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The '''1999''' video was shot at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the last week of rehearsals for the [[1999 Tour]] together with videos for [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] and [[Video: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]]. All of them were directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Gowers Bruce Gowers], who also directed [[Video: Controversy|Controversy]] and [[Video: Sexuality|Sexuality]] the previous year. | The '''1999''' video was shot at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the last week of rehearsals for the [[1999 Tour]] together with videos for [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] and [[Video: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]]. All of them were directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Gowers Bruce Gowers], who also directed [[Video: Controversy|Controversy]] and [[Video: Sexuality|Sexuality]] the previous year. | ||
− | The '''1999''' video was broadcast sporadically on MTV | + | The '''1999''' video was broadcast sporadically on MTV starting 16 December 1982. This channel was reluctant to regularly play videos of black artists. The initial release of the [[Single: 1999|1999]] only got to 44 on the Pop Chart, showing Prince’s continued difficulty to cross the racial barriers. It was not until March 1983, with the [[Video: Little Red Corvette|Little Red Corvette]] that [[Prince]] was played regularly on this channel after an editorial change. To capitalise on his new crossover appeal, the [[Single: 1999|1999]] was re-serviced to US radio stations in April. It also helped the video to gain more airplay and the single entered the Pop Chart for the second time, this time climbing to number 12. |
− | difficulty to cross the racial barriers. It was not until March 1983, with the [[Video: Little Red Corvette|Little Red Corvette]] that [[Prince]] was played regularly on this channel after an editorial change. To capitalise on his new crossover appeal, the [[Single: 1999|1999]] was re-serviced to US radio stations in April. It also helped the video to gain more airplay and the single entered the Pop Chart for the second time, this time climbing to number 12. | + | |
The video was included on [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] in 1993. | The video was included on [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] in 1993. | ||
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|Quotations & trivia = Something went wrong with shooting Dez’s lead vocal line and that footage was actually re-shot by a local camera crew the afternoon prior to the first show of the [[1999 Tour]] in Chattanooga on [[11 November 1982]]. | |Quotations & trivia = Something went wrong with shooting Dez’s lead vocal line and that footage was actually re-shot by a local camera crew the afternoon prior to the first show of the [[1999 Tour]] in Chattanooga on [[11 November 1982]]. | ||
* Bruce Gowers has directed the following videos for [[Prince]] : [[Video: Controversy|Controversy]], [[Video: Sexuality|Sexuality]], [[Video: 1999|1999]], [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] and [[Video: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]]. | * Bruce Gowers has directed the following videos for [[Prince]] : [[Video: Controversy|Controversy]], [[Video: Sexuality|Sexuality]], [[Video: 1999|1999]], [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] and [[Video: Let’s Pretend We’re Married|Let’s Pretend We’re Married]]. | ||
+ | * Footage of '''1999''' was later included in the [[Video: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] video. | ||
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|References = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |References = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
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