US EditionCeline Dion Declares It 'Feels Truly Special' to Hear Prince's Version of With This Tear
The piano-led ballad was first recorded in 1991 and newly mixed by Chris James, offering Prince’s original take on a song later given to Celine Dion.
- Today, the Prince Estate released a previously unheard recording of "With This Tear," a piano-led ballad Prince originally wrote and later gave to Celine Dion in the early 1990s.
- Grammy-Nominated producer Chris James updated the Paisley Park recording with a fresh mix, marking the 10th anniversary of Prince's death on April 21, 2016.
- Reacting to the release, Celine Dion wrote, "With This Tear was a gift from Prince that I will always treasure," noting she carried the song for many years.
- According to the Prince Estate, the track marks "the beginning of a number of unreleased Prince recordings scheduled for release this year, as part of a never-before-released Prince album project."
- Paisley Park is hosting a tribute event today to celebrate the artist's legacy, while the estate recently refused to allow the music to be used in connection with Donald Trump.
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Recorded in 1991, "With This Tear" was originally offered to Céline Dion. Now, on the 10th anniversary of Prince's death, the original version of the artist is finally edited. And there is more to come.
Celine Dion declares it 'feels truly special' to hear Prince's version of With This Tear
Superstar singer Celine Dion has declared it "feels truly special" to finally hear Prince's version of With This Tear after she recorded his track for her 1992 self-titled album.
Ten years ago this prodigy of American music disappeared. An unreleased version of With This Tear, sung by Prince, was put online for the occasion.
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My SitePrince’s Estate Unveils ‘With This Tear,’ the First of Several Unreleased Recordings Planned for 2026
The Prince Estate released 'With This Tear,' the first of several tracks expected to arrive this year from a previously unreleased album project.
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Prince's death, today a new song and video clip is released: 'With This Tear', a studio recording never published from the gigantic archive of unpublished compositions that Prince left to his death. This song is the beginning of a series of unpublished recordings of Prince whose publication is scheduled for this year, as part of an album project never before edited. Recorded in November 1991 in Paisley Par…
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