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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]] | + | * [[Kirk Johnson]] |
− | |crew = | + | * [[Kat Dyson]] |
+ | * [[Rhonda Smith]] | ||
+ | * [[Morris Hayes]] | ||
+ | * [[Mike Scott]] | ||
+ | * four unidentified dancers | ||
+ | * ± 10 extras | ||
+ | * Hena the dog | ||
+ | |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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