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from the album Purple Rain Song details Performer: Prince and the Revolution First Released: 25 June 1984 - Purple Rain album Album(s): Purple Rain One Nite Alone... Live! 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: 14 August 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA Performed regularly on tour: Purple Rain Tour Act II Jam Of The Year World Tour New Power Soul Festival Tour Hit N Run Tour A Celebration One Nite Alone... Tour World Tour 2003 Musicology Live 2004ever 21 Nights In London : The Earth Tour Welcome 2 America Tour Hit And Run Part II Piano & A Microphone Tour Performed occasionally in shows: 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 (solo piano)

The Beautiful Ones is the third 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. In 2002, a live version was also included as the eleventh track on the second disc of One Nite Alone... Live!, Prince’s first live album (along with Xenophobia, Extraordinary, Avalanche, Family Name, Raspberry Beret, The Everlasting Now, Wanna B Ur Lover, Diamonds & Pearls, Nothing Compares 2 U and How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore from the same show). Basic tracking took place on 20 September 1983, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (five days after Irresistible Bitch). It was included as the second track on the 7 November 1983 and 23 March 1984 configurations of Purple Rain, but became the third track on the final 14 April 1984 configuration after the addition of Take Me With U. On 18 March 2016 it was announced that Prince would write an unconventional memoir to be released in Autumn 2017, titled The Beautiful Ones after this song. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 20 September 1983 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking 22 March 1984 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Edits Recording Personnel Prince - all vocals and instruments Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info The Beautiful Ones 5:13 Purple Rain Prince Sampler promotional album Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album Studio The Beautiful Ones 5:13 Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition Remastered 2015 The Beautiful Ones 6:50 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA The Beautiful Ones 6:50 Prince And The Revolution: Live (2022 re-release) Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA. Remastered The Beautiful Ones 2:10 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 30 April 2002, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR, USA Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info The Beautiful Ones 7:30 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 Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info The Beautiful Ones 5:09 Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 13 April 2011 (matinee), Lopez Tonight, Warner Bros. Studios - Stage 29, Burbank, CA, USA Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info The Beautiful Ones Studio Original version with additional final verse

Additional Information See also Trivia Purple Rain album Purple Rain Deluxe Edition and Deluxe Expanded Edition References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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