A previously unreleased song is one of many ways Prince is being honored a decade after his death. The Minnesota superstar died at his Paisley Park home in Chanhassen 10 years ago on Tuesday.
The official Prince YouTube page posted “With This Tear,” recorded in 1991 at Paisley Park. The track has been newly mixed and mastered and features Prince producing, arranging, composing and performing all instrumentation.
Shortly after the creation of the song, Prince offered it to Céline Dion, who recorded her own version in 1992.
The Prince account said this track is one of many Prince recordings scheduled for release this year as part of a never-before-released album project.
Fans have been gathering at First Avenue in Minneapolis to remember the legendary singer. A mural honoring Prince stands tall near the city’s signature music venue.
Fans gathered near the mural on Monday talked about where they were when they heard the news of Prince’s death.
“I was sleeping at the time because I work overnights, but I had a bunch of family members and friends trying to to reach out. And then it finally woke me up and I was just devastated,” Kris Phelps, a Prince fan from Iowa, said. “And I had to look it up myself because it just couldn’t have been true.”
“I remember I was at work and a friend of mine called and she was distraught and she was like, ‘Pick up your phone,’ because I never really pick up my phone. So I called her back and she was like, ‘He’s dead,’ and I’m like, ‘Who?’ And she’s like, ‘Prince.’ And we were devastated,” Prince fan Natasha Jackson said.
Paisley Park was one of several Prince-related stops on Adam Urgo’s multi-day trip to the Twin Cities. He also went to the Purple Rain house, Electric Fetus and First Avenue. The emotions, however, might have been the strongest at Paisley Park.
“I’ve been a fan since 13 years old. I’ll be 55 on Friday. So, this has been the culmination of my life leading up to this very moment 11, and being here to be able to celebrate this day,” Ugro said.
As a striking memorial of Prince adorned the stage where he used to perform, Suzanne Skibinksi looked on quietly, mourning, but also appreciating the joy he gave his fans.
“It just kind of brings back a whole lifetime of being a Prince fan from the time I was 12 years old. Concert after concert and being here several times when he was in the building,” she said.
Paisley Park was busy with visitors on the anniversary of Prince’s death. Some left tributes on a memorial fence outside, just like they did a decade earlier along Highway 5.
Gov. Tim Walz, asked what Prince song he was listening to Tuesday to mark the date, said “I’m a ‘1999’ guy, because I’m old enough that it still seems like it’s the future.”
Walz added, “I feel like I thought about this a couple times. Said it this winter, I wonder how Metro Surge and things would have been different if you (Prince) were still alive, because you saw some of the voices that were speaking up on that.”
Paisley Park, Prince’s former home and music studio space, will be hosting a special remembrance event on Tuesday. The park was busy with visitors Tuesday as some left tributes on the memorial fence like they did a decade earlier.
“I really thought he would be a long living musician, kind of like Duke Ellington,” said Terry Jackson, one of Prince’s childhood friends who was a member of their teenage band, Grand Central.
Paisley Park will also host a musical tribute in June during Celebration 2026.
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