I Wish U Heaven is the thirtieth Prince video to have been released for broadcast.
It was filmed at SIR Los Angeles, Hollywood, CA, USA before the Lovesexy Tour commenced. It was directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino, who had also shot the cover for Lovesexy, and whom had previously directed Jill Jones' video for Mia Boca.
In style it is not too far removed from the Alphabet St. video. It features Prince singing the song in a computer generated background of light blue sky. The title I Wish U Heaven floats through the images, in the font made by Margo Chase as used for the song titles on the album. Other images include the figurines Prince had also on a necklace, as seen on the front of the Lovesexy Tourbook.
It has the girls in the band (Sheila E., Cat And Boni Boyer) singing back up. While Sheila is also hitting a snare drum. In some shots Prince is over-imposed in a close-up, when he is also shown in the background. There are also images of a blueish green apple on a branch, and a humming bird, the deeper meaning of which (if any) is uncertain.
Footage was also shot for this video on the Lovesexy Tour stage set up in the Met Center, Bloomington, MN on 15 September 1988 at 11 AM before the second Lovesexy Tour show in that venue, although it is unclear if any of it was used in the end product.
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