Purple Rain

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lyricist and composer:Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:Because Éditions
Controversy Music
Island Music Ltd.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/17671 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2012 [info]
Wikidata:Q2000445 [info]
referred to in medleys:Purple Medley (order: 9)
later parody versions:Gorgeous Burgess Hill
Purple Pants
later translated parody versions:Bleibt net stehn

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1983-07 – 1983-08Purple Rain (take #1) (1983-07–1983-08: rehearsal for First Ave benefit concert)Prince & The Revolution4:39
1983-07 – 1983-08Purple Rain (take #2) (1983-07–1983-08: rehearsal for First Ave benefit concert)Prince & The Revolution11:25
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution16:13
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live with overdubs, single edit, 1983-08-03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution4:06
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, with overdubs; album version)livePrince and The Revolution8:41
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince9:10
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince13:34
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983‐08‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince & The Revolution14:04
1983-08-03Purple Rain (long version)livePrince and The Revolution7:05
1983Purple Rain (Piano & a Microphone 1983 version)Prince1:27
1983Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1983)partialPrince & The Revolution7:33
1983Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1983)Prince7:48
1983Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1983)Prince1:16
1984-05 – 1984-06[Gotta Shake This Feeling] (rehearsal, 1984‐05 ‐ 1984‐06)partialPrince & The Revolution12:32
1984-08-14Purple Rain (live, 1984‐08‐14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince10:15
1984-08-14Purple Rain (live, 1984‐08‐14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution10:16
1984-11 – 1984-12Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1983-07)Prince9:23
1984-12-26Purple Rain (live, 1984‐12‐26: St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution22:27
1984Gotta Shake This Feeling Baby (rehearsal, 1984)partialPrince12:59
1985-01-04Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐04: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)livePrince18:41
1985-01-10Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐10: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA)livePrince10:38
1985-01-16Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐16: University Auditorium, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, USA)livePrince11:46
1985-01-25Purple Rain (take #1) (live, 1985-01-25, soundcheck: Mid‐South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA)live and partialPrince and The Revolution1:18
1985-01-25Purple Rain (take #2) (live, 1985-01-25, soundcheck: Mid‐South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA)live and partialPrince and The Revolution2:08
1985-01-25Purple Rain (take #3) (live, 1985-01-25, soundcheck: Mid‐South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution13:17
1985-01-28Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐28: “12th Annual American Music Awards”, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA)livePrince6:35
1985-01-28Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐28: “12th Annual American Music Awards”, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA)livePrince and The Revolution6:34
1985-01-28Purple Rain (live, 1985‐01‐28: “12th Annual American Music Awards”, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA)livePrince6:33
1985-02-01Purple Rain (live, 1985‐02‐01: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA)livePrince & The Revolution18:26
1985-02-23Purple Rain (live, 1985‐02‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)livePrince20:01
1985-02-25Purple Rain (live, 1985‐02‐25: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)livePrince & The Revolution11:48
1985-03-20Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐20: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution2:39
1985-03-23Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐23: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution15:11
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution19:26
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution19:13
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution18:49
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution19:26
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution19:25
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution18:52
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince8:01
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution16:29
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA; Dolby Atmos mix)livePrince and The Revolution18:54
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985‐03‐30)livePrince and The Revolution18:54
1985-04-07Purple Rain (live, 1985‐04‐07: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince19:53
1985-04-07Purple Rain (live, 1985‐04‐07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince and The Revolution19:51
1986-03-03Purple Rain (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution12:23
1986-03-03Purple Rain (live, 1986‐03‐03: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince15:10
