Video: U Got The Look

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1987: Sign O’ The Times ◄ Music Videos
(Prince) 		Music Videos
(Related Artists) 		► 1987: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
U Got The Look
U Got The Look music video selected snapshots

Music Video details

First aired: August 1987
Producer(s):
Director: David Hogan
Related home video/DVD: Sign O’ The Times (Home Video)

Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition

First (Commercially) Released: 5 May 1988

Awards

Date Institution, Country Award
MTV Video Music Awards, USA 7 Sep. 1988 Best Male Video
MTV Video Music Awards, USA 7 Sep. 1988 Best Stage Performance in a Video

U Got The Look is the twenty-sixth Prince video to have been released for broadcast.

Around 150 invitations to participate as extras in the video were given out to attendants of the June, 15th 1987 concert. A note with a lipstick trace stamp as well as handwritten info on the shooting date, time and entrance door was distributed to the front row concerts-goers.

Shooting started around 6:00 p.m. and lasted until around 3:00 a.m. with a food break in the middle for which tables were set up. During the break Prince performed a 10 minute drums solo.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
16 June 1987 Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France From 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. (17 June 1987)
Cast
Crew
  • Cat Glover - choreography
  • Charley Randazzo - editor
  • Steve Purcell - editor
  • More information needed

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
U Got The Look 5:32 Sign O’ The Times Home Video (1988)

Prince streaming video platforms (2017)
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)
Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition DVD


 
Additional Information
See Also Quotation & triva

Ugotthelook single.jpg

  • The video was never commercially released as stand alone, but was an integral part of the Sign O’ The Times Home Video.
  • The video was also nominated in Best Choreography in a Video and Best Editing in a Video categories at the 1988 MTV Music Awards.
  • The video was nominated in Production/Music Video at the 8th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 May 1988).
References
◄ 1987
Sign O’ The Times 		Music Videos (Prince) Music Videos (Related Artists) 1987
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 		►
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