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|Current video name = When Doves Cry | |Current video name = When Doves Cry | ||
|Video Image = WhenDovesCry-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = WhenDovesCry-vid5in1.png | ||
| − | |Date = Week of | + | |Date = Week of 14 May 1984 |
| − | |producer(s) = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] | + | |producer(s) = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] |
| − | |Director = Larry Williams | + | |Director = [[Prince]] / Larry Williams |
|Related = [[Home_Video: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] ''(DVD release - 20th Anniversary Collector Edition)'' | |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]] | ||
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|Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | |Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | ||
| − | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. | + | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. Photographer Larry Williams, who also worked on other projects for [[Prince]] that year including the covers for [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] and [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] was hired as director for the video. Before the first shots, [[Prince]] let [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] (producer) know that Williams’ presence was not needed: ''"[[Prince]] said to me "He (Larry) doesn’t have to be here." So I gave Larry some magazines and he sat outside and did some reading."'' [[Prince]] handled the directing and the choreography. |
Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. | Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. | ||
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* [[Lisa Coleman]] | * [[Lisa Coleman]] | ||
|crew = * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] - producer | |crew = * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] - producer | ||
| − | * | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] - producer |
| − | * [[Prince]]- choreographer | + | * [[Prince]]- director and choreographer |
* ''More information needed'' | * ''More information needed'' | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
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|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)]]'' | ||
* ''[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)]'' | * ''[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)]'' | ||
| − | * <b>Awards</b>: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MTV_Video_Music_Awards MTV Video Music Awards (1985)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1985 | + | * ''[https://www.amazon.fr/Want-My-MTV-Uncensored-Revolution/dp/0452298563 I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution (Expanded Edition, paperback), Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks (2012)]'' |
| + | * <b>Awards</b>: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MTV_Video_Music_Awards MTV Video Music Awards (1985)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1985 American Music Awards (1985)] | ||
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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 14:26, 27 August 2023
| 1983: Let’s Pretend We’re Married ◄ | Music Videos (Prince) |
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► 1984: Let’s Go Crazy |
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