- Tamborine (2:46)
6- America (3:40)
7- Pop Life (3:42)
8- The Ladder (5:26)
9- Temptation (8:21)
Bonus Track
10- America (21:46)
CD 2: B-SIDES & BONUS TRACKS (2025 REMASTER)
1- Raspberry Beret (6:36) (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix)
2- She’s Always In My Hair (3:25) (7” Version)
3- She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:32)
4- Paisley Park (Remix) (6:53)
5- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:16)
6- Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)
7- Hello (7” Version) (3:24)
8- Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:12)
9- Girl (7” Version) (3:57)
10- Girl (12” Version) (7:36)
11- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:45) (We Are The World Album Version)
12- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: DELUXE EDITION (3LP)
LP1: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)
Side A:
1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)
2- Paisley Park (4:41)
3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)
4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)
5- Tamborine (2:46)
Side B
1- America (3:40)
2- Pop Life (3:42)
3- The Ladder (5:26)
4- Temptation (8:21)
LP2 & 3: B-SIDES & BONUS TRACKS (2025 REMASTER)
Side C
1-Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix) (6:36)
2- She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:32)
3- Paisley Park (Remix) (6:53)
Side D
1- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:16)
2- Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)
Side E
1- Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:12)
2- Girl (12″ Version) (7:36)
3- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:45) (We Are The World Album Version)
4- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)
Side F
1- America 12” Version (21:46)