clarence williams iii played prince's father in purple rain.
clarence williams iii played prince's father in purple rain.
who played prince's father in purple rain?
clarence williams iii
"computer blue" is the fourth track on prince and the revolution's soundtrack album, "purple rain". in the film, the song represents prince's angst at the budding relationship between the characters played by morris day and apollonia. the song was composed by prince, with credit to his father, john l. nelson for the guitar solo based on a piano instrumental written by nelson and prince. prince titled the piece "father's song" and recorded it on piano for the film, though on screen it was portrayed as being played by prince's on-screen father, actor clarence williams iii. on the box-set "purple rain deluxe" (2017) a different and longer recording of "father's song" made after this song was included.
computer blue
"purple rain" sold over 1.5 million copies its first week in stores, and sold over 13 million copies in the united states alone, with a total of 25 million copies sold worldwide.april 2016, the album re-charted at no. 2 on the "billboard 200" after prince's death, selling over 69,000 copies in the following week, and one of the best-selling albums of the year in the us with 487,000 sold in 2016. according to billboard, within less than a month after prince's death, four of the top ten songs on the hot rock songs belonged to tracks off "purple rain", with the title track coming in at no. 1. "purple rain" posthumously won "soundtrack of the year" at the american music awards in 2016. "purple rain" was the thirteenth best selling album of 2016 with 487,000 album sales. after a deluxe edition was released in 2017, "purple rain" re-entered many top-ten charts around the world including the us, uk and austria. it debuted at no. 4 on the billboard 200 with 52,000 copies sold.
purple rain (album)