1986-03 – 1986-04Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1986‐03–1986‐04)Prince and The Revolution1:12
1986-04-03Purple Rain (live, 1986‐04‐03: The Metro, Boston, MA, USA)livePrince and The Revolution13:06
1986-04-03Purple Rain (intro) (rehearsal, 1986-04-03: The Metro, Boston, MA, USA)partialPrince1:06
1986-05-23Purple Rain (live, 1986‐05‐23: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA)livePrince11:44
1986-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐03: Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:37
1986-08-13Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐13: Wembley Arena, London, UK)livePrince and The Revolution10:52
1986-08-17Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐17: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)livePrince and The Revolution8:23
1986-08-22Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince12:03
1986-08-22Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince12:02
1986-08-22Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince11:59
1986-08-25Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐25: Zénith de Paris, Paris, France)livePrince8:08
1986-08-31Purple Rain (live, 1986‐08‐31: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany)livePrince & The Revolution13:09
1986-09-09Purple Rain (live, 1986‐09‐09: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan)livePrince and The Revolution10:01
1987-04-07Purple Rain (live, 1985‐04‐07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince and The Revolution19:54
1987-04Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1987‐04: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK)Prince4:29
1987-05-29Purple Rain (live, 1987‐05‐29: Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D, Wien, Austria)livePrince5:31
1987-05-29Purple Rain (live, 1987‐05‐29: Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D, Wien, Austria)livePrince5:28
1987-05-29Purple Rain (live, 1987‐05‐29: U4, Wien, Austria)livePrince4:45
1987-05-29Purple Rain (live, 1987‐05‐29: U4, Wien, Austria)livePrince1:49
1987-05-29Purple Rain (edit) (live, 1987‐05‐29: U4, Wien, Austria)live and partialPrince7:17
1987-06-17Purple Rain (live, 1987‐06‐17: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince4:31
1987-06-17Purple Rain (live, 1987-06-17: Palais Omnisports, Paris, France)livePrince4:55
1987-06-20Purple Rain (live, 1987‐06‐20: Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands)livePrince5:40
1987-06Purple Rain (live, 1987‐06: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince4:30
1987-09-05Purple Rain (live, 1987-09-05: Rupert’s Nightclub, Golden Valley, MN, USA)livePrince6:08
1987-09-05Purple Rain (live, 1987‐09‐05: Rupert’s Nightclub, Golden Valley, MN, USA)livePrince5:58
1987-11-18Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1987‐11‐18: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)Prince7:17
1987-12-31Auld Lang Syne / Purple Rain (live, 1987-12-31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince14:11
1987-12-31Purple Rain (live, 1987-12-31: Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince14:09
1987-12-31Purple Rain / Auld Lang Syne (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince14:11
1987-12-31Purple Rain / Auld Lang Syne (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince14:11
1987-12-31Purple Rain / Auld Lang Syne (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince?:??
1988-04Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1988-04: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)partialPrince5:13
1988-06Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1988-06: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)partialPrince7:45
1988-07-08Purple Rain (live, 1988‐07‐08: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince4:53
1988-08-31Purple Rain (live, 1988‐08‐31: Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany)livePrince3:33
1988-09-09Purple Rain (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince4:19
1988-09-09Purple Rain (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince4:20
1988-09-09Purple Rain (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince4:20
1988-09-09Purple Rain / 1999 (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince11:06
1988-09-15Purple Rain (live, 1988‐09‐15: Met Center, Bloomington, MN, USA)livePrince7:28
1989-02-01Purple Rain (live, 1989‐02‐01: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan)livePrince5:36
1989-02-07Purple Rain (live, 1989‐02‐07: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan)livePrince7:54
1989-02-12Purple Rain (live, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan)livePrince7:02
1989-02-12Purple Rain (live, soundcheck, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan)livePrince3:51
1989-02-13Purple Rain (live, 1989‐02‐13: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan)livePrince7:46
1990-04Purple Rain (rehearsal, 1990‐04)Prince5:54
1990-06-19Purple Rain (live, 1990‐06‐19: Wembley Arena, London, UK)livePrince?:??
1990-07-22Purple Rain (live, 1990‐07‐22: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain)livePrince7:13
1990-07-29Purple Rain (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29Purple Rain (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29Purple Rain (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince?:??
1990-07-29Purple Rain (live, 1990‐07‐29: Estadio Santa María del Mar, A Coruña, Spain)livePrince8:29
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