Video: Controversy: Difference between revisions

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1980: Dirty Mind ◄

► 1981: Sexuality

Controversy

Music Video details

First aired:	1981
Producer(s):	Paul Flattery
Director:	Bruce Gowers
Related home video/DVD:	The Hits Collection
First (Commercially) Released:	14 September 1993

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

Controversy is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

Shooting took place in October 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the same day as the Sexuality video (also directed by Bruce Gowers).

Of note, Controversy features the first appearance of Brownmark in a Prince video.

The video was included on The Hits Collection in 1993.

Shooting Information

Shooting Sessions
Date	Location	Additional info
September 1981	Unknown soundstage, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Cast
Prince Bobby Z. Brownmark Dez Dickerson Matt Fink Lisa Coleman
Crew
Paul Flattery - producer Bruce Gowers - director More information needed

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Controversy	3:45	The Hits Collection (1993) Prince streaming video platforms (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

Additional Information

	See Also	Quotation & triva

	Controversy Controversy (single)	Bruce Gowers has directed the following videos for Prince : Controversy, Sexuality, 1999, Automatic and Let’s Pretend We’re Married.

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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