"%22Purple Rain%22 is a song by Prince and The Revolution. 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, and was released as the third single from that album. The song is a combination of rock, pop, gospel, and orchestral music. It reached #2 in the U.S. for two weeks, behind %22Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go%22 by Wham!, and it is widely considered one of Prince's signature songs. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, shipping 1 million units in the United States.Rolling Stone ranked it #143 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time while Q magazine placed it at number 40 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks, and Pitchfork Media named it the best song of the 1980s." . "0"^^ . "false"^^ . "-0.296732"^^ . "false"^^ . "5"^^ . "english" . . . "2011-11-23"^^ . "eng" . "Prince (musician)" . "Purple Rain" . "Purple Rain" . "12-inch single" . "85a752f8-cbad-42e6-8828-bd81318e3c7d" . "1983-08-03" . "-18.1"^^ . "Songs written by Prince (musician)" . "1984 singles" . "5714dee025ac0d8aee4e6c48" . "1983-08-03" . "1984-09-26"^^ . "Prince (musician) songs" . "103.359"^^ . . "The Flying Pickets songs" . "Rock ballads" . . "Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America" . . "Warner Bros. Records singles" . "1984 songs" . . "Warner Bros. Records" . . "2012" . "Dutch Top 40 number-one singles" . "Song recordings produced by Prince (musician)" . . "The Waterboys songs" . "live, 1983-08-03: Minnesota Dance Theatre, First Avenue Nightclub, Minneapolis, MN, USA" . "--08-03" . "1311727" . "Music download" . . . "2012-05-29"^^ . "143364"^^ . "false"^^ . . . "1980s ballads" . "356000.0"^^ . "-0.126814"^^ . "JPPS00107110" . . "Pop ballads" . "14593008" .