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|Current video name = Love Sign | |Current video name = Love Sign | ||
| − | |Video Image = | + | |Video Image = Lovesign_video.jpg |
| − | |Date = 1994<br> | + | |Date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 20|20 May 1994]] (shown at [[Venue: Glam Slam|Glam Slam]]) <BR> Week of 27 June 1994<br> |
| − | |producer(s) = | + | |producer(s) = ''Information needed'' |
| − | |Director = | + | |Director = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] |
|Related = | |Related = | ||
| − | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 16 November 2018 |
|Previous year = 1994 | |Previous year = 1994 | ||
|Next year = 1994 | |Next year = 1994 | ||
|Previous video link = [[Video: Endorphinmachine|Endorphinmachine]] | |Previous video link = [[Video: Endorphinmachine|Endorphinmachine]] | ||
|Next Video link = [[Video: Letitgo|Letitgo]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Letitgo|Letitgo]] | ||
| − | |Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a | + | |Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] did not authorize a commercial release of the song as a single (as such, the single was only available as a [[Single: Love Sign|promotional item]]) . |
| − | The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W. | + | Shooting took place in Spring 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A’s] 1988 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton Straight Outta Compton] contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity. '''Love Sign''' was one of his first works as a director. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Cube] makes an Alfred Hitchcock-like cameo on a cover of a magazine read by [[Prince]]. |
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| + | In line with the song, the video has a strong anti-gun message. It features [[Nona Gaye]] as a hit woman, sent to kill [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (who portrays a local DJ at the fictitious WNPG Radio), but he seduces her instead. | ||
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| + | '''Love Sign''' was premiered at the [[Venue: Glam Slam|Glam Slam]] on 20 May 1994 and first aired on television by BET five weeks later. | ||
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| + | In the wake of the shooting, an additional 50-second clip was made with [[Nona Gaye]] for a public service announcement against guns. The music of a remix of [[Love Sign]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_G Shock G.] is used in the background. It also contains a shot of [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] doing the "Love Sign" (not included in the video for the song). | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = 1994 | + | |date = Spring 1994 |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and on location in Minneapolis |
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |cast= | + | |cast= * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) |
| − | * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | + | |
* [[Nona Gaye]] | * [[Nona Gaye]] | ||
* unidentified male as businessman | * unidentified male as businessman | ||
| − | |crew = | + | |crew = * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - director |
| − | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] - director | + | * [https://www.nicolenodland.com/ Nicole Nodland] - director of photography |
| − | * [ | + | * ''More information needed'' |
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2018) | Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2018) | ||
|4= | |4= | ||
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<!-------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | <!-------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | ||
|see also = [[Love Sign]] | |see also = [[Love Sign]] | ||
| − | *[[Single: Love Sign| | + | * [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] (single) |
| − | + | [[file:Lovesign single.jpg|100px]] | |
| − | |Quotations & trivia = | + | |Quotations & trivia = Around that time, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] released a video for his song "What Can I Do?" which features a [[Prince]] lookalike to match with the line "Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it" (later sampled by [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] on numerous songs). |
<!-------REFERENCES -------> | <!-------REFERENCES -------> | ||
|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)]] '' | ||
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