Just heard radio stations across the country are simulcasting the track at around 6:07 EST. Will you be listening?

Prince to Be Simulcast on Radio Stations ‘7 Hours and 13 Days’ After His Death

"Nothing Compares 2 U" will be simulcast late afternoon Wednesday

Exactly 7 hours and 13 days after Prince’s death, radio stations across the country will team up to pay homage to the musical icon, who died on April 21.

The very specific time for the tribute comes from Prince’s song “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which opens with the line: “It’s been 7 hours and 13 days, since you took your love away.”

To mark the moment, Prince’s hometown radio station, Minneapolis’s The Current, has invited stations to join them in a simulcast where channels across the country will play Prince’s version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” at the same time, Wednesday at exactly 5:07 p.m. CT (that’s 6:07 ET/3:07 PT).

Prince wrote the track in the mid-1980s, but it was in 1990 that Sinead O’Connor took the song to the top of the Billboard charts, making one minor change to the lyrics, changing the time from “7 hours and 13 days” to “7 hours and 15 days.” A few years after the song become one of O’Connor’s hallmarks, Prince took the song to No. 62 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in 1994.

Among stations in the U.S. reportedly joining in the simulcast are WFUV New York, WXPN Philadelphia and KEXP Seattle, which have been paying tribute to the legend all week.

Hope more stations across the country and around the world join together for the simulcast tribute.

The Current live stream:

http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

#NothingCompares2U

mikeyaddict said:

I've tried to work out what time that would be in the UK. I think it's 11.07pm if we're 6 hours ahead of Minneapolis. Anyone else in the UK worked it out and got different? Love U All. Nothing Compares. Xoxox

I think it's 23.07 too.

mikeyaddict said:

I've tried to work out what time that would be in the UK. I think it's 11.07pm if we're 6 hours ahead of Minneapolis. Anyone else in the UK worked it out and got different? Love U All. Nothing Compares. Xoxox

Has the UK gone to summer/daylight saving time? It might be six or seven hours, depending. What time is it there now?

Then it's a six-hour time difference - so you'll want to catch the Current stream at 11:07 your time.

[Edited 5/4/16 13:06pm]

I'm actually leaving work a little late so I can post it to my Facebook page at exactly 5:07. (I live too far away to get home in time to do it there.)

listening now.... crying hysterically

rainbowchild said:

Listening to thecurrent.org/listen (Minnesota public radio station) online waiting for the song to come on in less than half an hour.

missing him. covered in chills. trying not to cry and loving him so much.

ivey0126 said:

why is it every time i get somewhere in my grief, something hits the reset button?

[Edited 5/4/16 15:16pm]

I feel exactly the same way. thought today would be the first day I wouldn't cry... that went straight out the window

ivey0126 said:

I feel exactly the same way. thought today would be the first day I wouldn't cry... that went straight out the window

I'm back squarely on denial. I've lost count of how many times i've landed back on denial. Maybe I should just stay here.

ivey0126 said:

listening now.... crying hysterically

That was me too.

isobelfq said:

redaddict said:

isobelfq said:

I'm back squarely on denial. I've lost count of how many times i've landed back on denial. Maybe I should just stay here.

This is me too. I thought I was getting somewhere but I feel like I'm right back at square one. I feel like I've lost him all over again. I think I was probably in denial the past few days but all this 7 hours and 13 days stuff has reminded me he is actually dead and it's like a punch in the stomach. Tears. Again. I think I'd like to join you back in denial land...

Come join us. We have t-shirts. And pancakes.

isobelfq said:

redaddict said:

rainbowchild said:

Paisley Park!