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|Video Image            = VioletTOG-vid5in1.png
 
|Video Image            = VioletTOG-vid5in1.png
 
|Date                  = 1991
 
|Date                  = 1991
|producer(s)            = Robert Borm / Point Of View Films
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|producer(s)            = Robert Borm
|Director              = [[Randee St. Nicholas]]
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|Director              = [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas]
 
|Related                = [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (home video)
 
|Related                = [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (home video)
|ReleaseDate            = 10 September 1991
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|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_10|10 September 1990]]
 
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|Previous year          = 1991
 
|Previous year          = 1991
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|Next Video link        = [[Video: Gangster Glam|Gangster Glam]]
 
|Next Video link        = [[Video: Gangster Glam|Gangster Glam]]
 
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|Introduction          = '''Violet The Organ Grinder''' is the thirty-ninth [[Prince]] video to have been released. Unlike previous videos, this one was commercially available before broadcast.
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|Introduction          = '''Violet The Organ Grinder''' is a [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] video. Unlike previous videos, this one was commercially available (on the [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] home video) before broadcast.
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Shooting took place in late July - early August 1991 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Prince]] appears for the first time with his chain-hat which would be featured prominently in the [[Video: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] video. He dances with four women in a jail cell. The women are all wearing black bikinis and their skin is painted gold (reminiscent of the 1964 James Bond movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(film) Goldfinger]).
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|recording info        =  
 
|recording info        =  
 
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                  = July/August? 1991
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|date                  = July/August 1991
 
|studio                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|studio                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
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* [[Kimberly Dionne]] (as Kim Deane) - cage guest
 
* [[Kimberly Dionne]] (as Kim Deane) - cage guest
 
* Jennifer De Flores - cage guest
 
* Jennifer De Flores - cage guest
|crew                  = * [[Randee St. Nicholas]] - director
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|crew                  = * Robert Borm - producer (Point Of View Films)
* Scott McCullough - cinematography
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* [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas] - director
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotera_Tschetter Sotera Tschetter] - art director
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* [[Scott McCullough]] - cinematography
 
* [[Prince]] - editing
 
* [[Prince]] - editing
* [[Sotera Tschetter]] - art direction
 
 
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|1= <b>Violet The Organ Grinder</b>
 
|1= <b>Violet The Organ Grinder</b>
 
|2= 5:01
 
|2= 5:01
|3= [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (home video) <br> [[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] (2017)<br>
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|3= [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (home video) <br> [[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] (2017)<br>
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) |4=  
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* [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (single)<br>
 
* [[Single: Gett Off|Gett Off]] (single)<br>
 
[[File:Gettoff single.jpg|100px]]
 
[[File:Gettoff single.jpg|100px]]
*[[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] video maxi-single
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* [[Home Video: Gett Off|Gett Off]] video maxi-single
 
|Quotations & trivia    =  
 
|Quotations & trivia    =  
 
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|Categories            = [[Category:1991]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1991]]
 
|Categories            = [[Category:1991]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1991]]
 
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Revision as of 18:20, 23 December 2021

1991: Gett Off (Houstyle) Music Videos
(Prince)
Music Videos
(Related Artists)
1991: Gangster Glam
Violet The Organ Grinder

Violet The Organ Grinder music video selected snapshots

Music Video details


First aired: 1991
Producer(s): Robert Borm
Director: Randee St. Nicolas
Related home video/DVD: Gett Off (home video)
First (Commercially) Released: 10 September 1990

Awards


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

Violet The Organ Grinder is a Prince and the New Power Generation video. Unlike previous videos, this one was commercially available (on the Gett Off home video) before broadcast.

Shooting took place in late July - early August 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince appears for the first time with his chain-hat which would be featured prominently in the My Name Is Prince video. He dances with four women in a jail cell. The women are all wearing black bikinis and their skin is painted gold (reminiscent of the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger).


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
July/August 1991 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Cast
  • Prince
  • Bisi Adeshina - cage guest
  • Leah Marie - cage guest
  • Kimberly Dionne (as Kim Deane) - cage guest
  • Jennifer De Flores - cage guest
Crew

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Violet The Organ Grinder 5:01 Gett Off (home video)
Prince streaming video platforms (2017)

Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)


 
Additional Information

See Also Quotation & triva

Gettoff single.jpg


References
1991
Gett Off (Houstyle)
Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1991
Gangster Glam