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|Current video name    = Partyman
|Current video name    = Partyman
|Video Image            = Partyman-vid5in1.png
|Video Image            = Partyman-vid15in1.png
|Date                  = 1989
|Date                  = Week of 18 September 1989
|producer(s)            = Tim Clawson & Scott Flor / Propaganda Films
|producer(s)            = Tim Clawson & Scott Flor
|Director              = [[Albert Magnoli]]  
|Director              = [[Albert Magnoli]]  
|Related                = ''Batman'' (SE DVD release)
|Related                = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)#Home_media Batman] 2-DVD ''Special Edition''
|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_18|18 October, 2005]]
|ReleaseDate            = 18 October 2005
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|Previous year          = 1988
|Previous year          = 1988
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|Introduction          = '''Partyman''' is the thirty-second [[Prince]] video to have been released for broadcast.
|Introduction          = '''Partyman''' is a [[Prince]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: Partyman|single]].  


It features [[Prince]] again as a 'Gemini'-like person, as in the video for [[Video: Batdance|Batdance]], only this time his left half is [[Prince]] while the right is The Joker, making up ''Partyman''.  
It features [[Prince]] again as a 'Gemini'-like person, as in the video for [[Video: Batdance|Batdance]], only this time his left half is [[Prince]] while the right is The Joker, making up ''Partyman''.  


Partyman arrives at a party where like him all the guest have half white faces, most of them wearing a masks rather than face paint. There is also a band playing in tuxedos, also with their faces painted half white. The beginning of the video shows two big doors opening atop of a wide staircase and four purple suited valets walking in. One of unrolls a scroll and announces: ''All Hail to the new king... Partyman!''  
Partyman arrives at a party where, like him, all the guests have half white faces, most of them wearing a masks rather than face paint. There is a band playing in tuxedos, also with their faces painted half white. The beginning of the video shows two big doors opening atop of a wide staircase and four purple suited valets walking in. One of them unrolls a scroll and announces: ''All Hail to the new king... Partyman!''  


Partyman then comes walking in casually whistling the melody of [[The Arms Of Orion]]. With a nod of his head he cues to band to begin the song. At first Partyman dances at the top of the staircase, but then he descends into the crowd swinging from a long rope and proceeds to empty a bottle of fluid in a large fish tank, saving the final sip for himself. Party-goers rush to the tank to fill up their glasses.  
Partyman then comes walking in casually whistling the melody of [[The Arms Of Orion]]. With a nod of his head he cues the band to begin the song. At first Partyman dances at the top of the staircase, but then he descends into the crowd swinging from a long rope and proceeds to empty a bottle of fluid in a large fish tank, saving the final sip for himself. Party-goers rush to the tank to fill up their glasses. Partyman uses a big silver plate to reflect the flashes of the cameras of a bunch of paparazzi. He then interacts with two women (one blond, Vicki Vale like character and a dark haired one). He also plays a short piano solo lying first under and than on top of the piano.  


Partyman uses a big silver plate to reflect the flashes of the cameras of a bunch of paparazzi. He then interacts with two women (one blond, Vicki Vale like character and a dark haired one). He also plays a short piano solo lying first under and than on top of the piano.  
The full version of the video also has some scenes with a chimpanzee, wearing a Batman logo t-shirt, seemingly a dig at Michael Jackson, who famously had his chimp 'bubbles' at the time. Partyman gives the chimp a banana and when he peels it, it reads 'psyche'.
[[Prince]] also approaches a third woman, asking her what she is smoking. When she answers 'baloney' he offers to light her up, but does this with such an enormous flame that it sets her hair on fire in the process. Three policemen arrive at the party, trying to end the whole thing. More and more people now start falling over. By the end of the video it appears Partyman had poisoned the tank of fluid and all party-goers are dead.


The full version of the video also has some scenes with a chimpanzee, wearing a Batman logo t-shirt, seemingly a dig at Michael Jackson, who famously had his chimp 'bubbles' at the time. Partyman gives the chimp a banana and when he peals it, it reads 'psyche'.  
The video was again directed by [[Albert Magnoli]], director of [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] and [[Film:_Sign_O’_The_Times|Sign O’ The Times]], who by 1989 also acted as [[Prince]]’s manager.


