Retro Video of the Week: "When Doves Cry" by Prince & The Revolution

In the midst of World Cup insanity that included a Uruguayan serial biter doing presumably the only thing that can satisfy his strange sexual urges, a Uruguayan with a giant forehead scoring on a header with less than 10 minutes left in the game to eliminate Italy and send Uruguay to the Round of 16, and a stoppage time penalty kick to clinch Greece's first-ever appearance in the Round of 16, I completely forgot to post a Tuesday Top Ten yesterday.  I hope to make it up to you today in the form of violet-hued robes, motorcycles, and precipitation.

You see, fair reader, 30 years ago today, Prince & The Revolution's seminal Purple Rain album was released.  Calling it a "hit" is a bit of an understatement.  

• The album sold 1.5 million copies in its first week, and has gone on to sell 13 million copies in the U.S. and over 20 million copies worldwide.  
• It held the #1 spot on Billboard's album charts for 24 consecutive weeks from August 1984 to January 1985.
• All five singles from the album landed in the Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, including 2 #1 songs ("When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy"), a #2 (the title track), a #8 ("I Would Die 4 U"), and a #25 ("Take Me With U")
• After hearing the song "Darling Nikki" (which her 11-year-old daughter was listening to), Tipper Gore became outraged at its lyrics about sex and masturbation, and the song inspired her to form the censorship-minded PMRC in 1985.  "Darling Nikki" was on the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen," and, of course, the PMRC and the RIAA later struck a deal to put "Parental Advisory" stickers on albums with bad language, sexually suggestive subject matter, or violent subject matter -- prompting kids around the country to flock to any and every album with a Parental Advisory sticker on it.
• The album won two Grammy Awards.
• The film Purple Rain won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score in 1985.
• My friend Daniel sings a hell of a karaoke version of the title track.

The only issue for me was choosing a video, or so I thought it was going to be.  It turns out "When Doves Cry" is the only song from the album with an official video, so that made my choice pretty easy.  Here you go.  Game, blouses.