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]
later parody versions:Gorgeous Burgess Hill
later translated parody versions:Bleibt net stehn

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1983-08-03Purple Rain (live, 1983-08-03: Minnesota Dance Theatre, First Avenue Nightclub, Minneapolis, MN, USA, with overdubs)livePrince and The Revolution8:41
1983-08-13Purple Rain (live, 1983-08-13: “The Avenue”, First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince16:13
1983Purple Rain (Piano & a Microphone 1983 version)Prince1:27
1984-04-07Purple Rain (live, 1984-04-07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince?:??
1984-12-26Purple Rain (live, 1984-12-26: Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA)livePrince22:27
1985-01-04Purple Rain (live, 1985-01-04: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)livePrince18:40
1985-02-23Purple Rain (live, 1985-02-23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)livePrince20:01
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live, 1985-03-30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, US)livePrince & The Revolution19:26
1985-03-30Purple RainlivePrince and The Revolution18:54
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 Revolution16:29
1985-03-30Purple Rain (live in Syracuse, NY, 3/30/85) (live, 1985-03-30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, US)livePrince & The Revolution19:26
1985-04-07Purple Rain (live, 1985-04-07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince19:53
1985-04-07Purple RainlivePrince & The Revolution?:??
1986-04-03Purple RainlivePrince & The Revolution13:06
1986-09-09Purple Rain (live, 1986‐09‐09: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan)livePrince & The Revolution10:01
1987-06-20Purple Rain (live in Utrecht)livePrince5:40
1987-12-31Purple Rain (live, 1987-12-31: Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince14:09
1991-01-18Purple Rain (live, 1991-01-18: Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)livePrince11:36
1991Purple Raincover and liveThe Hollies5:01
1992-05-28Purple Rain (live, 1992-05-28: Rotterdam, Netherlands)livePrince & The New Power Generation8:42
1992-05-28Purple Rain (live, 1992-05-28: Rotterdam, Netherlands)livePrince8:56
1992Purple Rain (Rotterdam ’92)livePrince8:51
1993-05-05 – 1993-09-27Purple RaincoverHolly Cole4:26
1993-08-07Purple Raincover and livePhish6:08
1993-08-14Purple Rain (live, 1993-08-14: World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL, USA)cover and livePhish6:53
1993-08-17Purple Raincover and livePhish6:16
1994-05-07Purple Rain (live, 1994-05-07: The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and livePhish6:30
1994-05-07Purple Rain >cover and livePhish6:30
1994-11-25Purple Raincover and livePhish5:43
1994-11-25Purple Rain >cover and livePhish5:43
1995-10-21Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Upcover, live and medleyPhish6:53
2012-07-04Purple Raincover and livePhish5:19
2014-01-31Purple Rain (live, 2014-01-31: Howard Stern Birthday Bash, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveAdam Levine featuring Pat Monahan & Train6:58
2014-08-31Evangenitals perform "Purple Rain" at The Coffee Gallery Backstage 8/31/14cover and liveEvangelicals5:49
2015-04-09Purple Rain (live, 2015-04-09: Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA)livePrince and 3rdEyeGirl7:59
2016-04-23Purple Rain (live, 2016-04-23: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2016-04-23Purple Rain (live, 2016-04-23: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen1:44
2016-04-23Purple Rain (live, 2016-04-23: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:52
2016-04-24Comfortably Numb (Inc Purple Rain) (live, 2016-04-24: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)instrumental and partialDavid Gilmour8:41
2016-04-25Purple Raincover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2016-04-25Purple Rain (live, 2016-04-25: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:00
2016-04-301999, Purple Rain (live, 2016-04-30: International Jazz Day 2016: The White House, Washington, DC, USA)live and medleyAretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper, Lionel Loueke, Rapsody, Terrace Martin, Ben Williams & Terri Lyne Carrington?:??
2016-05-14Purple Rain (live, 2016-05-14: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band6:01
2016-05-14Purple Rain (live, 2016-05-14: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
2016-07-14Je t’aime / Purple Rain (live, 2016-7-14: Olympia, Paris, France)cover, live and medleyMichel Polnareff7:07
2016-07-14Medley : Je t’aime / Purple Rain (live, 2016-07-14: Olympia, Paris, France)cover, live and medleyMichel Polnareff7:07
2016-08-10Purple Rain (live, 2016-08-10: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveJeff Beck feat. Jan Hammer, Beth Hart, Rosie Bones, Jimmy Hall & Steven Tyler6:28
2016-08-10Purple Rain (live, 2016-08-10: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveJeff Beck feat. Jan Hammer, Beth Hart, Rosie Bones, Jimmy Hall & Steven Tyler6:41
2016-12-09PURPLE RAIN (live, 2016-12-09: Katsushika Symphony Hills/Mozart Hall, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan)cover and live杉山清貴6:09
2021-07-04Purple Raincover and liveDale Fisher with The Ridin' Dudes?:??
Anotherloveholenyohead & Purple RainmedleyMorten Abel2:38
Comfortably Numb (live, 2016-04-24: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)instrumental and partialDavid Gilmour8:41
Purple raincoverThe Faumuis4:13
Purple RainlivePrince11:27
Purple RaincoverKBO!4:47
Purple RainPrince & The Revolution6:54
Purple RainPrince4:37
Purple Raincover and instrumentalThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra6:28
Purple RaincoverStina Nordenstam3:51
Purple RainPrince6:19
Purple Rain (live)Prince & The Revolution18:52
Purple RaincoverEtta James5:45
Purple RaincoverPreston Shannon5:38
Purple RaincoverThe Flying Pickets5:15
Purple RainlivePrince4:20
Purple RaincoverLeAnn Rimes4:56
Purple RaincoverBobby Yang4:54
Purple RaincoverLament?:??
Purple Rain (part of “LateNightTales: At the Movies” DJ-mix)Prince & The Revolution4:55
Purple Rain (live, 2017: Saint Vitus Bar, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveBaroness + Mutoid Man5:35
Purple RaincoverUrselle3:59
Purple RainPrince & The Revolution6:33
Purple RainlivePrince4:30
Purple Rain (live, 1985-03-20: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution2:39
Purple RainPrince6:19
Purple RaincoverEnzo Pietropaoli2:16
Purple RaincoverThe Child6:47
Purple RainPrince3:56
Purple RaincoverThe White Birch4:13
Purple RaincoverRadio Riddler feat. Ali Campbell6:38
Purple Raincover and instrumentalDavid Garrett4:12
Purple Raincover500won5:40
Purple RaincoverThe Teddy Bears8:56
Purple Rain (live, 1985-03-23: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution15:11
Purple RaincoverEero Raittinen & Anssi Kela3:57
Purple RaincoverRandy Crawford5:50
Purple RainlivePrince4:31
Purple Rain (unplugged)coverUB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey4:06
Purple RaincoverDavid Munyon7:33
Purple Raincover and instrumentalClassic Metropolitan Orchestra6:27
Purple Rain (live, 1999)liveThe Artist (Formerly Known As Prince)11:46
Purple Rain (live, 2017: Saint Vitus Bar, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveBaroness + Mutoid Man?:??
Purple RaincoverLavender Diamond4:36
Purple RaincoverRandy Crawford5:52
Purple RainlivePrince & The Revolution14:04
Purple RainlivePrince & The Revolution11:48
Purple RaincoverEffcee4:56
Purple RainPrince5:49
Purple RainlivePrince5:33
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