Prince also approaches a third woman whom he asks what she is smoking. When she answers 'baloney' he offers to light her up, but does this with such an enormous flame that it sets her hair on fire in the process. Three policemen arrive at the party, trying to end the whole thing. More and more people now start falling over. By the end of the video it appears Partyman had poisoned the tank of fluid and all party-goers are dead.
Of note, '''Partyman''' features [[Michael B.]]'s first appearance in a [[Prince]] video. The audio of the long version of the video is slightly censored (the smoking girl part) compared to the version released as '''Partyman (The Video Mix)''' on [[Single: Partyman|the maxi-single]].
 
The video was again directed by [[Albert Magnoli]], director of [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], whom by 1989 also acted as [[Prince]]'s manager.
|recording info        =
|recording info        =
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|date                      = week of 14 August, 1989
|date                      = week of 14 August 1989
|studio                    = Culver Studios, Culver City, CA, USA
|studio                    = Culver Studios, Culver City, CA, USA
|additional info          =  
|additional info          =  
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* Unidentified dark haired woman
* Unidentified dark haired woman
* Unidentified smoking woman
* Unidentified smoking woman
* four ''Partyman'' valets
* [[Philip Carreon]] - ''Partyman'' valet
* three unidentified ''Partyman'' valets
* three police men
* three police men
* a number of dancers (posing as horn section)
* a number of dancers (posing as horn section)
* 150  party guests.
* 200 party guests.
|crew                  = * Barry Lather - Choreography
|crew                  = * Tim Clawson -producer (Propaganda Films)
* Helen Horatio - Costume design
* Scott Flor -producer (Propaganda Films)
* Sarah Daubney - Costume design
* [[Albert Magnoli]] - director
* Jim Bienke - Make-up and masks
* Mark Reshovsky - director of photography
* [[Roy Bennett]] - assistant lighting designer
* Steve Purcell - editor
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lather Barry Lather] - choreography
* Helen Horatio - costume design
* Sarah Daubney - costume design
* Jim Bienke - make-up and masks
* ''more information needed''
* ''more information needed''
|released versions      =
|released versions      =
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|1= <b>Partyman</b>
|1= <b>Partyman</b>
|2= 3:53
|2= 3:53
|3= An expanded 2 DVD release of the ''Batman'' film (in 2005, before that ''promo only'')
|3= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)#Home_media Batman] 2-DVD ''Special Edition'' (2005) <br>
|4= (edit, uncredited as such)
[[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] (2017)
|4= Edit, not credited as such
|5=  
|5=  
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|broadcasts, streaming  =
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|1= <b>Partyman (The Video Mix)</b>
|1= <b>Partyman (The Video Mix)</b> a.k.a. Extended Version
|2= 7:10
|2= 7:15
|3= ''promo only''
|3= [[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] (2017, before that ''promo only'')<br>
|4= full length version
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)
|4= Full length version
|5=
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| Country        = the USA
| Country        = the USA
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|Quotations & trivia    = The beginning sequence of (the extended version of) this video with the band playing Jazz, then approaching chants of '' 'yo we rock this party, yo we rock this house. We rock the whole world north east and south,' '' a valet announcing '' 'All hail to the new king... Partyman' '', and then ''Partyman'' coming in, whistling the melody of [[The Arms Of Orion]], before cueing the song to start was also acted out live on [[Nude Tour]]. Beginning [[04 August, 1990|4 August, 1990]] this was even done with the band playing a jazz tune as in the full '''Video Mix''' version of the song
|Quotations & trivia    = The beginning sequence of (the extended version of) this video with the band playing Jazz, then approaching chants of '' 'yo we rock this party, yo we rock this house. We rock the whole world north east and south,' '' a valet announcing '' 'All hail to the new king... Partyman' '', and then ''Partyman'' coming in, whistling the melody of [[The Arms Of Orion]], before cueing the song to start was also acted out live on [[Nude Tour]]. Beginning [[04 August 1990|4 August 1990]] this was even done with the band playing a jazz tune as in the full '''Video Mix''' version of the song.
*While filming this video, [[Prince]] went to a set nearby where [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahoru_Kohiruimaki Kahoru Kohiruimaki] was shooting a video for her song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTuQ_nWJEAg ''Dreamer''] (from her album [[Album: Time The Motion|Time The Motion]] which contains two [[Prince]]-penned tracks, [[Bliss]] and [[Mind Bells]]). [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahoru_Kohiruimaki Kohiruimaki]’s video featured [[Lori Elle (Werner)]] and [[Robia LaMorte]] as dancers. They were later recruited by [[Prince]] and nicknamed 'Diamond' and 'Pearl' respectively for the [[Album: Diamonds And Pearls|Diamonds And Pearls]] album promotional activities, videos and tour.
* Footage of '''Partyman''' was later included in the [[Video: Pink Cashmere|Pink Cashmere]] video.
|see also        = [[Partyman]]
|see also        = [[Partyman]]
* [[Single: Partyman| Partyman]] (Single)<br>[[File:Partyman single.jpg|100px]]
* [[Single: Partyman| Partyman]] (single)<br>
[[File:Partyman single.jpg|100px]]
<!-------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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Partyman
Partyman music video selected snapshots

