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|song name                = Darling Nikki
|song name                = Darling Nikki
|single image              = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link=Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
|single image              = [[File:Purplerain.jpg|100px|link= Album: Purple Rain]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]</small>
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
|performer                = [[Prince and the Revolution]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 25|25 June 1984]] - [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
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|album(s)                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]])
|previous song            = [[Darlene Marie]]
|previous song            = [[Darlene Marie]]
|next song                = [[Data Bank]]
|next song                = [[Data Bank]]
|introduction              = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]].
|introduction              = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]].


[[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-5, as Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore) having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors.  
Because specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking was long assumed to have taken place in July 1983 at [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA, because it was the first song [[Susan Rogers]] worked on with [[Prince]]. A cassette tape from [[Matt Fink]]'s collection, however, has the title with ‘new Prince’ written next to it and a date of [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_27|27 May 1983]], suggesting the song was in fact likely already committed to tape in May.  


The recording industry voluntarily complied with the Center's request in response to the Senate hearings ([[Sugar Walls]] was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center here] for more details.
The song ends with a "back-masked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette).  


While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in August 1983 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. The song ends with a "backmasked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette).  
[[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-85. Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore), having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors.
 
The recording industry voluntarily complied with the Center’s request in response to the Senate hearings ([[Sugar Walls]] was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center’s "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center here] for more details.


It was included as the fourth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configurations of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], but became the fifth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after the addition of [[Take Me With U]].
It was included as the fourth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configurations of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], but became the fifth track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after the addition of [[Take Me With U]].
Notes from [[Prince]]’s ''Dreams'' notebook that was on display in the 'My Name Is Prince' exhibit in the O<sub>2</sub> in London reveal that [[Prince]] considered naming [[Vanity]]’s character in the film Nicarthra Ann, Nikki for short.
|recording info            =
|recording info            =
{{RecordingLine|
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = August 1983
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_27|27 May 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_18|18 September 1983]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_19|19 September 1983]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Adding coda, mixing
}}
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 21|21 March 1984]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 22|22 March 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA
|additional info          = Edit/crossfade
}}
}}
|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments
<hr>
*[[Don Batts]] - engineer
*[[Susan Rogers]] - engineer
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
{{Songchart|
{{Songchart|
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|2= 4:13
|2= 4:13
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]<br>
[[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promo
[[Album:_Strange_Tales_From_The_Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album <br>
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5=  
|5=  
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|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|2= 4:13
|2= 4:13
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br>
|3= [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Edition'' and ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]<br>
|4=  
|4= Studio
|5= Remastered 2015
|5= Remastered 2015
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|2= 3:30
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]]
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|2= 5:02
|3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]. Remastered
}}
}}
}}
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{{Songchart|
{{Songchart|
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|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|2= ?:??
|3= [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] film
|4= Studio
|5= Edited version. Released on [[Home_Video:_Purple_Rain|VHS and DVD]]
}}
{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''  
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''  
|2= 4:00
|2= 4:00
|3= [[Home_Video: Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
|3= [[Home_Video: Double_Live| Prince And The Revolution: Live]] VHS/laserdisc<br>
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]]  
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)]] <br>
[[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] (2022 re-release)
|4= Live
|4= Live
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
|5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]]
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|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|1= '''Darling Nikki'''
|2= Studio
|2= Studio
|3= original full-length version with spoken intro and additional instrumental break
|3= Original full-length version with additional instrumental break, but no back masked ending
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
|sampled in                =
|sampled in                =
{{SongSampled|
|sampled in                =
{{Songchart|
|line =
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Purple Medley]] '''
|2= 11:03
|3= [[Single: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] single
|4= Studio medley
|5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details
}}
{{Songline|
|1= '''[[Purple Medley]] (Edit)'''
|2= 3:14
|3= [[Single: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] single
|4= Edit
|5= See [[Purple Medley]] for more details
}}
}}
}}
|broadcasts, streaming    =
|broadcasts, streaming    =
|first live appearance    = [[14_August 1984|14 August 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] <br>
|first live appearance    = [[14_August 1984|14 August 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota]] <br>
* [[22 March 2016-am|22 March 2016 (a.m.): Muzique, Montreal, QC, Canada]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>
* [[22 March 2016-am|22 March 2016 (a.m.): Muzique, Montreal, QC, Canada]] <small> (during sampler set) </small>
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
|performed regularly on    = [[Purple Rain Tour]]
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|trivia                    =  
|trivia                    =  
|see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album
* [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']]  
* [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'']]  
|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)
* ''[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)]''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center Parents Music Resource Center (Wikipedia)]
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]]
|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1983]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 08:41, 18 October 2024

Darlene Marie   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Data Bank
Darling Nikki

from the album Purple Rain
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 25 June 1984 - Purple Rain album
Album(s): Purple Rain

Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • 1984, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2011 (clip only during sampler set), 2012 (clip only during sampler set), 2013 (clip only during sampler set), 2015 (clip only during sampler set)

Darling Nikki is the fifth track on Prince’s sixth album Purple Rain, the first album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. The song also features in the movie Purple Rain.

Because specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking was long assumed to have taken place in July 1983 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA, because it was the first song Susan Rogers worked on with Prince. A cassette tape from Matt Fink's collection, however, has the title with ‘new Prince’ written next to it and a date of 27 May 1983, suggesting the song was in fact likely already committed to tape in May.

The song ends with a "back-masked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette).

Darling Nikki was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-85. Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore), having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors.

The recording industry voluntarily complied with the Center’s request in response to the Senate hearings (Sugar Walls was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center’s "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See here for more details.

It was included as the fourth track on the 7 November 1983 and 23 March 1984 configurations of Purple Rain, but became the fifth track on the final 14 April 1984 configuration after the addition of Take Me With U.

Notes from Prince’s Dreams notebook that was on display in the 'My Name Is Prince' exhibit in the O2 in London reveal that Prince considered naming Vanity’s character in the film Nicarthra Ann, Nikki for short.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
27 May 1983 Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
18 September 1983-19 September 1983 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Adding coda, mixing
21 March 1984-22 March 1984 Sunset Sound,
Hollywood, CA, USA 		Edit/crossfade
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Darling Nikki 4:13 Purple Rain

Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album

Studio
Darling Nikki 4:13 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition
 Studio Remastered 2015
Darling Nikki 3:30 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Darling Nikki 5:02 Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA. Remastered
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Darling Nikki ?:?? Purple Rain film Studio Edited version. Released on VHS and DVD
Darling Nikki 4:00 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)
Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Purple Medley (Edit) 3:14 Purple Medley single Edit See Purple Medley for more details
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Darling Nikki Studio Original full-length version with additional instrumental break, but no back masked ending
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
Darlene Marie   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Data Bank
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