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Revision as of 21:51, 4 November 2017

1987: Sign O' The Times ◄ Music Videos
(Prince) 		Music Videos
(Related Artists) 		► 1987: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
U Got The Look
U Got The Look music video selected snapshots

Music Video details

First aired: August 1987
Producer(s):
Director: David Hogan
Related home video/DVD: Sign O' The Times (Home Video)
First (Commercially) Released: 5 May 1988

Awards

Date Institution, Country Award
MTV Video Music Awards, USA 7 Sep. 1988 Best Male Video
MTV Video Music Awards, USA 7 Sep. 1988 Best Stage Performance in a Video

U Got The Look is the twenty-sixth Prince video to have been released for broadcast.

Around 150 invitations to participate as extras in the video were given out to attendants of the June, 15th 1987 concert. 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 concerts-goers.

Shooting started around 6:00 p.m. 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 drums solo.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
16 June 1987 Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France From 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. (17 June 1987)
Cast
Crew
  • Cat Glover - choreography
  • Charley Randazzo - editor
  • Steve Purcell - editor
  • More information needed

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
U Got The Look 5:32 Sign O' The Times Home Video (1988)

Official YouTube/Prince channel (2017)
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)


 
Additional Information
See Also Quotation & triva

  • The video was never commercially released as stand alone, but was an integral part of the 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 nominated in Production/Music Video at the 8th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 May 1988).
References
◄ 1987
Sign O' The Times 		Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1987
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 		►
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