Purple Rain Song Meaning

Purple rain by prince.

Purple rain song meaning. In the song purple rain the purple rain is the grace of god and or salvation. Purple rain was originally written as a country song and was intended to be a collaboration with fleetwood mac singer stevie nicks. The song is a power ballad that combines rock r b gospel and orchestral music. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring prince and was released as the third single from the album.

Purple rain is a song by american musician prince and his backing band the revolution. The song purple rain was the centerpiece of the film and a key plot point. Photo by richard e. According 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.

One of the best songs he ever sang was prince s hymn purple rain and the lyrics of this song confused a lot of people as it is really unclear what he is singing about. I think the purple rain represents happiness he wants the people he cares about to just be happy he never ment to hurt them or cause them any sorrow he only wants them to be happy. Under the cherry moon sign o the times and graffiti bridge purple rain won prince an oscar for best original song score not to be confused with the best original score category won that year by a passage to india. Prince felt the color purple symbolized the end of the world.

Because if you know what it all means you are not scared you are guided by god to get you through the challenging times. Song meaningif you know prince and have listened to lyrics in his other songs you would know he is very sexual and also spiritual. The album was actually the soundtrack to the first movie prince made. Prince became a legend after releasing his most famous work the 1984 album purple rain the most famous song from the album also entitled purple rain became prince s most famous song and the movie purple rain a rock musical drama became a cult classic therefore the color purple became synonymous with the purple one himself prince rogers nelson.

If you haven t seen the movie you need to see it it s amazing. This is why he said laughing in the purple rain. I think this song was for people he cares about. Aaron redferns the song was created for the same titled movie.

He went on to make three more.