Video: Kiss
{{musicvideo| |Current video name = Kiss |Video Image = Kiss-vid_15-1.png |Date = Week of 24 February 1986 |producer(s) = Steve Fargnoli |Director = Rebecca Blake |Related = The Hits Collection |ReleaseDate = 14 September 1993 |Previous year = 1985 |Next year = 1986 |Previous video link = America |Next Video link = Mountains |Introduction = Kiss is a Prince and the Revolution video released for broadcast and to promote the single.
The video was filmed in mid-February with two days of rehearsals and preparation on 11 and 12 February 1986 and post-production the days after the shoot on 13 February at Laird International Studios, Culver City, California.
Although Kiss was the lead single for the Under The Cherry Moon soundtrack, it does not feature footage from the film (contrary to the first singles released from the Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge which also functioned as make-shift trailers for the respective movies).
In the video, Prince does the Wooden leg dance, created as a response to Morris Day's song The Oak Tree. In concert, Prince introduced that dance by saying : "We're gonna have to chop that (Oak Tree) down this evening. We're gonna chop that down and make a wooden leg out of it." Prince replayed this choreography for [[Kiss] when performed live on most future tours. The idea of the veiled woman, in the video portrayed by Dutch dance Monique Mannen, was an integral part of the performance of the song on the Sign O' The Times, Lovesexy and Diamonds And Pearls tours.
It was the first Prince video directed by photographer Rebecca Blake. She would work again with Prince in 1991 for Cream and Diamonds And Pearls. She also directed Sheena Easton's video for Eternity (penned by Prince) in 1987.
The Kiss video was included on The Hits Collection in 1993. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|13 February 1986 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Laird International Studios, Culver City, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"| |cast = * Prince
- Wendy Melvoin
- Monique Mannen
|crew = * Steve Fargnoli - producer
- Graham Cottle - executive producer
- Rebecca Blake - director
- Dan Auerbach - assistant to director
- Tony Basile - production manager/ 1st assistant director
- Jeff Sachs - 2nd assistant director
- Shirley Bukrey - production coordinator
- Bob Elliot - director of photography
- John LeBlanc - camera operator
- Victor Nikaido - 1st assistant camera
- David Parrish- 2nd assistant camera
- Carol Davis - script supervisor
- Chris Hill - video assist
- Ken Isley - playback operator
- Stan Harris - art director
- Carol Harris - assistant art director
- Larry Grosman - props
- Bob Bocchieri - props
- Chris Doherty - props
- Dicran Donilian - creative consultant
- Robyn Lynch - makeup (Prince)
- Earl Jones - hairdresser (Prince)
- Danny Valesco - make-up
- Mary France - principal wardrobe
- Beth Sidla - assistant wardrobe
- Louis Falco - choreographer
- Roger Montoya - assistant choreographer
- Tim Phellps - gaffer
- Gary Stark - best boy electrician
- Bob Fillis - electrician
- Bob Fiore - electrician
- Bob Ahern - electrician
- Terry Neville - electrician
- C.D. Simpson - vari lite operator
- Arthur Smith - 2nd vari lite operator
- Jonathan Woolf - key grip
- Bob Fisher - best boy grip
- Rick Davis - dolly grip
- Tom Slokum - grip
- Bill Pearson - rigging grip
- Claude Fullerton - rigging grip
- Jeff Smith - rigging grip
- Doug Cole - production auditor
- Crystal Lujan - casting director
- Magic Casting - extra casting
- Lee Kissink - extra casting
- Michael Blum - extra casting
- Julio Flores - craft services
- Nancy Spivak - assistant to Rebecca Blake in NYC
- Lisa Beasley - production assistant
- Stuart Hagen - production assistant
- Joe Fiacco - production assistant
- Veyler Hildebrand - office runner
- Deke Donelian - camera operator
- Steve Purcell - editor
|released versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Released Versions
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| Title | Length | Released | Version | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiss | 3:56 | The Story So Far... (1986) The Hits Collection (1993) |
|sampled in = |broadcasts, streaming = |unreleased versions = |awards = |- style="background:#fcfcfc; color:black; font-size:.9em" | 5th annual American Video Awards, USA | 26 Feb. 1987 | colspan="2"| Best Black Video |see also = Kiss
- Kiss (single)
|Quotations & trivia = The video shoot for this song was initially scheduled on 22 november 1985 at Studios de la Victorine in Nice, France (on the same day as videos for Girls & Boys and Love Or $) with a different screenplay featuring The Revolution members Matt Fink and Brownmark (by a pool), Bobby Z. (in bed), Lisa Coleman standing by the shore with a cape blowing in the wind, and Wendy Melvoin (in a bubble bath). Ultimately, only the Girls & Boys was shot on that day.
- Rebecca Blake has directed the following videos for Prince: Kiss, Cream and Diamonds and Pearls.
- Footage of Kiss was later included in the Nothing Compares 2 U, Pink Cashmere and Purple Medley videos.
|References = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
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