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|Introduction = '''7''' is a [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: 7|single]]. | |Introduction = '''7''' is a [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: 7|single]]. | ||
It features [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]] as well as twelve boys and twelve girls dressed as them. Footage of [[Prince]] in the glass cylinder and [[Mayte]]’s sword dancing was filmed at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, while the footage with the children was filmed on a soundstage in Los Angeles, | It features [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]] as well as twelve boys and twelve girls dressed as them. Footage of [[Prince]] in the glass cylinder and [[Mayte]]’s sword dancing and releasing the dove was filmed at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in late March. while the footage with the children was filmed on a soundstage in Los Angeles, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_16|16]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_17|17 May 1992]] (see trivia). | ||
The video follows the initial storyline of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album with [[Mayte]] telling [[Prince]] that she is the sole heir to a $10 million estate that her father left her when he was killed by the seven men who are her bodyguards. She states "They must never find them. They must never find us. If anything should happen to you..." before the song begins. This introduction was planned to be included in the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album as a [[Symbol_segues|segue]] between [[The Flow]] and [[7]] but was removed from the final tracklisting. | The video follows the initial storyline of the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album with [[Mayte]] telling [[Prince]] that she is the sole heir to a $10 million estate that her father left her when he was killed by the seven men who are her bodyguards. She states "They must never find them. They must never find us. If anything should happen to you..." before the song begins. This introduction was planned to be included in the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album as a [[Symbol_segues|segue]] between [[The Flow]] and [[7]] but was removed from the final tracklisting. | ||
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'''7''' was included on the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special, [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] and the [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video. | '''7''' was included on the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special, [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] and the [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video. | ||
On a personal level, the video marked a turning point between [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]] as their relationship developed after the shooting. In a letter sent to the Controversy Magazine ([[Prince]]’s official fan club at that time) and published on 1 | On a personal level, the video marked a turning point between [[Prince]] and [[Mayte]] as their relationship developed after the shooting. In a letter sent to the Controversy Magazine ([[Prince]]’s official fan club at that time) and published on 1 June 1993, [[Mayte]] wrote: "Ever since Prince and I walked thru the doors at the end of the '''7''' video — he has changed. Maybe it was the wonderful effect the children had on all of us, maybe it was the fact that he killed off several images of himself during the video (an act he has yet 2 explain 2 anyone" (this message was also recited by [[Mayte]] on [[The Call]]). Prince's name change to [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png]] was announced soon after. Symbolically, in killing off the seven murderers of [[Mayte]]’s father in the video, [[Prince]] simultaneously kills off (six) images of himself, the different personas corresponding to his appearances in the videos for the tracks from the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album (including [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] and [[Video: The Continental|The Continental]] and some that were shot later like [[Video: My Name Is Prince|My Name Is Prince]] and [[Video: The Morning Papers|The Morning Papers]]). Flanked by children dressed like he and [[Mayte]], [[Prince]] is proclaiming a new future, where "the young are so educated they never grow old." There is an implication that "Prince" is just the beginning of a long and fruitful career, reaching a new musical maturity in [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Prince]]. | ||
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|date = | |date = Late March 1992 | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_16|16]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May_17|17 May 1992]] | |||
|studio = Soundstage, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |||
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