Listen: Prince's 1991 vault track "With This Tear" is released

April 20, 2026

Prince, center, talks with some of the 20 children who will appeared in a music video at Los Angeles city Hall Saturday, May 27, 1991. Prince, sporting a new hairdo, formed a new band, the New Power Generation, with whom he toured later thatyear. (AP Photo/Frank Micelotta)Frank Micelotta/AP Photo

A new song from Prince’s vault, “With This Tear,” was released on Monday, April 20. The song was recorded by Celine Dion and released on her self-titled album in 1992.

More unreleased Prince recordings are set to be released later this year as part of “a never before released Prince album project,” a press release says.

According to princevault.com, the song was first recorded in November of 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

To learn more about Dion receiving the song from Prince, check out this video:

To hear more Prince and the artists who he inspired, listen to The Current’s Purple Current stream or check out one of The Current’s curated Spotify playlists.

This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.