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Batdance

Music Video details First aired: June 1989 Producer(s): Greg Feinberg / Propaganda Films Director: Albert Magnoli Related home video/DVD: Batman (SE DVD release) First (Commercially) Released: 18 October 2005 Awards Date Institution, Country Award This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Batdance is the thirty-first Prince video to have been released for broadcast. It features Prince as himself (surrounded by his instruments) while he watches a complexly choreographed ballet of Batman-, Joker- and Vicki Vale dancers. In their midst is also the Prince-invented character 'Gemini', (played by Prince) who's right half is Batman (without the face mask) and left half is The Joker (complete with face paint and green hair). The half good / half bad 'character' seems an unintentional reference to 'Twoface' another famous Batman character. As 'himself' Prince plays various keyboards and a bass guitar, while he watches the ballet on a bat logo shaped screen. The Gemini character sees himself surrounded by five Batman- and five Joker dancers who fight-dance their way through the song, meanwhile never interacting with Gemini who sings Prince's lines from the song. For the second part of the song (the Vicki Vale part) the five Vicki Vale-dancers make their entrance and are being harressed by the Joker dancers. The electric chair from the lyrics is also depicted, shows with smoke coming of it as if an execution had just taken place on it. Eventually the video ends with Gemini hitting a detonator, exploding it. The video was directed by Albert Magnoli, director of Purple Rain, whom by 1989 also acted as Prince's manager. Shooting Information Shooting Sessions Date Location Additional info 27 May 1989 Culver Studios, Culver City, CA, USA (assumed) 28 May 1989 Culver Studios, Culver City, CA, USA (assumed) Cast Prince Five (unidentified) Batman dancers Five (unidentified) Joker dancers Five (unidentified) Vicki Vale dancers Crew Barry Lather - Choreography Helen Hiatt- Costume design Susan Stella - Costume design Jim Bienke - Make-up and masks Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Batdance 6:51 Batman 2-DVD special edition (2005) Official YouTube/Prince channel (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) long version Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Batdance 4:49 promo only short version Batdance 4:10 promo only Bat Mix Batdance 4:12 promo only Vicki Vale Mix

Additional Information See Also Quotation & triva Batdance Batdance (Single) Two seldom seen variations of the “Batdance” video exist, Bat Mix' and Vicki Vale Mix. These two videos were made up of alternate and some unused footage from the regular Batdance video. Nominations: - Best Video: 10th BPI Awards (18 February 1990). - Best Music Video: 4th Soul Train Awards (14 March 1990). - Best Video from a Film: 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (6 September 1990) References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Awards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_MTV_Video_Music_Awards

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