''The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume One)'' is the twenty-ninth

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by American recording artist

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. It was released on March 29, 2004 by

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. The album was released as a download-only album through his website,

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. All the tracks, except "The Dance", were previously available on the same website in 2001, although some may have rearrangements in music and/or lyrics. " U Make My Sun Shine", a duet with

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, was released as a single in 2001. Three more tracks had a limited release as CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit'N'Run Tour: "

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", "Underneath the Cream", and "Gamillah". The album's title comes from a line in "Judas Smile". "The Dance" was later re-recorded and included on the 2006 album, ''

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''. All the tracks, except "Judas Smile" and "The Dance", were at one point included on the aborted album project ''

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''. The disc artwork on the download page showed a slightly different configuration of the album, missing "The Dance" but including "My Medallion", suggesting a last-minute change by Prince to replace the latter song by the former. In 2015, the album was released on music streaming service Tidal in this different configuration, which also included the full length version of " U Make My Sun Shine". In 2018 the album was released on other music services like

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and the

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. Even though the album has never been officially released as a CD, there are bootlegs available.

Track listing

All songs written by

2004 release

# "When 👁 Lay My Hands on U" – 3:45 # "Judas Smile" – 6:37 # "

" – 4:17 # "Underneath the Cream" – 4:04 # "Sexmesexmenot" – 5:46 # "Vavoom" – 4:40 # "High" – 5:09 # "The Dance" – 4:45 # "Gamillah" (credited to

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) – 3:13 # " U Make My Sun Shine" – 5:52

2015/2018 release

# "When 👁 Lay My Hands on U" – 3:41 # "Judas Smile" – 6:33 # "

" – 4:13 # "Underneath the Cream" – 3:59 # "My Medallion" – 5:07 # "Vavoom" – 4:35 # "High" – 5:05 # "Sexmesexmenot" – 5:40 # "Gamillah" – 3:09 # " U Make My Sun Shine" – 7:05

References

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