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The third single from the album . Chart: #2. Time - 4:05 / 8:41. Flip Side: "God". Released in U.S.A. September 26, 1984. Recorded live at First Avenue nightclub, Minneapolis, Minnisota, August 3, 1983; Overdubbs: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, Mid Aug-Mid Sep, 1983,, USA. Produced by Prince and and the Revolution. Engineered by Dave Hewitt and Kooster McAllister. Purple Rain is the end of the world. The song was written originally by Prince as a country song, evolving into a rock song. Prince was frustrated that there were no black rock artists since the 1950's with Chuck Berry and Little Rickard. There was an attempted collaboration with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, which was turned down by Nicks. He thought it sounded like Journey's 'Faithfully'. Calling Journey's Jonathan Cain, he was assured it was different. It was the last song performed by Prince at his last concert in Atlanta, Georgia on April 14, 2016. After his death, the song returned to Billboard's Hot 100 and reached #4. - Larry - |
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Prince""When there's blood in the sky red and blue = purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain." Stevie Nicks - 2013:Mojo"I've still got it (the demo cassette), with the whole instrumental track and a little bit of Prince singing, 'Can't get over that feeling,' or something. I told him, 'Prince, I've listened to this a hundred times but I wouldn't know where to start. It's a movie, it's epic. The olive branch of him giving me that cassette was huge, but I think he would have liked a romance with me, too." Lisa Coleman - 2019:LoudersoundWe had struggled for a couple of years, trying to write one song for a black music station, and one for a rock station. But Purple Rain the song was played on every kind of radio station, from country to Americana to rock ballad. And its just so perfect that it came from Prince, who nobody knew what to make of. Are you serious? Who is this guy? ..... He never wanted to lose his black audience, that was really important to his identity. |
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