Video: U Got The Look

1987: Sign O’ The Times ◄

► 1987: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

U Got The Look

Music Video details

First aired:	Week of 20 July 1987
Producer(s):	Adam Whittaker (Limelight)
Director:	David Hogan
Related home video/DVD:	Sign O’ The Times (Home Video) Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
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 a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

Around 150 invitations to participate as extras in the video were given out to attendants of the 15 June 1987 concert at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France. 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. on 16 June 1987 at Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France 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.

The video was incorporated into the Sign O’ The Times film. Of note, the version of the song is an edit of the Long Look.

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
Prince Sheila E. Levi Seacer, Jr. Miko Weaver Dr. Fink Boni Boyer Eric Leeds Atlanta Bliss Cat Wally Safford Greg Brooks Sheena Easton ± 20 'audience' dancers, including Mya Frye 150 audience
Crew
David Hogan - director 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) Prince streaming video platforms (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD

Additional Information

	See Also	Quotation & triva

	U Got The Look U Got The Look (single)	Until 2017 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). This is one of the the videos released by Prince that is shot outside of the United States, the others being : America, Girls & Boys, Mountains, (also in France), Chelsea Rodgers and The NPG’s Come On (UK), Te Amo Corazón (Morroco) and Somewhere Here On Earth (Czech Republic). Footage of U Got The Look was later included in the Nothing Compares 2 U, and Pink Cashmere videos.

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Awards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_MTV_Video_Music_Awards