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|Current video name = Uptown | |Current video name = Uptown | ||
|Video Image = Uptown-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = Uptown-vid5in1.png | ||
| − | |Date = | + | |Date = Late 1980 |
| − | |producer(s) = | + | |producer(s) = ''Information needed'' |
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|Related = [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] | |Related = [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] | ||
|ReleaseDate = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_14|14 September 1993]] | |ReleaseDate = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_14|14 September 1993]] | ||
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|Next Video link = [[Video: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | ||
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| − | |Introduction = '''Uptown''' is | + | |Introduction = '''Uptown''' is a [[Prince]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: Uptown|single]]. |
| − | Similar to the [[Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] visual promo, this video shows [[Prince]] and his band lip-syncing to a live performance. The band plays on stripped down version of the [[Dirty Mind Tour]] concert stage, that was used for both this video and [[Video: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]], shot the same day. | + | Shooting took place in Los Angeles, California on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_24|24 October 1980]] in the afternoon in front of a local audience. Similar to the [[Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] visual promo, this video shows [[Prince]] and his band lip-syncing to a live performance. The band plays on stripped down version of the [[Dirty Mind Tour]] concert stage, that was used for both this video and [[Video: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]], shot the same day. |
Wardrobe wise, a significant change is made from the [[Video: I Wanna Be Your Lover-band|I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version)]] and [[Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] videos as [[Prince]] wears the same outfit seen on [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] album cover. This marks an additional [[Prince]] trademark for videos: the distinctive ''look'' he adopts for albums and single covers and/or while on tour will be systematically used for videos. | Wardrobe wise, a significant change is made from the [[Video: I Wanna Be Your Lover-band|I Wanna Be Your Lover (band version)]] and [[Video: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?|Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?]] videos as [[Prince]] wears the same outfit seen on [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] album cover. This marks an additional [[Prince]] trademark for videos: the distinctive ''look'' he adopts for albums and single covers and/or while on tour will be systematically used for videos. | ||
| − | Of note | + | Of note, '''Uptown''' features the first appearance of [[Lisa Coleman]] in a [[Prince]] video. |
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| + | The video was included on [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] in 1993. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_24|24 October 1980]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_24|24 October 1980]] | ||
| − | |studio = | + | |studio = Producer’s Studios – Stage 9, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
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* [[Single: Uptown|Uptown]] (single)<br> | * [[Single: Uptown|Uptown]] (single)<br> | ||
[[Image:Uptown_single.jpg|100px]] | [[Image:Uptown_single.jpg|100px]] | ||
| − | |Quotations & trivia = The Hohner Telecaster, [[Prince]] | + | |Quotations & trivia = The Hohner Telecaster, [[Prince]]’s classic guitar, appears for the first time in a video. |
*The shoot was done with a studio audience that was made aware of the 2 PM shoot via the means of flyers distributed in the neighborhood. | *The shoot was done with a studio audience that was made aware of the 2 PM shoot via the means of flyers distributed in the neighborhood. | ||
* [[Matt Fink]] wears a surgeon outfit for the first time in a [[Prince]] video. | * [[Matt Fink]] wears a surgeon outfit for the first time in a [[Prince]] video. | ||
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