 Genius Meanings
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
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Prince’s definitive power ballad “Purple Rain” peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 on November 17, 1984 behind Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”. It was the title track of the album and
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Future – Purple Reign
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Aside from the nod to Prince’s album Purple Rain, this song is inextricably linked to Future’s lean abuse and his reign over the rap game. While climbing the ladder of success
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Prince and the Revolution – Let's Go Crazy
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“Let’s Go Crazy” opens Purple Rain, both the movie and the album. The song opens with a eulogy-style sermon.
Counter to what you might expect from the song’s title, the song calls
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Tobe Nwigwe (Ft. Lil Keke) – PURPLE RAIN THING
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[Intro: Tobe Nwigwe] / Ooh / Ooh, yeah / West / Leggo / [Verse 1: Tobe Nwigwe] / My hood full of cases like the Redbox / And everything be Gucci 'til them feds knock / Got the rap
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Beyoncé (Ft. Prince) – Purple Rain / Baby I'm A Star / Crazy In Love (Live at "46th Annual Grammy Awards")
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[Verse 1: Prince] / I never meant to cause u any sorrow / I never meant to cause u any pain / I only wanted to one time see u laughing / I only wanted to see u laughing in the
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Prince and the Revolution – Computer Blue
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“Computer Blue” is the fourth track on Prince and the Revolution’s soundtrack to Purple Rain. The song opens with a (now-famous) suggestive exchange between keyboardist Lisa
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Prince and the Revolution – When Doves Cry
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“When Doves Cry” is a Prince song that was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member Susan Moonsie.
It is also a song Prince composed specifically for the soundtrack of
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain (Live In Syracuse, March 30, 1985 (2022 Remaster))
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[Verse 1] / I never meant to cause you any sorrow, thank you / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted one time to see you laughing / Only wanted to see you laughing in
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Prince and the Revolution – God (Love Theme From “Purple Rain”) [Instrumental Version]
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[Instrumental]
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Prince Taylor – PURPLE RAIN
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When there’s blood in the sky – red and blue = purple.. purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/God guide you through
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Prince and the Revolution (Ft. Apollonia Kotero) – Take Me with U
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The last single released from the Purple Rain soundtrack, the duet was originally intended for Appollonia’s own album.
The song is notable for a rare in pop drum solo and finger
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain - Live in Syracuse, NY, 3/30/85
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[Verse 1] / I never meant to cause you any sorrow / (Thank you) / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted one time to see you laughing / Only wanted to see you
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Randy Crawford – Purple Rain
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I never meant to cause you any sorrow / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanna one time see you laughing / I only wanna to hear you laughing in the purple rain / Purple
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Aynsley Lister – Purple Rain
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I never meant to cause you any sorrow / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted one time to see you laughing / I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain
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Prince and the Revolution – I Would Die 4 U
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“I Would Die 4 U” is the fourth single from Prince and the Revolution’s 1984 album-film Purple Rain. In the movie, it was one of two songs The Kid performs as an encore after the
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Prince and the Revolution – The Beautiful Ones
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“The Beautiful Ones” begins as a plaintive ballad–Prince’s falsetto, a synthesized piano, slow drum pattern on a Linn drum machine–with the narrator expressing his passion for an
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Thirty Seconds to Mars – The Tribute Song
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[Verse 1 - Prince's Purple Rain] / I never meant to cause you any sorrow / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted to one time to see you laughing / [Pre-Chorus - John
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Wanda Kay – Purple Rain
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[Songtext zu „Purple Rain“] / [Strophe 1] / I never meant to cause you any sorrow / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted to one time to see you laughing / I only
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Prince and the Revolution – Darling Nikki
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“Darling Nikki” focuses on the winding story of the singer’s sexual encounter with the eponymous Nikki. It received a lot of criticism upon its release, explicit as it is about sex
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The Waterboys – Purple Rain
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I never meant to cause you any trouble / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only ever wanted to see you laughing / Only want to see you laughing in the purple rain / Purple
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Brent Faiyaz (Ft. Drake & The Neptunes) – WASTING TIME
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On “Wasting Time,” Brent Faiyaz unites with Drake for a song about their respective connections to the women in their lives. They understand that both they and their women have
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Potter Payper – Purple Rain
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Had to question everything I stand for / Still purple rain and maintaining through the downpour / Cold night sleeping on the ground floor / I don't hate my father I just wish he
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Dez Dickerson – (I Want 2 B A) Modernaire
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“(I Want 2 B A) Modernaire” is a song written by Prince and co-produced by Dez Dickerson in 1983. It was featured in Prince’s classic movie Purple Rain, in a scene where Dez
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Phish – Purple Rain
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I never meant to cause you any problem / I never meant to cause you any pain / I only wanted to one time see you laughing / Only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain
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Prince and the Revolution – God (Love Theme from “Purple Rain”) [Instrumental]
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[Instrumental]
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