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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president UsefulNotes/AlGore's daughter. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then-eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to the song, and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snider]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president UsefulNotes/AlGore's daughter.UsefulNotes/AlGore. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then-eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to the song, and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snider]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
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Factual error - film did not win or receive a nomination for Best Original Song at the Oscars but won Best Original Song Score.
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It won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The TitleTrack even won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]].
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It won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The TitleTrack film’s music even won Prince an Oscar for Best Original Song Score at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Darling Nikki", to the point where it caused a government hearing.
-->"I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine"
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''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 copies in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
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''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 copies in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the year-end Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
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''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
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''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 copies in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
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Commercially, ''Purple Rain'' lifted Prince to megastardom. The album went ''13-times Platinum'' in the United States (later certified Diamond by the RIAA), and also double-Platinum in the United Kingdom. Globally, it has sold over 25 million copies, including 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died. It is the third biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time.
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Commercially, ''Purple Rain'' lifted Prince to megastardom. The album went ''13-times Platinum'' in the United States (later certified Diamond by the RIAA), and also double-Platinum in the United Kingdom. Globally, it has sold over 25 million copies, including 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died.copies. It is the third biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time.
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It was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2012.
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It was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2012.
2012. The album was remastered in 2015, with a four-disc deluxe edition released that year.
''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
''Purple Rain'' would sell 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died, becoming the top soundtrack album of 2016 and again reaching #55 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It's been in at least the Top 20 of the Billboard Soundtrack Album chart every year since, reaching #4 again in 2021.
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* LetsDuet: "Take Me With U", with [[Music/PrincesAssociates Appollonia]].
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* LetsDuet: "Take Me With U", with [[Music/PrincesAssociates Appollonia]].[[Music/Apollonia6 Apollonia]].
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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president UsefulNotes/AlGore's daughter. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then-eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to the song, and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snyder]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president UsefulNotes/AlGore's daughter. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then-eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to the song, and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snyder]], Snider]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
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* SpokenWordInSong: The album begins with ''a sermon'' at the start of "Let's Go Crazy".
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''Purple Rain'' is the sixth studio album by American pop/rock musician Music/{{Prince}}, the first with the Revolution as his backing band. It acts as the soundtrack for the 1984 [[Film/PurpleRain film of the same name]]. It was released through [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros. Records]] on June 25, 1984.
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''Purple Rain'' is the sixth studio album by American pop/rock musician Music/{{Prince}}, the first second with the Revolution as his backing band. It acts as the soundtrack for the 1984 [[Film/PurpleRain film of the same name]]. It was released through [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros. Records]] on June 25, 1984.
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Widely considered Prince's ''[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]]'', the album is regarded by the broad majority of fans, critics, and music analysts as Prince's masterpiece. It won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The TitleTrack even won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]].
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So, to put a long story short, this album indirectly caused the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker.
Ironically, ''Purple Rain'' never received one.
It was ranked #76 on ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list in both 2003 and 2012, and lifted all the way to #8 [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 on the 2020 list]]. It was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2012.
Ironically, ''Purple Rain'' never received one.
It was ranked #76 on ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list in both 2003 and 2012, and lifted all the way to #8 [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 on the 2020 list]]. It was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2012.
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So, to put a long story short, this album indirectly caused the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker.
sticker. Ironically, ''Purple Rain'' never received one.
It was ranked #76 on ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list in both 2003 and 2012, and lifted all the way to #8 [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 on the 2020 list]]. It was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry in 2012.
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->"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called 'life.'\\
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Electric word, 'life'; it means 'forever,' and that's a mighty long time. But I'm here to tell you there's something else: the Afterworld. A world of never-ending happiness; you can always see the sun, day or night.\\
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So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills--you know the one, Dr. Everything'll-Be-Alright--instead of asking him how much of your time is left, ask him how much of your mind, baby.\\
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'Cause in this life, things are much harder than in the Afterworld; in this life you're on your own.\\
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And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy! Punch a higher floor!"
-->'''Prince's spoken-word monologue that opens the album'''
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Electric word, 'life'; it means 'forever,' and that's a mighty long time. But I'm here to tell you there's something else: the Afterworld. A world of never-ending happiness; you can always see the sun, day or night.\\
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So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills--you know the one, Dr. Everything'll-Be-Alright--instead of asking him how much of your time is left, ask him how much of your mind, baby.\\
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'Cause in this life, things are much harder than in the Afterworld; in this life you're on your own.\\
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And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy! Punch a higher floor!"
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Widely considered Prince's ''[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]]'', it won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for "Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group" and "Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media". The TitleTrack even won an Oscar for "Best Original Song" at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]]. It is regarded by the broad majority of fans, critics, and music analysts as Prince's masterpiece.
Commercially, the album lifted Prince to megastardom. The album went ''13-times Platinum'' in the United States (later certified Diamond by the RIAA), and also double-Platinum in the United Kingdom. Globally, it has sold over 25 million copies, including 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died. It is the third biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time.
Commercially, the album lifted Prince to megastardom. The album went ''13-times Platinum'' in the United States (later certified Diamond by the RIAA), and also double-Platinum in the United Kingdom. Globally, it has sold over 25 million copies, including 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died. It is the third biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time.
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Widely considered Prince's ''[[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]]'', it won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for "Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group" and "Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media". The TitleTrack even won an Oscar for "Best Original Song" at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]]. It album is regarded by the broad majority of fans, critics, and music analysts as Prince's masterpiece.
masterpiece. It won the UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. The TitleTrack even won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward 57th Academy Awards]].
Commercially,the album ''Purple Rain'' lifted Prince to megastardom. The album went ''13-times Platinum'' in the United States (later certified Diamond by the RIAA), and also double-Platinum in the United Kingdom. Globally, it has sold over 25 million copies, including 700,000 in 2016, the year Prince died. It is the third biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time.
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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president Al Gore's daughter. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to "Darling Nikki", and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snyder]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
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While not released as a single, the track "Darling Nikki" did gain just as much notoriety thanks to it being a favorite of Kareana Gore Schiff, daughter of senator and later vice president Al Gore's UsefulNotes/AlGore's daughter. Al's wife, Tipper, caught a then eleven-year-old then-eleven-year-old Kareana singing along to "Darling Nikki", the song, and, horrified that her child was singing along to such a blatantly sexual song, co-founded the Parent's Music Resource Center in 1985 with the aim of imposing an MPAA-like rating system on music releases. While the plan didn't work out due to accusations of censorship from the music industry, which came to a head in a court hearing in August that featured counterargument testimonies from the likes of Music/FrankZappa, [[Music/TwistedSister Dee Snyder]], and Music/JohnDenver, the PMRC did succeed in forcing the music industry to start applying warning stickers to the packaging of albums with explicit lyrics.
