Does anyone know why they made a video for "Automatic" off the 1999 disc... when thay did not release it as a single? ... and Why can't we find this video anywhere?

good question why they made a video for that song.....i did find it on Kazaa a while back

au contraire...'twas released as a single, albeit it was released only over in australia:



...as for the video, it can be found if you dig around a bit.

P obviously viewed "Automatic" as a single, like u said, going so far as to do a video. A great one, I might add. Who knows why it didn't get the push like say "Let's Pretend We're Married" did in 83. Funny thing about that was there was no video for that, even though it was released as a single. Plans apparently got switched around.

I don't think Warners knew how to promote this album. They pushed 1999 and LRC, then Delirious found a little airplay.

I think Prince's long term goal was to release Automatic and LPWM as singles, since he shot videos for both, had to be around the same time the 1999 and LRC videos were filmed.

Prince was ahead of his time, even more so back in the 80's... Warners didn't know what to do with a double album.

Double post... gotta love Safari.
[This message was edited Wed Aug 25 9:38:43 2004 by LovesexyIsThe1]

I found the automatic video easily, on the Prince hyb

It was my favorite song off the album at the time -- should've released it worldwide.

blackguitaristz said:

FYI, a video for "Let's Pretend We're Married" did get made. I have it.

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Redayh said:

Marry me?

Cause it's a fuckin awesome song thats why!!!

Umm... what is "Jonathan Music"???

I have Let's Pretend Also kinda like a copy of the 1999 video same look.

All four videos from that album ("1999," "Little Red Corvette," "Let's Pretend We're married," and "Automatic") were shot on that same soundstage. Probably even on the same day...I love them all, but there really isn't all that much to them. But I wonder why there was no "Delirious" video? It was a big hit (US top 10) and followed the video successes of "1999" and "LRC." Maybe he was too busy working on Purple Rain to shoot a video for "Delirious" by the time it was released.