Video: Sign O’ The Times

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Sign O’ The Times

Music Video details

First aired:	March 1987
Producer(s):	Janet Flora
Director:	Bill Konersman
Related home video/DVD:	Nothing Compares 2 Him The Hits Collection Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition
First (Commercially) Released:	14 September 1993

Awards
Date	Institution, Country	Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Sign O’ The Times is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

The video is made of colored graphics presenting the lyrics of the song, which was quite revolutionary at the time as one of the first 'lyric videos' to have been made. It is the second video that doesn’t include an appearance from Prince (the first being the Paisley Park video in 1985).

Sign O’ The Times was included on The Hits Collection in 1993.

Shooting Information

Shooting Sessions
Date	Location	Additional info
Early 1987	Unidentified studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cast
None.
Crew
Janet Flora - producer Bill Konersman - animator/director Susan Silverman - Warner Bros Video Commissioner More information needed

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Sign O’ The Times	3:44	Nothing Compares 2 Him (1990) The Hits Collection (1993) 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

	Sign O’ The Times Sign O’ The Times (single)	Footage of Sign O’ The Times was later included in the Purple Medley video.

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