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The music on Purple Rain is generally regarded as the most pop-oriented of Prince's career, though a number of elements point towards the more experimental records Prince would release after Purple Rain. The music video for the album's lead single "When Doves Cry" sparked controversy among network executives, who thought its sexual nature was ...
"Purple Rain" is a song by the American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film Purple Rain starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the album.
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Purple Rain became Prince’s first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. The album spent 24 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
Prince and Beyoncé performed 'Purple Rain,' 'Baby I'm A Star,' 'Let's Go Crazy,' and 'Crazy In Love' at the 2004 Grammys.
"When Doves Cry" is a song by American musician Prince, and the lead single from his sixth studio album Purple Rain.According to the DVD commentary of the film Purple Rain (1984), Prince was asked by director Albert Magnoli to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film that involved Prince's character The Kid's intermingled parental difficulties with his father Francis ...
The song contains the phrase "purple rain", later the title of the 1984 song, album, film and tour, from the artist Prince.Whether any connection actually exists, both Mikel Toombs of The San Diego Union and Bob Kostanczuk of the Post-Tribune have written that Prince got the title directly from "Ventura Highway".
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