When Doves Cry

~ Song

Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2025-02-21 18:47 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:Because Éditions
Controversy Music
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Prince-and-the-revolution-when-doves-cry-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/16260 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=695 [info] (ended)
Wikidata:Q2299883 [info]
referred to in medleys:Kirk J’s B Sides Remix
Purple Medley (order: 2)
later translated versions:Les Pleurs des colombes (June Cocó)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1983-06-07When Doves Cry (live, 1983‐06‐07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution11:40
1983-06-07When Doves Cry (live, 1984-06-07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution11:48
1984-03-01When Doves Cry (album version)Prince and The Revolution5:54
1984-03-01When Doves Cry (single edit)Prince3:49
1984-05 – 1984-06When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐05 ‐ 1984‐06)Prince8:28
1984-05 – 1984-06When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐05 ‐ 1984‐06)Prince11:50
1984-05 – 1984-06When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐05 ‐ 1984‐06)partialPrince & The Revolution9:13
1984-05 – 1984-06When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐05 ‐ 1984‐06)partialPrince & The Revolution9:22
1984-06-07When Doves Cry (live, 1984‐06‐07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince12:01
1984-06-07When Doves Cry (live, 1984-06-07: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution11:48
1984-08-14When Doves Cry (live, 1984‐08‐14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution6:14
1984-08-14When Doves Cry (live, 1984‐08‐14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA)livePrince6:02
1984-10-15When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐10‐15)Prince13:40
1984-10When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984‐10)partialPrince & The Revolution9:58
1984-10When Doves Cry (intro) / The Beautiful Ones (rehearsal, 1984‐10)partialPrince & The Revolution8:00
1984-12-26When Doves Cry (live, 1984‐12‐26: St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:45
1984When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1984)Prince9:14
1985-01-04When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐01‐04: The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)livePrince8:24
1985-01-10When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐01‐10: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA)livePrince6:20
1985-01-16When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐01‐16: University Auditorium, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, USA)livePrince10:14
1985-01-25The Beautiful Ones (instr.) / When Doves Cry (short instr.) (live, 1985-01-25, soundcheck: Mid‐South Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA)instrumental, live and partialPrince and The Revolution0:45
1985-02-01When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐02‐01: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA)livePrince & The Revolution7:16
1985-02-01Yankee Doodle Dandy (live, 1985‐02‐01: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA)livePrince & The Revolution3:02
1985-02-23When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐02‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)livePrince8:38
1985-02-25When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐02‐25: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)livePrince & The Revolution7:14
1985-03-20When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐20: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:15
1985-03-23When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐23: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:17
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince8:56
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution8:24
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA; Dolby Atmos mix)livePrince and The Revolution9:28
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985-03-30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution9:30
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince & The Revolution9:29
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985-03-30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution9:29
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, soundcheck, 1985-03-30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution2:01
1985-03-30When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐03‐30: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA)livePrince9:30
1985-04-07When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐04‐07: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince8:06
1985-04-07When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐04‐07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:13
1985When Doves Scream / Drum Pattern Check (rehearsal, 1985)livePrince4:26
1986-08-03When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐03: Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)livePrince and The Revolution5:46
1986-08-13When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐13: Wembley Arena, London, UK)livePrince and The Revolution5:56
1986-08-22When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince4:52
1986-08-22When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince4:52
1986-08-22When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐22: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden)livePrince4:52
1986-08-25D.M.S.R. / When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐25: Le Zénith, Paris, France)livePrince6:31
1986-08-25When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐25: Zénith de Paris, Paris, France)livePrince5:25
1986-08-25When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐25: Zénith de Paris, Paris, France)livePrince5:41
1986-08-31When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐08‐31: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany)livePrince & The Revolution5:12
1986-09-09When Doves Cry (live, 1986‐09‐09: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan)livePrince and The Revolution5:12
1987-04-07When Doves Cry (live, 1985‐04‐07: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL, USA)livePrince and The Revolution8:05
1987-04When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1987‐04: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK)Prince3:39
1987-04When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1987‐04: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK)Prince3:41
1987-05-29When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐05‐29: Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D, Wien, Austria)livePrince2:44
1987-05-29When Doves Cry / La, La, La, He, He, Hee (instr.) (live, 1987‐05‐29: Wiener Stadthalle, Halle D, Wien, Austria)livePrince2:41
1987-06-17When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐06‐17: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince2:44
1987-06-17When Doves Cry (live, 1987-06-17: Palais Omnisports, Paris, France)livePrince2:51
1987-06-20When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐06‐20: Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands)livePrince2:46
1987-06Let’s Go Crazy / When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐06: Paris, France)livePrince7:00
1987-06When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐06: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince2:31
1987-09-05When Doves Cry (live, 1987-09-05: Rupert’s Nightclub, Golden Valley, MN, USA)livePrince2:46
1987-09-05When Doves Cry (including La, La, La, He, He, Hee) (live, 1987‐09‐05: Rupert’s Nightclub, Golden Valley, MN, USA)livePrince2:42
1987-11-18When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1987‐11‐18: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)Prince2:41
1987-12-31When Doves Cry (live, 1987-12-31: Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince2:43
1987-12-31When Doves Cry (live, 1987-12-31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince2:44
1987-12-31When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince2:44
1987-12-31When Doves Cry (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince?:??
