Video: Willing And Able

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Willing And Able

Music Video details

First aired:	26 January 1992 (Superbowl version) Week of 8 June 1992 (Live-in-the-studio only version)
Producer(s):	Robert Borm
Director:	Sotera Tschetter
Related home video/DVD:	Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection
First (Commercially) Released:	6 October 1992

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

Willing And Able is performance video of Prince & The NPG doing a live-in-the-studio take of the song, recorded in January 1992 in Studio C at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota. The same session also yielded similar videos for Money Don’t Matter 2 Night, Call The Law and interview segments with The NPG that appeared on the Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection home video. A take of Daddy Pop was also filmed, and at least two different versions using footage of it were later edited together.

Willing And Able, directed by Sotera Tschetter, premiered on CBS “Super Bowl Today” on 26 January 1992 in an alternate version, incorporating footage of football players lip-syncing the lyrics. The song was released as a promotional single with an edit of the album version later in Spring 1992.

The video was included on the Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection.

The live-in-the-studio performance was not released in audio-only format at that time. It was included on the posthumous release Diamonds And Pearls Deluxe and Super Deluxe.

Shooting Information

Shooting Sessions
Date	Location	Additional info
Mid-January 1992	Paisley Park Studios - Studio C, Chanhassen, MN, USA	Live-in-the-studio performance
Cast
Prince Levi Seacer, Jr. Michael B. Tommy Barbarella Sonny T. Rosie Gaines Tony M. (with Damon Dickson & Kirk Johnson collectively as "The Game Boyz") Kirky J. (with Tony Mosley & Damon Dickson collectively as "The Game Boyz") Damon Dickson (with Tony Mosley & Kirk Johnson collectively as "The Game Boyz") Michael Nelson Brian Gallagher Kathy J. Dave Jensen Steve Strand Fred Steele (with JD Steele, Jearlyn Steele and Jevetta Steele collectively known as The Steeles) JD Steele (with Fred Steele, Jearlyn Steele and Jevetta Steele collectively known as The Steeles) Jearlyn Steele (with Fred Steele, JD Steele and Jevetta Steele collectively known as The Steeles) Jevetta Steele (with Fred Steele, JD Steele and Jearlyn Steele collectively known as The Steeles)
Crew
Sotera Tschetter - director Larry Fong - director of photography Scott McCullough - cinematography More information needed

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Willing And Able	5:10	Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection (1992) Prince streaming video platforms (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

Broadcasts/streaming (only)

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Willing And Able	5:10		Super Bowl XXVI opening version	Special version incorporating footage of football players lip-syncing the lyrics

Additional Information

	See Also	Quotation & triva

	Willing And Able Willing And Able (promotional single) Diamonds And Pearls Video Collection	Of note, the CBS show was seen by an estimated 150 million people. Sotera Tschetter has directed the following videos for Prince: Willing And Able, Sexy M.F., 7, The Continental, Sweet Baby and a version of Money Don’t Matter 2 Night. Footage of Willing And Able was later included in the Pink Cashmere video.

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