Video: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

1987: U Got The Look ◄

► 1988: Alphabet St.

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Music Video details

First aired:	Week of 15 November 1987
Producer(s):	Robert Cavallo, Steven Fargnoli, Joseph Ruffalo, Simon Fields, Tim Clawson and Graham Cottle
Director:	Albert Magnoli / Prince
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
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

This video was not so much made or choreographed as a video, but uses the footage shot for the performance scene of the song in Sign O’ The Times (the version included in the film is longer, however). There have been no audio-only releases of this performance.

Shooting Information

Shooting Sessions
Date	Location	Additional info
between 19 -23 July 1987	Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Cast
Prince Sheila E. Levi Seacer, Jr. Miko Weaver Dr. Fink Boni Boyer Eric Leeds Atlanta Bliss Cat Wally Safford Greg Brooks
Crew
See Sign O’ The Times Film crew

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man	4:03	Sign O’ The Times Home Video (1988, integral part of movie) 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

	I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (single)	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 nominated in Production/Music Video at the 8th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 May 1988). Footage of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man was later included in the Pink Cashmere video.

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