single art forThe Most Beautiful Girl In The World
andEric LeedsBrian GallagherMayteOphlie Winter
14 February 1994The Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldsingle
13 February 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
(video premiered during show; no live performance as such)
;6 March 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
was released initially on a stand-alone single,The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, as the first track to carry the artist credit
to be released independently ofWarner Bros.(seeThe Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldfor more details).
A tape containing a 10-minutes medley of remixes of the track and seven other new songs (InteractiveDays Of WildNowPoemAcknowledge Me319, andPheromone) as well as the show given atPaisley Park Studiosin Chanhassen, Minnesota on13 February 1994, amwas purchased by some European radio networks. This tape was broadcasted in early March 1994 (byLos 40 Principalesin Spain,Radio VeronicaandTrosin The Netherlands andDSR3in the Switzerland).
On17 May 1994, multiple remixes of the track were released on theThe Beautiful ExperienceEP.
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Saxophone Version)was released byBrian Gallagheron his stand-alone singleThe Most Beautiful Girl In The World(containing
Around the same time, a gender-reversed recording titledThe Most Beautiful Boy In The Worldsung byMaytewas released as a single which also contained a Spanish version, titled¿Quieres Ser El Mas Bello De Este Mundo?.The Most Beautiful Boy In The Worldwas included as the twelfth and final song onMaytes first and only albumChild Of The Sun, released in 1995.
In 1995, a slightly different recording of the track was included as the seventh track (fifth song) onPrinces 17th albumThe Gold Experience, his first using the name
. By this time, other versions using the same basic tracks had already been released, however.
In March of the same year, an instrumental version (titled) was released as a b-side on theNew Power Generations singleGet Wild(the first single fromExodus), credited to
andEric Leeds(the only time they have shared an artist credit on a track).
were also included onThe Beautiful ExperienceTV movie.
Basic tracking for the original version took place on20 September 1993atPaisley Park Studiosin Chanhassen, Minnesota (on the same day asSlave 2 The Funk). Remixes and overdubs took place in early 1994 (during the same set of sessions asDays Of Wild, and a new version ofShhh), although specific dates are unknown.
) intended the song to be recorded in multiple languages by local artists, but it is unknown how many of these recordings took place; one recording that was made wasby French model and actressOphlie Winter(intended for a single,Le Garçon Le Plus Beau Dans LUnivers), but this remains unreleased.
Kahoru Kohiruimaki (who previously recordedBlissandMind Bells) recorded a Japanese-language version of the track as part of this project, but using new music with no input byPrince; as such, it is considered a cover version of the song and is not listed below (her version was released in remixed form on her 1995 compilation albumWhite Kohhy Best 89-95) and via her Kohhy OFFICIAL CHANNELin 2016
TheBeautifulremix uses similar production toNew World, which it replaced as the b-side forThe Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldsingle (Warner Bros.only authorizedPrinceto release one song independently, causingNew Worldto be removed).
The original version of the track was included as the sixth track (third song) on a March 1994 configuration ofThe Gold Experience, and kept as the sixth track (third song) on a May 1994 configuration. It was included as the seventh song on a Summer 1994 configuration, and the sixth song on an August 1994 configuration.
TheMustang Mixof the song was also re-recorded in 1996 atPaisley Park Studios, and was planned for inclusion onThe Dawnalbum, and as a single release,The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix 96), both of which remain unreleased. The songs chorus is heavily sampled on the track2morrow.
Maytes version,The Most Beautiful Boy In The World, was included as the eleventh track (labeled a bonus track) on an early version of her first album, which was titledLatino Barbie Dollat the time, with the Spanish version,¿Quieres Ser El Mas Bello De Este Mundo?, included as the twelfth and final track (also labeled a bonus track), before the album underwent some changes prior to release.
The Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldsingle(byBrian Gallagher)
andEric Leedsversion, using identical musical background with saxophone byEric Leeds
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Saxophone Version)
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Sax Mix)
;Brian Gallagherversion, using identical musical background with saxophone byBrian Gallagher
Maytes version; gender-reversed lyrics, but using identical musical background
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix)
SeeThe Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldvideo for more details
Debuted on Spanish radioLos 40 Principaleson3 March 1994
10-minutes medley of remixes later included onThe Beautiful ExperienceEP
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix)
Top Of The Pops UK TV broadcast, recorded in-studio at Gregory McClatchy Films, Los Angeles, California
Same as original video version above; seeThe Beautiful Experiencefor details
Same asBeautifulvideo version above; seeThe Beautiful Experiencefor details
Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version)
9 April 1994, Soul Train, Paramount Studios, Stage 30, Hollywood, CA, USA
Studio, (small differences in mix compared to released version)
4 May 1994, 6th World Music Awards, Sporting Monte-Carlo – Salle des toiles, (Monte-Carlo) Monaco
Version using 1993 backing tracks withOphlie Wintervocal overdubs
Early 1994 medley of remixes later included onThe Beautiful ExperienceEP; contains sample fromShooplater re-recorded for
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Saxophone Version)
vocals, a clip of which was played on the1-800 New Funkphone service recorded message in 1994
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix 96)
1996 remix intended forThe Dawnalbum andThe Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix 96)single; some additional lyrics
The Most Beautiful Girl In The Worldsingle (Brian Gallagher)
Le Garçon Le Plus Beau Dans LUniversunreleased single
This track is the earliest-released track to receive the official artist credit
The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
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