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Song details
from the album Purple Rain		single art for Purple Rain
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
First and last live appearance:
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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
Recording Personnel
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Versions

Released Versions
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Additional Information

	See also	Trivia

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	References
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{{{categories}}} |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|15 August 1983; 18 August 1983; 13 September 1983 - 15 September 1983 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound Studio 3 ,
Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Editing and string overdubs, mix |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|27 November 1983 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Kiowa Trail Home Studio,
Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking 'Lisa and Wendy’s Movie Mix' |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|7 February 1984 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Sunset Sound Studio 2,
Hollywood, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Overdubs on 'Lisa and Wendy’s Movie Mix' |recording personnel =

Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
Bobby Z. - drums and percussion
Brown Mark - bass and vocals
Wendy Melvoin - guitars and vocals
Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals
Matt Fink - keyboards and vocals
David Coleman - cello
Novi Novog - violin and viola
Suzie Katayama - cello

David Z. - engineer (First Avenue)
David Leonard - engineer (First Avenue)

|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

|- | valign="top"|

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

|unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions

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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

14 April 2016 (Show 2): Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 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)

Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)

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+|date                      = Spring - Autumn 1983 (estimate)
-|date                      = August 1983 (estimate)
 |studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
-|additional info           = Rehearsal recording
+|additional info           = Rehearsal recording - '''(Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)'''
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 [[Album: The Crown Jewels|The Crown Jewels]] promo<br>
 [[Album: Strange Tales From The Rain|Strange Tales From The Rain]] promotional album<br>
-[[Album: The_Story So Far...|The Story So Far...]]  promotional album<br>
+[[Album: The_Story So Far...|The Story So Far...]] promotional album<br>
 [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe Expanded Edition'' - Single Edits & B-Sides]] <br>
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 * [[Live Out Loud Tour]]
 * [[Hit And Run Part II]]
-|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#1991|1991]], [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]]  <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
+|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1983|1983]], [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1985|1985]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1987|1987]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#1991|1991]], [[All Concerts#1999|1999]], [[All Concerts#2000|2000]], [[All Concerts#2002|2002]], [[All Concerts#2004|2004]], [[All Concerts#2006|2006]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]], [[All Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All Concerts#2010|2010]], [[All Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All_Concerts#2012|2012]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]], [[All Concerts#2015|2015]], [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small>
 |trivia                    = '''Purple Rain''' was ranked second in [http://time.com/4600144/most-googled-songs-2016/ "Top 10 Most 'Googled' Songs of 2016"], published December 2016.
 |see also                  = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album

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