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|Current video name = U Got The Look | |Current video name = U Got The Look | ||
|Video Image = UGotTheLook-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = UGotTheLook-vid5in1.png | ||
|Date = | |Date = Week of 20 July 1987 | ||
|producer(s) = | |producer(s) = Adam Whittaker (Limelight) | ||
|Director = David Hogan | |Director = David Hogan | ||
|Related = [[Home_Video:_Sign_O’_The_Times|Sign O’ The Times]] (Home Video) | |Related = [[Home_Video:_Sign_O’_The_Times|Sign O’ The Times]] (Home Video) | ||
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|Introduction = '''U Got The Look''' is a [[Prince]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: U Got The Look|single]]. | |Introduction = '''U Got The Look''' is a [[Prince]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: U Got The Look|single]]. | ||
Around 150 invitations to participate as extras in the video were given out to attendants of the June | Around 150 invitations to participate as extras in the video were given out to attendants of the [[15 June 1987]] concert at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France. A note with a lipstick trace stamp as well as handwritten info on the shooting date, time and entrance door was distributed to the front row concert-goers. | ||
Shooting started around 6:00 p.m. on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 16|16 June 1987]] at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France and lasted until around 3:00 a.m. with a food break in the middle for which tables were set up. During the break [[Prince]] performed a 10 minute | Shooting started around 6:00 p.m. on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 16|16 June 1987]] at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France and lasted until around 3:00 a.m. with a food break in the middle for which tables were set up. During the break [[Prince]] performed a 10 minute drum solo. | ||
The video was incorporated into the [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] film. Of note, the version of the song is an edit of the '''Long Look''' | The video was incorporated into the [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] film. Of note, the version of the song is an edit of the '''Long Look'''. | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 16|16 June 1987]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 16|16 June 1987]] | ||
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* [[Single: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (single)<br> | * [[Single: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (single)<br> | ||
[[Image:Ugotthelook single.jpg|100px]] | [[Image:Ugotthelook single.jpg|100px]] | ||
|Quotations & trivia = | |Quotations & trivia = Until 2017 the video was never commercially released as stand alone, but was an integral part of the [[Home_Video:_Sign_O’_The_Times|Sign O’ The Times]] Home Video. | ||
* The video was also nominated in ''Best Choreography in a Video'' and ''Best Editing in a Video'' categories at the 1988 MTV Music Awards. | * The video was also nominated in ''Best Choreography in a Video'' and ''Best Editing in a Video'' categories at the 1988 MTV Music Awards. | ||
* The video was nominated in ''Production/Music Video'' at the 8th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 May 1988). | * The video was nominated in ''Production/Music Video'' at the 8th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 May 1988). | ||
* This is one of the | * This is one of the the videos released by [[Prince]] that is shot outside of the United States, the others being: [[Video: America|America]], [[Video: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]], [[Video: Mountains|Mountains]], (also in France), <!--[[Video: The Continental|The Continental]] (Japan),--> [[Video: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] and [[The NPG]]’s [[Video: Come On|Come On]] (UK), [[Video: Te Amo Corazón|Te Amo Corazón]] (Morroco) and [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] (Czech Republic). | ||
* Footage of '''U Got The Look''' was later included in the [[Video: Nothing Compares 2 U|Nothing Compares 2 U]], and [[Video: Pink Cashmere|Pink Cashmere]] videos. | |||
* Even though the music video makes no secret of the fact that it was filmed in [[16 June 1987|Paris, France]], the invitation that Sheena Easton gets in the intro for the music video is actually for the [[26 May 1987|26 May 1987 concert in Frankfurt, Germany]]. | |||
|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)]]'' | ||
* <b>Awards</b>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_MTV_Video_Music_Awards | * <b>Awards</b>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_MTV_Video_Music_Awards | ||
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