Prince’s infectious funk track Hot Summer released as a limited 7" single exclusively with the August 2021 issue of Rolling Stone Germany, backed with a live version of “The Bird Artist: Prince Title: Hot Summer Date: July 29, 2021 Label: NPG Records / Legacy / The Prince Estate Format / Type: Vinyl, 7", Single (Rolling Stone Germany Covermount) Country: Germany Catalogue: 125282 TRACK LIST Side A Hot Summer (3:32) Side B The Bird (Live at The Forum, April 28, 2011) (4:00) TH

Hot Summer is the fifth song of the tenth posthumous album Welcome 2 America released in 2021 (the first full previously‑unreleased studio album of Prince material). The track premiered on Minnesota public radio station 89.3 The Current’s website on June 7, 2010, Prince’s 52nd birthday. July 22, 2021 – Hot Summer is made available to stream and download as a preview track from the forthcoming Welcome 2 America album. Hot Summer was released as the A‑side of a 7" vinyl single