TV Film: Love 4 One Another

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Love 4 One Another

Special details Released: 27 January 1996 (USA) Director: Prince (as Paisley Park) Producers: Adam Cohen Productions Companies: VH1 & Paisley Park Enterprises Runtime: 44:15 minutes Technical Specification(s): Country: USA Language: English Sound Mix: Dolby Color: Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Original Channel(s): VH1

Love 4 One Another is a TV-special aired on 27 January 1996 by VH1. It is loosely based on the story of a young woman called Nikki (played by Corrie Dana) who travels from Texas to Minneapolis to meet her soulmate. The plot is largely the same as that of the The Ryde Dyvine television special from 1992. 'Nikki' wanders around Paisley Park, looking for Prince (as ) and does not find him. Her endeavors are interspersed with performances footage of Prince and The NPG, Nona Gaye and stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle. Love 4 One Another concludes with Nikki not finding Prince and realizing she is not his soulmate but rather a just friend. She is seen leaving a room with the word ’slave' written on her cheek. The performance footage of Prince and The NPG was shot in October 1995 at Paisley Park Studios. Love 4 One Another was produced in co-operation with VH1 and was preceded by a 20 minute Video Break. In this Video Break, Morris Hayes is shown hacking the VH1 stream when Prince gets bored by the Madonna and Massive Attack video for their Marvin Gaye cover I Want You. After taking Madonna off the air, Prince, Morris and Tommy Barbarella take over VH-1 and play videos for The NPG’s The Good Life and Count The Days, as well as Dolphin and Mayte’s If Love U 2night. Track listing Video Break I Want You (music video by Madonna) The Good Life (music video by The NPG) Count The Days (music video by The NPG) Dolphin (music video by ) If Love U 2night (music video by Mayte) Love 4 One Another Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) (music video) Days Of Wild Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (performed by Nona Gaye) Stand-up comedy (performed by Dave Chappelle) The Ride (live footage) The Jam (live footage) Purple Medley (music video) Gold (music video) Cast & Crew Cast Prince - himself (as ) Michael B. - himself Sonny T. - himself Tommy Barbarella - himself Morris Hayes - himself Mayte - herself A.J. Hammer - himself Corrie Dana - Nikki Nona Gaye - herself Dave Chappelle - himself (as David Chapelle) Veronica Webb - herself Franklin Felder - 'upstairs guard' Roger White - ’receptionist' Mark Pool - 'Elvis' Anjila Kozel - 'Hillary Clinton' Steve Swanson - 'Bill Clinton' Unidentified extras   Crew & Credits Director: Paisley Park Segment Producers: Abby Ruben Molly Maquire Production Manager: Cheryl Broussard Production Coordinator: Ian Hansing Directors Of Photography: David Savage Gerry Wenner Tim Attridge Art Dirctor: Cliff Cunningham Special Effects: Eric Howell Sound Recordist: Gerard Bonnett Matthew Magratten Make-Up/Hair Stylists: Mary Flaa Donna Gregory Sherry Heart-Nolan Tieg Holland Wardrobe: Lonnie Riatt Beth Schmitz Editors: Joe Torcello Jerry Behrens David D. Williams Paisley Park Enterprises: Therese Stoulil Juli Knapp-Winge Michelle Schwartzbauer Jessica Schwartz Post Production Facility: Crash & Sue’s Film & Video Post Lynn Worley David Howell Christine Granners Steve Medin Post Production Sound: Absolute Music, Inc. May U Live To See The Dawn For Vh-1 Producer: Adam Cohen Music Talent & Relations: Wayne Isaak Supervising Producer: George Moll Executive Producer: Linda Corradina Click the show button on the right to expand this section. Making of Shooting Schedule & Locations Date Location Scenes 10 October 1995 Paisley Park Studios Lip sync footage for Days Of Wild, Gold & Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis) 28 October 1995 Paisley Park Studios Footage for Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) w/ Nona Gaye and live stand-up by Dave Chappelle 29 October 1995 (a.m.) Paisley Park Studios Live footage for The Ride and The Jam.   Additional Information Promotion (at time of release) Trivia Covers aired during this program of Marvin Gaye’s I Want You by Madonna and Massive Attack and Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Nona Gaye were both included on the Marvin Gaye tribute album Inner City Blues: the Music of Marvin Gaye released in October 1995. Although Prince and Nona Gaye had worked together on a number of songs at that time, including a cover of Marvin Gaye’s (Got 2) Give It Up, he was not involved in the recording of Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler). This version was produced by Me'Shell NdegeOcello and features musical contribution by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin. The title Love 4 One Another was used on multiple occasions by Prince/. It was first the name of a song recorded in 1994, retitled New World for the Emancipation album. Later in 1996, it became the name of the charity founded by Prince and Mayte. The following year, it became the name of a tour (Love 4 One Another Charities Tour) and Prince’s website, Love4OneAnother.com. It was again used as the title, in a different form (Love 4 1another) of a song by Graham Central Station on which Prince sings and plays. References 1994 TV Film: The Beautiful Experience Television Films And Specials 1998 TV Film: Beautiful Strange