✦ The Breakfast Experience – EP: Oct. 2013

Prince serves a playful digital remix feast with Joshua Welton, turning “Breakfast Can Wait” into a chart‑topping dance experience

✦ SUMMARY

The Breakfast Experience was released on October 24, 2013, as a digital‑only maxi‑single EP on EMI/NPG Records, expanding Prince’s original single Breakfast Can Wait with four remixes crafted by producer Joshua Welton. The EP followed the standalone release of the original track on 3rdeyegirl.com in February 2013, which later reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip‑Hop Songs chart. Featuring five versions of the song — including Grits‘N’Gravy, Espresso, Honey, and Buttermilk — the EP capitalised on the track’s growing digital momentum and playful cultural visibility, boosted by its iconic artwork featuring Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince from a 2004 Chappelle’s Show sketch.

The EP peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, marking one of Prince’s most successful digital‑era remix projects. Recorded at Paisley Park in December 2012 and remixed in 2013, the release showcases Prince’s collaboration with Hannah Ford Welton, Ida Nielsen, and Adrian Crutchfield, blending funk, R&B, and electronic textures. Available globally on iTunes and Amazon, the EP had no physical formats, making original 2013 downloads a niche collectible among fans.

✦ HIGHLIGHTS

• Released October 24, 2013 as a digital‑only EP

• Five‑track remix collection of Breakfast Can Wait

• Remixes by Joshua Welton

• Artwork features Dave Chappelle parodying Prince

• Peaked at No. 1 on Billboard Dance Club Songs

• Original single reached No. 26 on Billboard R&B

• Recorded at Paisley Park; remixed in 2013

• No physical formats issued

✦ TRACK DETAILS

• Digital EP (EMI/NPG Records, 2013)

• Breakfast Can Wait — 3:55

• Breakfast Can Wait (Grits‘N’Gravy) — 3:29

• Breakfast Can Wait (Espresso) — 3:33

• Breakfast Can Wait (Honey) — 3:38

• Breakfast Can Wait (Buttermilk) — 2:47

  
  

Label: EMI / NPG Records

Format: Digital download/streaming

Recorded: December 2012 at Paisley Park Studios

Remixes: Joshua Welton (2013)

Personnel: Prince (vocals, instruments), Hannah Ford Welton (drums), Ida Nielsen (bass), Adrian Crutchfield (saxophone).

✦ CHART PERFORMANCE

United States

• Billboard Dance Club Songs: No. 1 (EP impact)

• Billboard Hot R&B/Hip‑Hop Songs: No. 26 (Breakfast Can Wait)

United Kingdom

• Did not chart

International

• No major chart entries documented

✦ SOURCES

Prince Vault, Discogs, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, Billboard Chart History, and YouTube.

✦ DISCOGRAPHY

3RDEYEGIRL / Art Official Age Era:

Breakfast Can Wait — Single: Feb. 2013

The Breakfast Experience — EP: Oct. 2013

Live Out Loud — Single: Feb. 2013

Screwdriver — Single: Feb. 2013

Da Bourgeoisie — Single: Nov. 2013

Art Official Age — Album: 2014

PLECTRUMELECTRUM — Album: 2014

✦ PRINCE ERA MINI‑TIMELINE

Dec. 2012 — Breakfast Can Wait recorded at Paisley Park

Feb. 2013 — Original single released on 3rdeyegirl.com

Oct. 24, 2013 — The Breakfast Experience EP released

2014 — Breakfast Can Wait included on Art Official Age

2015 — Prince continues digital‑first releases with HITnRUN

✦ GLAM FLASHBACK

The Breakfast Experience captures Prince at his most mischievous and modern — blending internet culture, remix experimentation, and a viral Chappelle parody into a chart‑topping dance release. The EP reflects Prince’s comfort with digital‑era playfulness, his trust in emerging collaborators like Joshua Welton, and his ability to turn a simple R&B groove into a full‑blown cultural moment. It remains a fan‑favourite snapshot of Prince’s 2010s creativity, where humour, funk, and innovation collided in the most unexpected way.