Video: 1999

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1981: Sexuality Music Videos
(Prince)
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1982: Little Red Corvette
1999

1999 music video selected snapshots

Music Video details


First aired: December 1982
Producer(s): Information needed
Director: Bruce Gowers
Related home video/DVD: The Hits Collection
First (Commercially) Released: 14 September 1993

Awards


Date Institution, Country Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

1999 is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

The 1999 video was shot at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the last week of rehearsals for the 1999 Tour together with videos for Automatic and Let’s Pretend We’re Married. All of them were directed by Bruce Gowers, who also directed Controversy and Sexuality the previous year.

The 1999 video was broadcast sporadically on MTV starting 16 December 1982. This channel was reluctant to regularly play videos of black artists. The initial release of the 1999 only got to 44 on the Pop Chart, showing Prince’s continued difficulty to cross the racial barriers. It was not until March 1983, with the Little Red Corvette that Prince was played regularly on this channel after an editorial change. To capitalise on his new crossover appeal, the 1999 was re-serviced to US radio stations in April. It also helped the video to gain more airplay and the single entered the Pop Chart for the second time, this time climbing to number 12.

The video was included on The Hits Collection in 1993.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
Early November 1982 Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, MN, USA
11 November 1982 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN,USA additional shooting
Cast
Crew

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
1999 3:46 The Story So Far... (1986)

The Hits Collection (1993)
Prince streaming video platforms (2017)
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)


 
Additional Information

See Also Quotation & triva

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References
1981
Sexuality
Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1982
Little Red Corvette