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"Writer: PrinceProducer: PrinceReleased: June '84, Warner Bros.16 weeks; No. 2\r\nBobby Z of the Revolution recalled the first time he heard Prince play \"Purple Rain\": \"It was almost country. It was almost rock. It was almost gospel.\" The basic tracks were recorded live at a 1983 club date in Minneapolis, benefiting the Minnesota Dance Theater. But the seeds came from Prince's 1999 tour; Bob Seger was touring at the same time, and Prince decided to try writing a song in the same anthemic vein.\r\nAppears on: Purple Rain (Warner Bros.)\r\nRELATED: \r\n&amp;bull; The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Prince\r\n&amp;bull; 100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Prince"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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