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|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br> | |album(s) = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br> | ||
| − | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]<br> | + | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> |
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
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|previous song = [[Darlene Marie]] | |previous song = [[Darlene Marie]] | ||
|next song = [[Data Bank]] | |next song = [[Data Bank]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. |
[[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-85. Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore), having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. | [[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-85. Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore), having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. | ||
| − | The recording industry voluntarily complied with the | + | The recording industry voluntarily complied with the Center’s request in response to the Senate hearings ([[Sugar Walls]] was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center’s "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center here] for more details. |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late July 1983 at [[Prince]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late July 1983 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA. The song ends with a "back-masked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette). |
It was included as the fourth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configurations of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], but became the fifth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after the addition of [[Take Me With U]]. | It was included as the fourth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configurations of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], but became the fifth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after the addition of [[Take Me With U]]. | ||
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| + | Notes from [[Prince]]’s ''Dreams'' notebook that was on display in the 'My Name Is Prince' exhibit in the O<sub>2</sub> in London reveal that [[Prince]] considered naming [[Vanity]]’s character in the film Nicarthra Ann, Nikki for short. | ||
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|date = Mid-late July 1983 | |date = Mid-late July 1983 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|2= 4:13 | |2= 4:13 | ||
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br> | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br> | ||
| − | [[Album: | + | [[Album:_Strange_Tales_From_The_Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album <br> |
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|1= '''Darling Nikki''' | |1= '''Darling Nikki''' | ||
|2= 4:13 | |2= 4:13 | ||
| − | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br> | + | |3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br> |
|4= | |4= | ||
|5= Remastered 2015 | |5= Remastered 2015 | ||
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|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
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| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''Darling Nikki''' | ||
| + | |2= 5:02 | ||
| + | |3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release) | ||
| + | |4= Live | ||
| + | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]. Remastered | ||
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|2= 4:00 | |2= 4:00 | ||
|3= [[Home_Video: Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br> | |3= [[Home_Video: Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br> | ||
| − | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] | + | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] <br> |
| + | [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release) | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
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|1= '''Darling Nikki''' | |1= '''Darling Nikki''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
| − | |3= | + | |3= Original full-length version with additional instrumental break, but no back masked ending |
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|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
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| + | |1= '''[[Purple Medley]] ''' | ||
| + | |2= 11:03 | ||
| + | |3= [[Single: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] single | ||
| + | |4= Studio medley | ||
| + | |5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= '''[[Purple Medley]] (Edit)''' | ||
| + | |2= 3:14 | ||
| + | |3= [[Single: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] single | ||
| + | |4= Edit | ||
| + | |5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details | ||
| + | }} | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|first live appearance = [[14_August 1984|14 August 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br> | |first live appearance = [[14_August 1984|14 August 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br> | ||
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* [[A Celebration]] | * [[A Celebration]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2013|2013]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2013|2013]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small>, [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip only during sampler set)</small> | ||
| − | |trivia = | + | |trivia = |
|see also = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | |see also = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album | ||
| − | * [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] | + | * [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']] |
|references = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center (Wikipedia)] |
| − | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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