Music Video details

First aired: Week of 18 September 1989
Producer(s): Tim Clawson & Scott Flor
Director: Albert Magnoli
Related home video/DVD: Batman 2-DVD Special Edition
First (Commercially) Released: 18 October 2005

Awards

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

Partyman is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

It features Prince again as a 'Gemini'-like person, as in the video for Batdance, only this time his left half is Prince while the right is The Joker, making up Partyman.

Partyman arrives at a party where, like him, all the guests have half white faces, most of them wearing a masks rather than face paint. There is a band playing in tuxedos, also with their faces painted half white. The beginning of the video shows two big doors opening atop of a wide staircase and four purple suited valets walking in. One of them unrolls a scroll and announces: All Hail to the new king... Partyman!

Partyman then comes walking in casually whistling the melody of The Arms Of Orion. With a nod of his head he cues the band to begin the song. At first Partyman dances at the top of the staircase, but then he descends into the crowd swinging from a long rope and proceeds to empty a bottle of fluid in a large fish tank, saving the final sip for himself. Party-goers rush to the tank to fill up their glasses. Partyman uses a big silver plate to reflect the flashes of the cameras of a bunch of paparazzi. He then interacts with two women (one blond, Vicki Vale like character and a dark haired one). He also plays a short piano solo lying first under and than on top of the piano.

The full version of the video also has some scenes with a chimpanzee, wearing a Batman logo t-shirt, seemingly a dig at Michael Jackson, who famously had his chimp 'bubbles' at the time. Partyman gives the chimp a banana and when he peels it, it reads 'psyche'. Prince also approaches a third woman, asking her what she is smoking. When she answers 'baloney' he offers to light her up, but does this with such an enormous flame that it sets her hair on fire in the process. Three policemen arrive at the party, trying to end the whole thing. More and more people now start falling over. By the end of the video it appears Partyman had poisoned the tank of fluid and all party-goers are dead.

The video was again directed by Albert Magnoli, director of Purple Rain and Sign O’ The Times, who by 1989 also acted as Prince’s manager.

Of note, Partyman features Michael B.'s first appearance in a Prince video. The audio of the long version of the video is slightly censored (the smoking girl part) compared to the version released as Partyman (The Video Mix) on the maxi-single.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
week of 14 August 1989 Culver Studios, Culver City, CA, USA
Cast
Crew
  • Tim Clawson -producer (Propaganda Films)
  • Scott Flor -producer (Propaganda Films)
  • Albert Magnoli - director
  • Mark Reshovsky - director of photography
  • Roy Bennett - assistant lighting designer
  • Steve Purcell - editor
  • Barry Lather - choreography
  • Helen Horatio - costume design
  • Sarah Daubney - costume design
  • Jim Bienke - make-up and masks
  • more information needed

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Partyman 3:53 Batman 2-DVD Special Edition (2005)

Prince streaming video platforms (2017)

Edit, not credited as such
Partyman (The Video Mix) a.k.a. Extended Version 7:15 Prince streaming video platforms (2017, before that promo only)

Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

Full length version


 
Additional Information
See Also Quotation & triva

  • The beginning sequence of (the extended version of) this video with the band playing Jazz, then approaching chants of 'yo we rock this party, yo we rock this house. We rock the whole world north east and south,' a valet announcing 'All hail to the new king... Partyman' , and then Partyman coming in, whistling the melody of The Arms Of Orion, before cueing the song to start was also acted out live on Nude Tour. Beginning 4 August 1990 this was even done with the band playing a jazz tune as in the full Video Mix version of the song.
  • While filming this video, Prince went to a set nearby where Kahoru Kohiruimaki was shooting a video for her song Dreamer (from her album Time The Motion which contains two Prince-penned tracks, Bliss and Mind Bells). Kohiruimaki’s video featured Lori Elle (Werner) and Robia LaMorte as dancers. They were later recruited by Prince and nicknamed 'Diamond' and 'Pearl' respectively for the Diamonds And Pearls album promotional activities, videos and tour.
  • Footage of Partyman was later included in the Pink Cashmere video.
References
◄ 1988
Batdance 		Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1989
Scandalous! 		►
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