1987-12-31When Doves Cry / La, La, La, He, He, Hee (live, 1987‐12‐31: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)livePrince2:44
1988-04When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1988-04: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)partialPrince2:39
1988-06When Doves Cry (rehearsal, 1988-06: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)partialPrince2:44
1988-07-08When Doves Cry incl. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (live, 1988‐07‐08: Palais Omnisports de Paris‐Bercy, Paris, France)livePrince2:44
1988-09-09Let’s Go Crazy / When Doves Cry (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince9:38
1988-09-09When Doves Cry (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince2:43
1988-09-09When Doves Cry (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince2:42
1988-09-09When Doves Cry (live, 1988‐09‐09: Westfalenhalle 1, Dortmund, Germany)livePrince2:31
1989-02-01When Doves Cry (live, 1989‐02‐01: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan)livePrince2:43
1989-02-07When Doves Cry (live, 1989‐02‐07: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan)livePrince2:44
1989-02-12When Doves Cry (live, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan)livePrince2:44
1989-02-12When Doves Cry (live, soundcheck, 1989‐02‐12: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan)livePrince2:45
1990-07-22When Doves Cry (live, 1990‐07‐22: The Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain)livePrince5:48
1990-08-31When Doves Cry (live, 1990‐08‐31: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Japan)livePrince6:02
1990-08-31When Doves Cry (live, 1990‐08‐31: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Japan)livePrince3:16
1990-08-31When Doves Cry (live, 1990-08-31: The Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan)livePrince6:00
1990When Doves Cry (live, 1990: Tokyo, Japan)livePrince6:00
1990When Doves Cry (live, 1990: Tokyo, Japan)livePrince6:56
1991-06-06When Doves Crycover and liveBarenaked Ladies2:26
1993-05-05 – 1993-09-27When Doves CrycoverCassandra Wilson5:41
1993-09-03Thunder / When Doves Cry / Nothing Compares 2 U / And God Created Woman / Diamonds and Pearls (live, 1993‐09‐03: Flugplatz Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany)instrumental, live and medleyPrince and The New Power Generation3:41
1993-09-03When Doves Cry (live, 1993‐09‐03: Flugplatz Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany)live and partialPrince0:09
1995-03-30When Doves Crycover and liveAni DiFranco3:39
1996-08-01When Doves Cry (live, 1996-08-01: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany)coverPatti Smith?:??
1996-08-31When Doves Crycover and liveAni DiFranco5:03
1997-10-31When Doves Cry (live, 1997-10-31: Civic Center, Mobile, AL, USA)livePrince6:42
1998-03-18When Doves Cry (live, 1998‐03‐18: House of Blues Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveSheila E.1:41
1998-03-21When Doves Cry (live, 1998‐03‐21: 梅田HEAT BEAT, Osaka, Japan)cover and liveAni DiFranco5:36
1998-08-21When Doves Cry (live, 1998‐08‐21: Le Zénith, Paris, France)livePrince0:28
2000-11-18When Doves Cry (live, 2000‐11‐18: Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI, USA)livePrince0:44
2001-04-28When Doves Cry (live, 2001‐04‐28: Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, USA)livePrince0:44
2001-06-15[speech] / When You Were Mine / When Doves Cry / Computer Blue / Turn Back Now / When You Were Mine (live, soundcheck, 2001‐06‐15: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA)instrumental, live and partialPrince18:29
2001-06-15When Doves Cry (live, 2001‐06‐15: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA)livePrince3:18
2001-06-16When Doves Cry / Computer Blue (live, 2001‐06‐16: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN, USA)livePrince3:17
2001-06-21When Doves Cry (live, 2001‐06‐21: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, USA)livePrince1:58
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