"When Doves Cry" is the first single off of the album ... And so the song was kind of written as this summary statement about Purple Rain the movie, but none of us had seen the movie, so we ...

and the spiritual successor to Purple Rain’s Take Me With U. Indeed, Prince would frequently segue from one to the other during his live shows. Second single Pop Life slaps a little harder and grooves ...

“Purple Rain” was launched brilliantly: “When Doves Cry,” its unique and unforgettable lead single, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 2 at No. 57, then rose unusually rapidly (for ...

The Purple Rain soundtrack album topped the Billboard ... By December, Billboard reported that “Doves” was 1984’s top-selling single and noted that the year had been “dominated by the ...

The Purple Rain album was released weeks ahead of the ... The sexually explicit single "Darling Nikki" was considered risqué and is one song that sparked Tipper Gore and the Parents Music ...

The singer then recounted arriving at the Purple Rain premiere in Hollywood in 1984 ... Nicks wrote her 1983 single "Stand Back" after she heard Prince's "Little Red Corvette," and eventually ...