Difference between revisions of "Video: My Name Is Prince"

My Name Is Prince is a Prince and the New Power Generation video released for broadcast and to promote the single.

Shooting took place at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen and on location in Minneapolis, Minnesota (behind the Glam Slam) in August and September 1992. The video was co-directed by Randee St. Nicholas and Kevin Kerslake. It features actress Kirsty Alley as Vanessa Bartholemew and real-life journalists Lauren Green and Randy Meier. The audio of the video is the censored album version. A short and censored version was also created and sent to music channels. The video was included in a different edit on 3 Chains O’ Gold with Tony M.’s full and uncensored rap part.

Prince’s face is barely seen during the video as he is wearing the chain-hat (also shown on the Violet The Organ Grinder). The song being the opening of the storyline of the album, My Name Is Prince sets up the initial meeting between Prince and Princess Mayte. Towards the end of the video, she handles him a box containing a tape for him to watch. In 3 Chains O’ Gold, this video is followed by a re-edited scene lifted from Clockin’ The Jizz in which Prince was originally watching various footage.

It was rumored at the time of this song’s release that it was written in response to Michael Jackson proclaiming himself "the king of pop" in 1991 (especially the line "U must become a Prince before U’re king anyway"). Tony M. refuted this, but it is open to interpretation. In the version included on 3 Chains O’ Gold, there is a less debatable reference to Madonna when a lookalike is seen while Prince is burning a panties (she famously throw her panties to the audience during her concerts on occasions).

• Prince
• Lauren Green - herself
• Randy Meier - himself
• Kirsty Alley - Vanessa Bartholemew
• Levi Seacer, Jr.
• Tommy Barbarella
• Sonny T.
• Tony M. (with Damon Dickson & Kirk Johnson collectively as "The Game Boyz")
• Kirky J. (with Tony Mosley & Damon Dickson collectively as "The Game Boyz")
• Damon Dickson (with Tony Mosley & Kirk Johnson collectively as "The Game Boyz")
• Mayte - Princess of Cairo
• ± 100 uncredited extras

• Randee St. Nicholas - co-director
• Kevin Kerslake - co-director and editor
• Scott McCullough - insert segment / cameraman
• More information needed

• My Name Is Prince
• My Name Is Prince (single)

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• 3 Chains O’ Gold Home video

• Playboy Channel created a "porno mix" of My Name Is Prince (using the "12” Club Mix" version as the audio) but it was most likely not acknowledged by Prince or Paisley Park Records although it contains some unused footage of The NPG that seem to come from the 2 Whom It May Concern shooting.
• Randee St. Nicholas has directed or co-directed the following videos for Prince: Gett Off, Violet The Organ Grinder, Clockin’ The Jizz, Insatiable, 2 Whom It May Concern, My Name Is Prince, Damn U, The Morning Papers, The Continental and Sweet Baby.
• Footage of My Name Is Prince was later included in the 2 Whom It May Concern and Purple Medley videos.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)