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| |introduction = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | | |introduction = '''Darling Nikki''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]'s sixth album [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], the first album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. |
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− | [[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-5, as Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore) overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, inspiring her to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The center has advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records that have been judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. | + | [[Darling Nikki]] was discussed a lot in the media in 1984-5, as Tipper Gore (author and wife of Al Gore) having overheard her eleven-year-old daughter, Karenna, listening to the track, was inspired to found the Parents Music Resource Center. The Center advocated the mandatory use of a warning label ("Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics") on the covers of records judged to contain language or lyrical content unsuitable for minors. |
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− | The recording industry voluntarily complied with their request in response to the Senate hearings ([[Sugar Walls]] was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center here] for more details. | + | The recording industry voluntarily complied with the Center's request in response to the Senate hearings ([[Sugar Walls]] was also listed on The Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" which led to the introduction of parental advisory stickers). See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center here] for more details. |
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| While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in August 1983 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. The song ends with a "backmasked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette). | | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in August 1983 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. The song ends with a "backmasked" vocal coda to close out the first side of the album (on vinyl and cassette). |