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|song name              = Purple Rain
 
|song name              = Purple Rain
 
|album image            = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
 
|album image            = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
|single image           = [[File:Purplerain single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Purple Rain]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
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|single image             = [[File:Purplerain single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Purple Rain]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
 
|performer              = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
 
|performer              = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
 
|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
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[[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br>
 
[[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br>
 
[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]<br>
 
[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]<br>
[[Album: Prince_4ever|Prince 4ever]]<br>
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br>
 
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
 
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
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[[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]<br>
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[[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]])
 
|producer(s)            = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
 
|producer(s)            = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
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In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]].
 
In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]].
  
[[Prince and the Revolution]] recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA (at the same concert where [[Electric Intercourse]], [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Baby I'm A Star]] were also recorded).  
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A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]].
  
This live version was worked on further between late August and September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track (during the same set of sessions as [[The Beautiful Ones]], a studio version of [[Computer Blue]], a re-recording of [[Irresistible Bitch]] and [[Sugar Walls]]).  
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Although it is unclear when a first incarnation of the song was ready, it was first rehearsed and worked on with the band in the summer of 1983 at the [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
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[[Prince and the Revolution]] then recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Baby I'm A Star]], among others were also recorded).
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This live version was worked on further between mid-August and into September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track.
  
 
It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album.
 
It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                    = [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983]]
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|date                     = Summer 1983
|studio                 = [[First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|studio                   = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA
|additional info         = Live recording
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|additional info          = writing/rehearsal recording
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]]
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|studio                   = [[03_August 1983|First Avenue]],<br>Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|additional info           = Live recording
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = August 1983 (estimate)
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Rehearsal recording
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                    = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_18|18 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_13|13 September 1983]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_15|15 September 1983]]
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|studio                  = [[Sunset Sound]] Studio 3 ,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
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|additional info        = Editing and string overdubs, mix
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}}
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_27|27 November 1983]]
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Basic tracking 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix'
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                   = late August - September 1983
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|date                     = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_7|7 February 1984]]
|studio                 = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
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|studio                   = [[Sunset Sound]] Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info         = Editing and string overdubs
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|additional info           = Overdubs on 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix'
 
}}
 
}}
 
|recording personnel    =  
 
|recording personnel    =  
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*[[Novi Novog]] - violin and viola
 
*[[Novi Novog]] - violin and viola
 
*[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello
 
*[[Suzie Katayama]] - cello
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<hr>
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*[[David Z.]] - engineer (First Avenue)
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*[[David Leonard]] - engineer (First Avenue)
 
|released versions      =
 
|released versions      =
 
{{Songchart|
 
{{Songchart|
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[[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
 
[[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br>
 
[[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br>
 
[[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br>
[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]<br><br>
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[[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]<br>
[[Album: Prince_4ever|Prince 4ever]]<br>
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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br>
 
|4= Live with overdubs
 
|4= Live with overdubs
|5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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|5= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album<br>
 
[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album<br>
 
[[Album: The_Story So Far...|The Story So Far...]]  promotional album<br>
 
[[Album: The_Story So Far...|The Story So Far...]]  promotional album<br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' - Single Edits & B-Sides]] <br>
 
|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
|5=  
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|5= a.k.a. '''7" Single Edit'''
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|4= Edit
 
|4= Edit
 
|5=  
 
|5=  
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Purple Rain 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix' '''
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|2=
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|3= [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie
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|4=
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|5=
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Purple Rain'''
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|2= 1:26
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|3= [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]
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|4= 'Rehearsal'
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|5= a.k.a. '''Purple Rain (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)'''
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}}
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{{Songline|
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|1= '''Purple Rain'''
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|2= 19:26
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|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
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|4= Live
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|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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|2= 18:24
 
|2= 18:24
 
|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>
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[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]
 
|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|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
|2= T.B.C.
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|2= 4:08
 
|3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 1]] VHS<br>
 
|3= [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 1]] VHS<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
|2= T.B.C.
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|2= 10:37
|3= [[Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS/DVD<br>
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|3= [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 the Year 2000]] VHS/DVD<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
 
|5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
 
|5= [[18_December 1999|18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
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|3= Live concert radio broadcast<br>
 
|3= Live concert radio broadcast<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[28 January 1985|28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA]]
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|5= [[28 January 1985|28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|3= [[Love4oneanother.com]] RealAudio stream<br>
 
|3= [[Love4oneanother.com]] RealAudio stream<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[29 May 1999|29 May 1999, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA]]
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|5= [[02 January 1999|2 January 1999, Studio 54 @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA]]
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|3= Live awards performance TV broadcast<br>
 
|3= Live awards performance TV broadcast<br>
 
|4= Live
 
|4= Live
|5= [[08_February 2004|8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA]]; with Beyonce
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|5= [[08_February 2004|8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California]]; with Beyonce
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
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|line=
 
|line=
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
{{Unreleasedline|
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
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|1= ''' Purple Rain'''
|2= Live
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|2= Live recording before overdubs
|3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]; contains extra verse
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|3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
{{Unreleasedline|
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
 
|1= '''Purple Rain'''
 
|2= Live with overdubs
 
|2= Live with overdubs
|3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]; contains extra verse and string overdubs
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|3= [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983, First Avenue]], Minneapolis, MN, USA; contains extra verse and string overdubs
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
|first live appearance    = [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] <br>
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|first live appearance    = [[03_August 1983|3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN USA]] <br>
 
