Prince performs rejected 1982 song from beyond grave

Three decades after being recorded, a song not up to album snuff was released amid fanfare on ABC. The artist? Prince.

“An uplifting piano and guitar number, ‘Moonbeam Levels”‘ was originally recorded in 1982 during the sessions for Prince’s ‘1999’ album,” ABC News reported. Later the track was considered for the never released album ‘Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic.’

The posthumous release is part of the 40-track greatest-hits collection, “Prince 4Ever,” ABC said, “which brings together the iconic artist’s best-loved songs and top hits like ‘Kiss,’ ‘Little Red Corvette’ and ‘Purple Rain.'”

Price died at age 57 in April of an accidental Fentanyl overdose.

“ABC News held a live listening party of the new song for a group of Prince fans at the Cutting Room recording studio in New York City,” the network said.