The song formed the basis of the Purple Rain movie."I told him, 'Man, I'm just super-flattered that you even called. "I thought it was an amazing tune," Cain said. However, Cain reassured Prince by saying that the songs only shared the same four chords.
Prince was concerned that it might be too similar to Journey's 'Faithfully', a song composed by Cain which had recently been in the US charts. Purple Rain meaning: What is the song about?Īfter recording the song, Prince phoned Journey member Jonathan Cain, to ask him to listen to it.We played it for six hours straight and by the end of that day we had it mostly written and arranged." "Then we all started playing it a bit harder and taking it more seriously. It's mellow."Īccording to Lisa Coleman, Prince changed the song dramatically after Wendy Melvoin started playing the guitar to accompany the song: "He was excited to hear it voiced differently. Prince then asked his backing band to try the song: "I want to try something before we go home.
I called him back and said, 'I can't do it. She later said: "I listened to it and I just got scared. 'Purple Rain' was originally written as a country song, and was intended to be a collaboration with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks.Īccording to Nicks, she received a 10-minute instrumental version of the song from Prince, with a request to write the lyrics, but she felt overwhelmed by the task.
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