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|Current video name    = Purple Rain
 
|Current video name    = Purple Rain
 
|Video Image            = PurpleRain-vid5in1.png
 
|Video Image            = PurpleRain-vid5in1.png
|Date                  =  
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|Date                  = 1984
|producer(s)            =  
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|producer(s)            = [[Bob Cavallo|Robert Cavallo]], [[Steve Fargnoli|Steven Fargnoli]] and [[Joe Ruffalo|Joseph Ruffalo]]
 
|Director              = [[Albert Magnoli]]
 
|Director              = [[Albert Magnoli]]
|Related                = [[Home_Video: Purple Rain|''Purple Rain'']] (SE DVD release)
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|Related                = [[Home_Video: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] ''(DVD release - 20th Anniversary Collector Edition)''
 
|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 2004]]  
 
|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 2004]]  
 
<!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY -------->
 
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|Previous year          = 1984
 
|Previous year          = 1984
 
|Next year              = 1984
 
|Next year              = 1984
|Previous video link    = [[Video: Let's Go Crazy|Let's Go Crazy]]
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|Previous video link    = [[Video: Let’s Go Crazy|Let’s Go Crazy]]
 
|Next Video link        = [[Video: I Would Die 4 U|I Would Die 4 U]]
 
|Next Video link        = [[Video: I Would Die 4 U|I Would Die 4 U]]
 
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|Introduction          = '''Purple Rain''' is the thirteenth [[Prince]] video to have been released for broadcast.
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|Introduction          = '''Purple Rain''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: Purple Rain|single]].
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This video was not so much made or choreographed as a video, but uses the footage shot for the performance scene of the song in [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]].
  
Of note this is the first appearance of the white 'cloud' guitar in a [[Prince]] video.
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Oddly, the '''Purple Rain''' video is the only one from that era that was not uploaded by [[The Prince Estate]] on [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3mNSNjuWldihk1DUdnGtw Prince YouTube channel] in 2017.
 
|recording info        =  
 
|recording info        =  
 
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{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = First two weeks of December 1983
 
|date                      = First two weeks of December 1983
|studio                    = ''more information needed''
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|studio                    = First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
|additional info          =  
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|additional info          = Performance for the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie
 
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|cast                  = * [[Prince]]
 
|cast                  = * [[Prince]]
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* [[Matt Fink]]
 
* [[Matt Fink]]
 
* [[Lisa Coleman]]
 
* [[Lisa Coleman]]
|crew                  = * ''More information needed''
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|crew                  = * See [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] Film crew
 
|released versions      =  
 
|released versions      =  
 
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|1= <b>Purple Rain</b>
 
|1= <b>Purple Rain</b>
 
|2= 7:05  
 
|2= 7:05  
|3= [[Home_Video: Purple Rain|''Purple Rain'']] (SE DVD release)
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|3= [[Home Video: The Story So Far...|The Story So Far...]] (1986)<br>
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[[Home_Video: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] (2004 DVD release)<br>
 
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<!-------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)]] ''
* ''Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984'', Duane Tudahl (2017)  
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]''
 
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|Categories              = [[Category:1984]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1984]]
 
|Categories              = [[Category:1984]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1984]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:01, 17 October 2022

1984: Let’s Go Crazy Music Videos
(Prince)
Music Videos
(Related Artists)
1984: I Would Die 4 U
Purple Rain

Purple Rain music video selected snapshots

Music Video details


First aired: 1984
Producer(s): Robert Cavallo, Steven Fargnoli and Joseph Ruffalo
Director: Albert Magnoli
Related home video/DVD: Purple Rain (DVD release - 20th Anniversary Collector Edition)
First (Commercially) Released: 24 August 2004

Awards


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

Purple Rain is a Prince and the Revolution video released for broadcast and to promote the single. This video was not so much made or choreographed as a video, but uses the footage shot for the performance scene of the song in Purple Rain.

Oddly, the Purple Rain video is the only one from that era that was not uploaded by The Prince Estate on Prince YouTube channel in 2017.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
First two weeks of December 1983 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA Performance for the Purple Rain movie
Cast
Crew

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain 7:05 The Story So Far... (1986)

Purple Rain (2004 DVD release)


 
Additional Information

See Also Quotation & triva

Purplerain single.jpg


References
1984
Let’s Go Crazy
Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1984
I Would Die 4 U