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|Current video name = Love Sign | |Current video name = Love Sign | ||
|Video Image = Lovesign_video.jpg | |Video Image = Lovesign_video.jpg | ||
− | |Date = | + | |Date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 20|20 May 1994]] (shown at [[Venue: Glam Slam|Glam Slam]]) <BR> Week of 27 June 1994<br> |
|producer(s) = ''Information needed'' | |producer(s) = ''Information needed'' | ||
|Director = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] | |Director = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] | ||
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|Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] did not authorize a commercial release of the song as a single (as such, the single was only available as a [[Single: Love Sign|promotional item]]) . | |Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] did not authorize a commercial release of the song as a single (as such, the single was only available as a [[Single: Love Sign|promotional item]]) . | ||
− | Shooting took place in Spring 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A’s] 1988 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton Straight Outta Compton] contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity. '''Love Sign''' was his first | + | Shooting took place in Spring 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A’s] 1988 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton Straight Outta Compton] contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity. '''Love Sign''' was one of his first works as a director. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Cube] makes an Alfred Hitchcock-like cameo on a cover of a magazine read by [[Prince]]. |
In line with the song, the video has a strong anti-gun message. It features [[Nona Gaye]] as a hit woman, sent to kill [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (who portrays a local DJ at the fictitious WNPG Radio), but he seduces her instead. | In line with the song, the video has a strong anti-gun message. It features [[Nona Gaye]] as a hit woman, sent to kill [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (who portrays a local DJ at the fictitious WNPG Radio), but he seduces her instead. | ||
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|date = Spring 1994 | |date = Spring 1994 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and on location in Minneapolis |
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|see also = [[Love Sign]] | |see also = [[Love Sign]] | ||
− | * [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] single | + | * [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] (single) |
− | + | [[file:Lovesign single.jpg|100px]] | |
− | |Quotations & trivia = | + | |Quotations & trivia = Around that time, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] released a video for his song "What Can I Do?" which features a [[Prince]] lookalike to match with the line "Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it" (later sampled by [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] on numerous songs). |
<!-------REFERENCES -------> | <!-------REFERENCES -------> | ||
|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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