Let’s Go Crazy

E227248
single song

"Let’s Go Crazy" is a high-energy rock, funk, and pop song by Prince that opens the 1984 film and album "Purple Rain" and is renowned for its iconic guitar solo and sermon-like intro.

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Label Occurrences
Let’s Go Crazy canonical 8
Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Purple Rain ⓘ
artist Prince ⓘ
associatedAct Prince and The Revolution ⓘ
associatedTour Purple Rain Tour ⓘ
bSide Erotic City ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 7 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1980s ⓘ
fromFilm Purple Rain ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasExtendedVersion Let’s Go Crazy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
hasGuitarSolo yes ⓘ
hasIntroStyle sermon-like spoken introduction ⓘ
hasLiveStapleStatus yes ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
hasOrganIntro yes ⓘ
hasReligiousImagery yes ⓘ
includedOnCompilation The Hits/The B-Sides ⓘ
Ultimate Prince ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lengthAlbumVersion 4:39 ⓘ
lengthSingleEdit 3:46 ⓘ
musicVideoFeatures performance footage from Purple Rain film ⓘ
notableFeature extended guitar solo ⓘ
notableFor blend of rock, funk, and pop elements ⓘ
sermon-like intro and climactic guitar solo ⓘ
openingLine Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life ⓘ
opensAlbum Purple Rain ⓘ
opensFilm Purple Rain ⓘ
performer Prince and The Revolution ⓘ
producer Prince ⓘ
recordedBy Prince and The Revolution ⓘ
recordedFor Purple Rain ⓘ
surface form: Purple Rain (soundtrack)
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
releaseFormat 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 1 ⓘ
usesSpokenWord yes ⓘ
writer Prince ⓘ

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Prince → notableSong → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
Prince Rogers Nelson → notableWork → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
Purple Rain → hasPart → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
Purple Rain → singleFrom → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
When Doves Cry → followedBySingle → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
Let’s Go Crazy → hasExtendedVersion → Let’s Go Crazy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain → notableSongsIncluded → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
The Revolution → notableSongPerformance → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ
Prince and The Revolution → notableSong → Let’s Go Crazy ⓘ