Instead, you should practice each section until you perfect it. Do not play the whole song at once with the video. If you want you can first practice the melody while singing and then add the supporting notes and left-hand bass melodies. While practicing, you have to be careful about the right hand, because it includes the main melody and some support notes from the chords together. After Prince’s death, the song entered the charts again and stayed at the top for a long time.
144 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
It is considered to be one of Prince’s signature songs and it is ranked at No. It is a power ballad song with a mixture of rock, R&B, gospel, and orchestral music. It was also the soundtrack of the 1984 film Purple Rain starring Prince. “Purple Rain” was released in 1984 by Prince and his band The Revolution for the album of the same name.