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{{musicvideo| | {{musicvideo| | ||
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|Current video name = Face Down | |Current video name = Face Down | ||
|Video Image = FaceDown-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = FaceDown-vid5in1.png | ||
| − | |Date = 1997 | + | |Date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 5|5 June 1997]] |
| − | |producer(s) = | + | |producer(s) = ''Information needed'' |
| − | |Director = | + | |Director = [[Prince]] (as Azifwecare) |
|Related = | |Related = | ||
| − | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 9 November 2018 |
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|Previous year = 1997 | |Previous year = 1997 | ||
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|Next Video link = [[Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] | ||
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| − | |Introduction = '''Face Down''' is video of [[ | + | |Introduction = '''Face Down''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. The song was released as a [[Single:_Face_Down|promotional single]] three months before the first airing of the video, shortly before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Records EMI Records]' closure. |
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| + | '''Face Down''' is the most (if not only) playful and joyous video from the [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] era, being a pure comedy despite its angry and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. It was likely shot in late Winter - early Spring 1997 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. | ||
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| + | The video features three different settings. The first is a funeral, with a figure dressed as [[Prince]] (wearing clothes from the [[Act II]] tour face down in an open casket. A mourner in a large black hat and holding [[Mayte]]'s dog is shown crying over the body and accepting condolences. At the end of the video, the mourner is revealed to be [[Prince]] and not [[Mayte]]. The second setting is an amusing scene in which [[Prince]] is telling a psychotherapist (played by [[Kat Dyson]]) his story while she listens with disinterest. The third setting is a performance with [[The NPG]]. Humour is also added to the performance when [[Prince]] yells "horns" or "orchestra" : he is shown playing saxophone next to two other members of [[The NPG]] and then playing a fiddle with a huge grin on his face (and for the first time in public wearing boots with no high heels). | ||
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| + | The version of [[Face Down]] used for the video is an alternate mix with a vocal intro. A slightly censored ('clean version') of the video also exists. | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = 1997 | + | |date = Late Winter - Early Spring 1997 |
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |cast= | + | |cast= * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) |
| − | * [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) | + | * [[Kirk Johnson]] |
| − | *[[Kirk Johnson]] | + | * [[Kat Dyson]] |
| − | *[[Rhonda Smith]] | + | * [[Rhonda Smith]] |
| − | *[[Morris Hayes]] | + | * [[Morris Hayes]] |
| − | *[[Mike Scott]] | + | * [[Mike Scott]] |
* four unidentified dancers | * four unidentified dancers | ||
| − | * extras | + | * ± 10 extras |
* Hena the dog | * Hena the dog | ||
| − | |crew = | + | |crew = * [[Prince]] (as Azifwecare) |
| + | * ''More information needed'' | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
| + | {{SongBroadcast| | ||
| + | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
| + | {{Songchart| | ||
| + | |line = | ||
| + | {{Songline| | ||
| + | |1= <b> Face Down</b> | ||
| + | |2= 3:17 | ||
| + | |3= | ||
| + | |4= | ||
| + | |5= Clean album version with additional vocal intro | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
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|see also = [[Face Down]] | |see also = [[Face Down]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | * [[Single:_Face_Down|Face Down]] (promotional single) |
| + | [[File:Facedown_single.jpg|100px]] | ||
|Quotations & trivia = | |Quotations & trivia = | ||
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