Difference between revisions of "Video: Betcha By Golly Wow!"
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|Current video name = Betcha By Golly Wow! | |Current video name = Betcha By Golly Wow! | ||
|Video Image = BetchaByGollyWow-tb.png | |Video Image = BetchaByGollyWow-tb.png | ||
| − | |Date = 1996 | + | |Date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 12|12 November 1996]] |
|producer(s) = Paisley Park Productions | |producer(s) = Paisley Park Productions | ||
|Director = [[Prince]] | |Director = [[Prince]] | ||
|Related = | |Related = | ||
| − | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 9 November 2018 |
<!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | <!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | ||
| − | |Previous year = | + | |Previous year = 1996 |
| − | |Next year = | + | |Next year = 1997 |
| − | |Previous video link = [[Video: | + | |Previous video link = [[Video: I Like It There|I Like It There]] |
| − | |Next Video link = [[Video: | + | |Next Video link = [[Video: Somebody’s Somebody|Somebody’s Somebody]] |
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| − | |Introduction = '''Betcha By Golly Wow!''' is video for | + | |Introduction = '''Betcha By Golly Wow!''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: Betcha By Golly Wow!|single]]. |
| − | The song features footage of some 50 ballet dancers wearing white leotards, each with one or two letters, spelling out the chorus of the song: ''"Betcha By Golly Wow! U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever. And ever will my love 4 u keep growing strong."'' Olympic gymnast [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dawes Dominique Dawes] is the lead dancer in the video. There is also black and white footage of [[Prince]] pumping gas in his white BMW Z3, and being paged to the hospital as [[Mayte]] is having their baby, as well as footage inside a hospital with [[Mayte]] having he temperature measured and looking happy. | + | The video was shot in early November, 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen and around Minneapolis, Minnesota. The song features footage of some 50 ballet dancers wearing white leotards, each with one or two letters, spelling out the chorus of the song: ''"Betcha By Golly Wow! U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever. And ever will my love 4 u keep growing strong."'' Olympic gymnast [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dawes Dominique Dawes] is the lead dancer in the video. There is also black and white footage of [[Prince]] pumping gas in his white BMW Z3, and being paged to the hospital as [[Mayte]] is having their baby, as well as footage inside a hospital with [[Mayte]] having he temperature measured and looking happy. |
On British television show 'Top Of The Pops' the video premiered in a different edit, comprised only the close up shots of Prince, some of which are also in the regular video. | On British television show 'Top Of The Pops' the video premiered in a different edit, comprised only the close up shots of Prince, some of which are also in the regular video. | ||
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{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Early November 1996 | |date = Early November 1996 | ||
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; Around | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; Around Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |cast= | + | |cast= * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) |
| − | * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | + | * [[Mayte]] |
| − | *[[Mayte]] | + | |
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dawes Dominique Dawes] - dancer | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dawes Dominique Dawes] - dancer | ||
* Joanne Pesusich - dancer | * Joanne Pesusich - dancer | ||
* Adam King - dancer | * Adam King - dancer | ||
* unidentified dancers | * unidentified dancers | ||
| − | |crew = | + | |crew = * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - director (assumed) |
| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_King Jamie King] - creative director / choreographer | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_King Jamie King] - creative director / choreographer |
| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Landon Tina Landon] - choreographer | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Landon Tina Landon] - choreographer |
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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<!-------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | <!-------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | ||
|see also = [[Betcha By Golly Wow!]] | |see also = [[Betcha By Golly Wow!]] | ||
| − | * [[Single: Betcha By Golly Wow!|Betcha By Golly Wow!]] | + | * [[Single: Betcha By Golly Wow!|Betcha By Golly Wow!]] (single) |
| − | *[[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] | + | [[File:Betchabygollywow_single.jpg|100px]] |
| + | * [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album | ||
|Quotations & trivia = Painfully the footage with [[Mayte]] in the hospital was filmed shortly after her and [[Prince]]'s son Amiir had passed, after being born with severe birth defects. | |Quotations & trivia = Painfully the footage with [[Mayte]] in the hospital was filmed shortly after her and [[Prince]]'s son Amiir had passed, after being born with severe birth defects. | ||
| + | * A 36-second commercial for the [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album was also shot on the same day as this 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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| 1996: I Like It There ◄ | Music Videos (Prince) |
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