"Around the World in a Day" is a song performed by Prince and the Revolution and is the opening track of the album of the same name.
The track represents a completely different direction that Prince wanted to go after the massively successful Purple Rain album and film of the same name.
[2] David Coleman would later remark on the inspiration behind the track: I wrote the song based on a close friend of mine, but to me she was a high school sweetheart, a young girl from Beirut, Lebanon, named Christine Maalouf.
After rewriting the lyrics and creating the verses, Prince would record the track in August of 1984 with David, Jonathan, and select members of the Revolution, compiling together a psychedelic message about love being spread all around the world.
[2] After the track had finished recording, Prince felt inspired to create his entire album in a different way than he had done so before, determining the direction he wanted to go after Purple Rain.