✦ Boyfriend – Digital Single: Feb. 2013

A fleeting 3RDEYEGIRL digital drop that vanished almost as quickly as it appeared

✦ Summary

Boyfriend was first released on February 15, 2013, through Prince’s 3rdEyeGirl.com storefront during the early days of the 3RDEYEGIRL era. The track appeared briefly under the title Boyfriend before being taken down within the hour and re‑uploaded as Boyfriend Demo, making it one of the shortest‑lived digital releases of Prince’s 2010s output. Sold alongside other low‑priced digital tracks on the site, Boyfriend reflected Prince’s experimental approach to online distribution during this period, where songs appeared without warning and disappeared just as unpredictably.

✦ Highlights

• Released February 15, 2013 on 3rdEyeGirl.com

• Initially titled Boyfriend, then re‑uploaded as Boyfriend Demo

• Available only for a brief window before removal

• Part of Prince’s rapid‑fire digital drops during the 3RDEYEGIRL era

• No physical formats issued

✦ Track Details

Digital Single (3rdEyeGirl.com, 2013)

Boyfriend / Boyfriend Demo — digital download

Format: MP3 (price typically $0.88 on the storefront)

Label: NPG Records

Country: Worldwide (via 3rdEyeGirl.com)

Released: February 15, 2013

Written, produced, and performed by Prince (credited under the 3RDEYEGIRL umbrella).

✦ Chart Performance

United States: No chart entry (website‑exclusive release)

International: No chart activity documented

✦ Discography Sidebar

3RDEYEGIRL Digital‑Era Drops:

That Girl Thang — Digital Single: 2013

Boyfriend / Boyfriend Demo — Digital Single: Feb. 2013

Screwdriver — Digital Single: 2013

Breakfast Can Wait — Digital Single: 2013

RNR Remix 7 — Digital Single: 2013

✦ Prince Era Mini‑Timeline

Feb. 2013 — Boyfriend briefly released and retitled Boyfriend Demo

2013 — Multiple digital singles appear on 3rdEyeGirl.com

2014 — Art Official Age and PLECTRUMELECTRUM expand the era

✦ Glam Flashback

Boyfriend is a perfect snapshot of Prince’s unpredictable 3RDEYEGIRL period — a time when songs appeared online without fanfare, disappeared without explanation, and left collectors scrambling to capture each fleeting moment. Its rapid removal only added to its mystique, cementing Boyfriend Demo as one of the most elusive digital curiosities of Prince’s 2010s catalogue.

✦ Sources

Prince Vault, Discogs, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, YouTube