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]  
 
* [[14_April_2016-2|14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA]]  
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
 
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
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* [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie
 
* [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie
 
|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)]]''
* ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017)
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* ''[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)]''
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
 
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
 
}}
 
}}

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Purple Rain

Purplerain.jpg
from the album Purple Rain
Purplerain single.jpg
single art for Purple Rain
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 25 June 1984 - Purple Rain album
Album(s): Purple Rain

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
The Very Best Of Prince
Ultimate
4Ever
Purple Rain Deluxe
Piano & A Microphone 1983
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Purple Rain is the ninth and final track on Prince's sixth album Purple Rain, the first album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Three months after the album's release, Purple Rain was released as the album's third single, available worldwide. The track is also featured in the movie Purple Rain.

In 1993, the track was included as the 18th and final track on the compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

In 2001, the track was included as the sixth track on the compilation album The Very Best Of Prince.

In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album Ultimate.

A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album Piano & A Microphone 1983.

Although it is unclear when a first incarnation of the song was ready, it was first rehearsed and worked on with the band in the summer of 1983 at the The Warehouse in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Prince and the Revolution then recorded the song live on 3 August 1983 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where I Would Die 4 U and Baby I'm A Star, among others were also recorded).

This live version was worked on further between mid-August and into September 1983, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track.

It was included as the sixth track on the 7 November 1983 configuration of Purple Rain, before becoming the eighth and final track on the 23 March 1984 configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final 14 April 1984 configuration after some tracklist changes to the album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Summer 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA
writing/rehearsal recording
3 August 1983 First Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Live recording
August 1983 (estimate) Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Rehearsal recording
15 August 1983; 18 August 1983; 13 September 1983 - 15 September 1983 Sunset Sound Studio 3 ,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Editing and string overdubs, mix
27 November 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking 'Lisa and Wendy's Movie Mix'
7 February 1984 Sunset Sound Studio 2,
Hollywood, CA, USA
Overdubs on 'Lisa and Wendy's Movie Mix'
Recording Personnel


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain 8:41 Purple Rain Album

Purple Rain Single
The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
The Very Best Of Prince
Ultimate
4Ever

Live with overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Purple Rain 8:41 Purple Rain Deluxe
Remastered 2015
Purple Rain (Edit) 4:02 Purple Rain Single

The Crown Jewels promo
Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album
The Story So Far... promotional album
Purple Rain Deluxe - Single Edits & B-Sides

Edit a.k.a. 7" Single Edit
Purple Rain (Long Version) 7:05 Purple Rain Single
Edit
Purple Rain (Radio Edit) 4:19 Purple Rain promo
Edit
Purple Rain (7" Edit) 4:30 Purple Rain promo
Edit
Purple Rain (Long Radio Edit) 5:37 Purple Rain promo
Edit
Purple Rain 'Lisa and Wendy's Movie Mix' Purple Rain movie
Purple Rain 1:26 Piano & A Microphone 1983 'Rehearsal' a.k.a. Purple Rain (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)
Purple Rain 19:26 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain 7:05 Purple Rain 20th Anniversary DVD Promo video See Purple Rain video for more details
Purple Rain 18:24 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Purple Rain 4:08 Lovesexy Live 1 VHS
Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany
Purple Rain 10:37 Rave Un2 the Year 2000 VHS/DVD
Live 18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
BRIT Awards 12:20 NPG Music Club WMA download
Live 15 February 2006 2006 BRIT Awards, Earls Court, London, England; part of medley containing Te Amo Corazón / Fury / Purple Rain / Let's Go Crazy
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast
Live 28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast
Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Purple Rain T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
Purple Rain T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast
Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast
Live 4 September 1991 (mat.), Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast
Live 12 November 1996, Emancipation Freedom Concert, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Purple Rain (Live From Las Vegas 1999) 7:00 Love4oneanother.com RealAudio stream
Live 2 January 1999, Studio 54 @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live awards performance TV broadcast
Live 8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California; with Beyonce
The Superbowl 11:52 Lotusflow3r.com video stream
Live medley 4 February 2007, Dolphins Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL, USA; medley of We Will Rock You / Let's Go Crazy / 1999 intro / Baby I'm A Star / Proud Mary / All Along The Watchtower / Best Of You / Purple Rain
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single
Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Purple Medley (Edit) 3:14 Purple Medley single
Edit See Purple Medley for more details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Purple Rain Live recording before overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Purple Rain Live with overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA; contains extra verse and string overdubs
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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