When Doves Cry

E227245
single song

"When Doves Cry" is a 1984 hit single by Prince that became one of his signature songs, noted for its innovative production, lack of bass line, and central role in the film and album "Purple Rain."

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Label Occurrences
When Doves Cry canonical 7
When Doves Cry (music video) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Purple Rain ⓘ
artist Prince ⓘ
associatedAct The Revolution ⓘ
Bside 17 Days ⓘ
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSCashBoxTop100 1 ⓘ
composer Prince ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1980s ⓘ
followedBySingle Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Ginuwine ⓘ
Quindon Tarver ⓘ
hasMusicVideo When Doves Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: When Doves Cry (music video)
label Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 5:52 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Albert Magnoli ⓘ
Prince ⓘ
notableFeature guitar solo ⓘ
innovative production ⓘ
lack of bass line ⓘ
prominent Linn LM-1 drum machine pattern ⓘ
partOf Purple Rain ⓘ
surface form: Purple Rain (album)
performer Prince ⓘ
precededBySingle Let’s Pretend We’re Married ⓘ
producer Prince ⓘ
rankedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
recordingYear 1984 ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-05-16 ⓘ
RIAACertificationUS platinum ⓘ
signatureSongOf Prince ⓘ
singleVersionLength 3:49 ⓘ
soundtrackFor Purple Rain ⓘ
surface form: Purple Rain (film)
theme emotional turmoil ⓘ
romantic conflict ⓘ
usedIn Purple Rain ⓘ
surface form: Purple Rain (film)
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100 5 ⓘ
writer Prince ⓘ

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Prince → notableSong → When Doves Cry ⓘ
Prince Rogers Nelson → notableWork → When Doves Cry ⓘ
Purple Rain → hasPart → When Doves Cry ⓘ
Purple Rain → singleFrom → When Doves Cry ⓘ
When Doves Cry → hasMusicVideo → When Doves Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: When Doves Cry (music video)
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain → notableSongsIncluded → When Doves Cry ⓘ
The Revolution → notableSongPerformance → When Doves Cry ⓘ
Prince and The Revolution → notableSong → When Doves Cry ⓘ