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Revision as of 20:51, 2 January 2018

1979: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? ◄ Music Videos
(Prince) 		Music Videos
(Related Artists) 		► 1980: Dirty Mind
Uptown
Uptown music video selected snapshots

Music Video details

First aired: TV: late 1980?
YouTube: 14 July 2017
Producer(s): ?
Director: ?
Related home video/DVD: The Hits Video Collection
First (Commercially) Released: 14 September 1993

Awards

Date Institution, Country Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Uptown is the third Prince video to have been released for broadcast to promote the release of a single. Shooting took place in Los Angeles on 24 October 1980 in the afternoon in front of a local audience.

Similar to the Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? visual promo, this video shows Prince and his band lip-syncing to a live performance. The band plays on stripped down version of the Dirty Mind Tour concert stage, that was used for both this video and Dirty Mind, shot the same day.

Wardrobe wise, a significant change is made from the I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version) and Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? videos as Prince wears the same outfit seen on Dirty Mind album cover. This marks an additional Prince trademark for videos: the distinctive look he adopts for albums and single covers and/or while on tour will be systematically used for videos.

Of note the video features the first appearance of Lisa Coleman in a Prince video.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
24 October 1980 Producer's Studios – Stage 9 - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cast
Crew
  • More information needed

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Uptown 4:14 The Hits Video Collection (1993)

Prince streaming video platforms (2017)
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Uptown 4:14 slightly different audio with some audience noise heard


 
Additional Information
See Also Quotation & triva

  • The Hohner Telecaster, Prince's classic guitar, appears for the first time in a video.
  • The shoot was done with a studio audience that was made aware of the 2 PM shoot via the means of flyers distributed in the neighborhood.
  • Matt Fink wears a surgeon outfit for the first time in a Prince video.
References
◄ 1979
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? 		Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1980
Dirty Mind 		►
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