The video for Ready for the Floor by Hot Chip must be influenced by Partyman.

Peace!

Nvncible1 said:

hey, i was wondering,

What was the impact of the PARTYMAN video.the song wasn't really a huge it was it? so what was the worlds reaction to the video? (the steam from the movie and soundtrack would have still been high by this point?)

To me it seems to be the only- or one of few- video where he "really truly tried"...if that makes sense. Its just fun, vibrant, mschieivieieous ( yeah i fucked that word up) and everything a music video should be.

Does anyone remember? I was just a fetus in 1989.

well the song was actually a huge hit.reaching number 18 on pop charts ans number 5 on the r&b charts selling over 500,000 copies.at that time that was a huge seller.going gold.so despite what some have said yeah it was a hit and the video played all the time.and it was the perfect choice for a 2nd single since it was featured promintly in the film.3rd choice for a single should have been trust,he fucked up there.

ufoclub said:

The video was great, but the song wasn't a hit. I loved watching the video though. Also really liked the Batdance video. What a great mood MTV had back then!

wasn't a hit?since when was a gold selling rnb single (from '89 no less) NOT a hit?

khemseraph said:

ufoclub said:

The video was great, but the song wasn't a hit. I loved watching the video though. Also really liked the Batdance video. What a great mood MTV had back then!

wasn't a hit?since when was a gold selling rnb single (from '89 no less) NOT a hit?

I rarely ever heard Partyman on the radio, R&B or otherwise. I also hadn't heard any of my peers talking about it or the video like they were doing for Batdance. The numbers it sold were great, but it didn't even come close to making the Top 10 on the Pop charts, so to me, it wasn't a bonafide "hit".

DMSR on 1999 didn't chart in the top 20 let alone at all, does that mean it's not a hit? Because most people would think that's a hit song.

kewlschool said:

DMSR on 1999 didn't chart in the top 20 let alone at all, does that mean it's not a hit? Because most people would think that's a hit song.

They do? I don't think of that as a hit song. Maybe a crowd-pleaser or a fan favorite, but not a hit.

Efan said:

kewlschool said:

DMSR on 1999 didn't chart in the top 20 let alone at all, does that mean it's not a hit? Because most people would think that's a hit song.

They do? I don't think of that as a hit song. Maybe a crowd-pleaser or a fan favorite, but not a hit.

Yeah it was a club and party favorite, and guess what? Some people now don't even realize it's Prince. They just think it was some cool one hit wonder song they remember back in the day. It was also in the movie Risky Business.

Another one like that would be "Girls and Boys".

Efan said:

That's one of my all-time favorite Prince videos.

I don't think it had much impact, though. Even as '80s videos go, it was low-budget, low-quality silliness. Great for a Prince video, terrible by any other standard.

yeah

Efan said:

kewlschool said:

DMSR on 1999 didn't chart in the top 20 let alone at all, does that mean it's not a hit? Because most people would think that's a hit song.

They do? I don't think of that as a hit song. Maybe a crowd-pleaser or a fan favorite, but not a hit.

Isn't a hit supposed to be popular? Crowd pleasing seems to fit that definition. Look no further than Musicology tour DMSR performance.The audience digs that tune.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

khemseraph said:

wasn't a hit?since when was a gold selling rnb single (from '89 no less) NOT a hit?

I rarely ever heard Partyman on the radio, R&B or otherwise. I also hadn't heard any of my peers talking about it or the video like they were doing for Batdance. The numbers it sold were great, but it didn't even come close to making the Top 10 on the Pop charts, so to me, it wasn't a bonafide "hit".

you do realize the pop charts aren't the only charts out there right?that is just a silly statement.gett off didnt make top 20.sold gold.do u consider that a bonafide hit.i wanna be your lover hit number 11,not top ten,sold over 1,000,000 copies.i gues thats not a hit either.

Spinlight said:

Joyinrepatition said:

I tend to disagree with you there! Prince was still very popular at that time, coming off the back of the successful Lovesexy tour. Bat dance was very successful and played to death the problem was that the rest of the album in Joe public's eyes sucked. It was when Graffiti Bridge came around he was behind it...in my opinion

The Lovesexy tour was not successful, though...

maybe not in the US..in Europe it was...

I was SHOCKED (pleasantly) when they played this at one of my high school dances.

That was impact enough for me.

IDK about the impact of this video but I enjoy it when i read names such as Kim Bassinger and Candy Dulfur in a single thread

khemseraph said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I rarely ever heard Partyman on the radio, R&B or otherwise. I also hadn't heard any of my peers talking about it or the video like they were doing for Batdance. The numbers it sold were great, but it didn't even come close to making the Top 10 on the Pop charts, so to me, it wasn't a bonafide "hit".

you do realize the pop charts aren't the only charts out there right?that is just a silly statement.gett off didnt make top 20.sold gold.do u consider that a bonafide hit.i wanna be your lover hit number 11,not top ten,sold over 1,000,000 copies.i gues thats not a hit either.

Sigh...in the US back then, something's mainly considered a big hit when it did something big on the pop charts. The landscape has changed dramatically since then, and it was an unfortunate thing that the R&B (formerly the black charts) got mainly ignored by the overall general populace. And to answer your question, Gett Off was wasn't really a hit on the pop charts; just on the R&B charts. Hell, I wouldn't consider Insatiable a bonafide (meaning all-around) hit either, though that went to #3 on the R&B charts in the US. Nothing "silly" about it at all.

In my opinion its his best music video and one of the best of the late 80's. Its also my 2nd favorite Prince song.

I like the video, but it still sucks.

The song is a borefest too.

It was the first album Prince released that felt like he was on auto-pilot.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

khemseraph said:

you do realize the pop charts aren't the only charts out there right?that is just a silly statement.gett off didnt make top 20.sold gold.do u consider that a bonafide hit.i wanna be your lover hit number 11,not top ten,sold over 1,000,000 copies.i gues thats not a hit either.

Sigh...in the US back then, something's mainly considered a big hit when it did something big on the pop charts. The landscape has changed dramatically since then, and it was an unfortunate thing that the R&B (formerly the black charts) got mainly ignored by the overall general populace. And to answer your question, Gett Off was wasn't really a hit on the pop charts; just on the R&B charts. Hell, I wouldn't consider Insatiable a bonafide (meaning all-around) hit either, though that went to #3 on the R&B charts in the US. Nothing "silly" about it at all.