"Purple Rain" - Soundtrack Highlights Quiz

Answer: Life

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. 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."

"Let's Go Crazy" was track one on "Purple Rain" and the second number one hit from the album on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

Answer: Apollonia Kotera

When "Take Me With U" was originally conceived by Prince, it was going to feature Vanity on vocals. Vanity (Denise Matthews) chose to not be part of the movie or the single and chose to sign with Motown and work on the film "The Last Dragon". Apollonia Kotera starred as Apollonia in the movie and shared vocals on "Take Me With U".

She was part of the trio, Apollonia 6, and released their debut album with Prince producing.

Answer: The Beautiful Ones

"The Beautiful Ones" was entirely written, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince, without the Revolution. The piano driven ballad is sung as a falsetto and builds intensity throughout the track. During the climax of the track, Prince yells, "Do you want him or do you want me? Because I want you".

Answer: Blue

The album's name is "Purple Rain". Prince had a big smash with "Little Red Corvette" and recorded "Pink Cashmere". But "Computer Blue" was the electric track on "Purple Rain". "Computer Blue" somehow managed to combine raw funk, jazz, and a powerful rock guitar solo into one of the highlights of the release. Prince would often play the track during his live sets in the mid 1980s.

Answer: Al Gore

Tipper Gore, wife of Al Gore, was a strong advocate for parental warning labels on music. She was part of the PMRC and created a list called the "Filthy Fifteen". Songs on the list included Madonna's "Dress You Up", Twisted Sisters' "We're Not Gonna Take It", Sheena Easton's "Sugar Walls", and Prince's "Darling Nikki".

The Prince track included a line about masturbation that stood out and was listed first by Gore.

Answer: True

The top three songs for 1984 on the Billboard Hot 100 were Prince's "When Doves Cry", "What's Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner, and the Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney duet, "Say Say Say". "When Doves Cry" was Prince's first number one hit song and topped the charts on July 7, 1984.

Answer: I Would Die 4 U

"I Would Die 4 U" was the correct spelling on the album. Long before text messaging, Prince would replace words with letters or numbers for a unique style, brevity on the album cover, and to have fun with the title. "Take Me With U" and "Jack U Off" were two other examples. Not surprisingly, Prince later changed his name to a symbol.

Answer: Baby I'm A Star

The movie "Purple Rain" ends with the triumphant mashing of "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm A Star" while the album concludes with "Purple Rain". "Baby I'm A Star" was written three years before the "Purple Rain" album was released. It could have been a part of "Controversy" or "1999" but became a pivotal track on "Purple Rain".

Answer: False

The single "Purple Rain" was not only released as a single, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The album version of "Purple Rain" clocks in at 8:40 but there was a 7" radio single version that was just over four minutes long. The track, "God", was released on the B-side of the single.

Answer: Morris Day

Morris Day and Prince began their careers together in the 1970s in a band called Grand Central. By the release of "Purple Rain" in 1984, Morris Day was not a member of Prince's band but was the lead singer of The Time. Prince wrote, produced, and recorded everything but the vocals for The Time's debut album and Morris came in and recorded the vocals.