Purple Rain

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Purple Rain

from the album Purple Rain
single art for Purple Rain
Song details
Performer: Prince and the Revolution
First Released: 25 June 1984 - Purple Rain album
Album(s): Purple Rain

The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
The Very Best Of Prince
Ultimate
4Ever
Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition
Piano & A Microphone 1983
Prince And The Revolution: Live

Writer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
Live Appearances
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Purple Rain is the ninth and final track on Prince’s sixth album Purple Rain, the first album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Three months after the album’s release, Purple Rain was released as the album’s third single, available worldwide. The track is also featured in the movie Purple Rain.

In 1993, the track was included as the 18th and final track on the compilation album The Hits 2 (also included as the second disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

In 2001, the track was included as the sixth track on the compilation album The Very Best Of Prince.

In 2006, the track was included as the eighth track on the first disc of the compilation album Ultimate.

A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album Piano & A Microphone 1983.

Although it is unclear when a first incarnation of the song was ready, it was first rehearsed and worked on with the band in the summer of 1983 at the The Warehouse in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Prince and the Revolution then recorded the song live on 3 August 1983 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where I Would Die 4 U and Baby I’m A Star, among others were also recorded).

This live version was worked on further between mid-August and into September 1983, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track.

It was included as the sixth track on the 7 November 1983 configuration of Purple Rain, before becoming the eighth and final track on the 23 March 1984 configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final 14 April 1984 configuration after some tracklist changes to the album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Summer 1983 The Warehouse,
St. Louis Park, MN, USA 		writing/rehearsal recording
3 August 1983 First Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN, USA 		Live recording
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|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain 8:41 Purple Rain Album

Purple Rain Single
The Hits 2
The Hits / The B-Sides
The Very Best Of Prince
Ultimate
4Ever

 Live with overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Purple Rain 8:41 Purple Rain (Expanded) Deluxe Edition
Remastered 2015
Purple Rain (Edit) 4:02 Purple Rain Single

The Crown Jewels promo
Strange Tales From The Rain promotional album
The Story So Far... promotional album
Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition - Single Edits & B-Sides

Edit a.k.a. 7" Single Edit
Purple Rain (Long Version) 7:05 Purple Rain Single
 Edit
Purple Rain (Radio Edit) 4:19 Purple Rain promo
 Edit
Purple Rain (7" Edit) 4:30 Purple Rain promo
 Edit
Purple Rain (Long Radio Edit) 5:37 Purple Rain promo
 Edit
Purple Rain 'Lisa and Wendy’s Movie Mix' Purple Rain movie
Purple Rain 1:26 Piano & A Microphone 1983 'Rehearsal' a.k.a. Purple Rain (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)
Purple Rain 19:26 Prince And The Revolution: Live Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Purple Rain 5:40 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Live 20 June 1987: Stadion de Galgenwaard, Utrecht, the Netherlands

|sampled in = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...

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Title Length Released Version Additional info
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got 4 :24 Graffiti Bridge album

Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got single

Studio Instrumental interpolation heard during a break
Purple Medley 11:03 Purple Medley single
 Studio medley See Purple Medley for more details
Purple Medley (Edit) 3:14 Purple Medley single
 Edit See Purple Medley for more details

|video versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Video Versions

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Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain 7:05 Purple Rain 20th Anniversary DVD Promo video See Purple Rain video for more details
Purple Rain 18:24 Prince And The Revolution: Live VHS/laserdisc

Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition – Live at the Carrier Dome (DVD)

Live 30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
Purple Rain 4:08 Lovesexy Live 1 VHS
 Live 9 September 1988, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, West Germany
Purple Rain 10:37 Rave Un2 the Year 2000 VHS/DVD
 Live 18 December 1999, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
BRIT Awards 12:20 NPG Music Club WMA download
 Live 15 February 2006 2006 BRIT Awards, Earls Court, London, England; part of medley containing Te Amo Corazón / Fury / Purple Rain / Let’s Go Crazy
Purple Rain T.B.C. Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD Live 31 December 1987: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

|broadcasts, streaming = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Broadcasts/streaming (only)

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Title Length Released Version Additional info
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast
 Live 28 January 1985, American Music Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live concert radio broadcast
 Live 22 July 1990, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Purple Rain T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast Live 29 July 1990, Estadio Santa María del Mar, La Coruña, Spain
Purple Rain T.B.C. Delayed concert TV broadcast
 Live 31 August 1990, Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム), Tokyo, Japan
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast
 Live 4 September 1991 (mat.), Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live performance TV broadcast
 Live 12 November 1996, Emancipation Freedom Concert, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Purple Rain (Live From Las Vegas 1999) 7:00 Love4oneanother.com RealAudio stream
 Live 2 January 1999, Studio 54 @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Purple Rain T.B.C. Live awards performance TV broadcast
 Live 8 February 2004, 46th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California; with Beyonce
The Superbowl 11:52 Lotusflow3r.com video stream
 Live medley 4 February 2007, Dolphins Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL, USA; medley of We Will Rock You / Let’s Go Crazy / 1999 intro / Baby I’m A Star / Proud Mary / All Along The Watchtower / Best Of You / Purple Rain

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Title Version Additional Info
Purple Rain Live recording before overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Purple Rain Live with overdubs 3 August 1983, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA; contains extra verse and string overdubs

|first live appearance = 3 August 1983: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN USA

|performed regularly on = Purple Rain Tour

|performed occasionally in = 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (solo piano) |trivia = Purple Rain was ranked second in "Top 10 Most 'Googled' Songs of 2016", published December 2016. |see also = Purple Rain album

|references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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