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Prince and the Revolution won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, while Prince also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film Purple Rain.
- "Let's Go Crazy" For the first half-decade of Prince's recording career, the singles that had crossed over to the pop chart hadn't properly showcased all of his skills as a guitarist.
- "Take Me With U" Prince had originally fashioned "Take Me With U" as a duet with Apollonia Kotero for Apollonia 6's debut. But there were a couple of issues.
- "The Beautiful Ones" Although it has been widely believed that "The Beautiful Ones" was written about girlfriend Susannah Melvoin, Prince said in 2015 that it was about Denise "Vanity" Matthews, who had been slated to be in Purple Rain, but left before production started.
- "Computer Blue" At one point, "Computer Blue" was 14 minutes long, but when "Take Me With U" was added to the soundtrack, Prince had to edit it down, eventually taking 10 minutes out of it, including a spoken-word section, although a 12-minute take was included on the 2017 expanded reissue of the soundtrack.
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Purple Rain Book Author Recalls the ‘Playful’ and ‘Soft-Spoken’ Side of Prince
There seems to be as many books about Prince as there are tapes in The Purple One’s vaults. With 2024 being the 40th anniversary of his chart-topping, multi-platinum, Academy Award-winning film ...
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How high did Prince's 'Purple Rain' go on Apple Music's new list of 100 best albums?
With its 40th anniversary approaching next month, Prince & the Revolution's "Purple Rain" remains one of the top albums of all time, according to Apple Music. The mostly Minnesota-made soundtrack ...
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Purple Rain Lyrics. Purple Rain, Prince’s sixth album, was released on June 25, 1984, and doubles as the soundtrack to his debut film released one month later on July 27th. Although...
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Purple Rain. 9 songs • 44 minutes Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was released on June 25, 1984, by...
Jun 25, 1984 · In putting together Prince’s wardrobe for the movie that the album soundtracked, costume designer Marie France noticed the way he was drawn to contrasts: a silk trench coat with punky silver studs; clean, masculine lines with feminine fabrics like lace and chiffon; the edgy and the romantic.
