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Thread started 10/23/11 10:42am

enfantdumilieu

Why is it that PURPLE RAIN is the most downloaded song on itunes UK this week?

Hey U people from the UK, please explain to an quite irritated Frenchi why Purple Rain is the most downloaded song with your itunes-store this week? - Did I miss something??? eek

Apart from that I think it is kind of funny, now that the Original 7ven and Fdeluxe make some money with their new albums (hopefully), Prince is getting paid for his oldies .... lol

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Reply #1 posted 10/23/11 10:48am

unique

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someone sang it on x factor

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Reply #2 posted 10/23/11 10:48am

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Probably something to do with X factor i would guess, maybe they got some wannabe to sing it?!

I can't watch such rubbish so I can't say for sure....!

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Reply #3 posted 10/23/11 10:55am

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More frustrating than the mutilation of PR and other worthy songs on this eXcuse for entertainment, is that Prince probably wont see a dime from all these sales...In hindsight, he was dead right to go to war with Warner Bros. over his masters confused

If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.

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Reply #4 posted 10/23/11 11:01am

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I appreciating the fact that it is the most downloaded song rather than being disapointed as to why it happened.

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Reply #5 posted 10/23/11 11:26am

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NeonCraxx said:

I appreciating the fact that it is the most downloaded song rather than being disapointed as to why it happened.

Yes, if some kick-ass Prince music reaches the ears of some of those folks, I'd call it a win, no matter how it happened.

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Reply #6 posted 10/23/11 11:26am

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Can someone please point to the site which shows Purple Rain as the most downloaded song on iTunes this week, as stated in the thread title?

I have been looking here:

http://www.apple.com/euro...songs.html

Thanks

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Reply #7 posted 10/23/11 11:56am

enfantdumilieu

langebleu said:

Can someone please point to the site which shows Purple Rain as the most downloaded song on iTunes this week, as stated in the thread title?

I have been looking here:

http://www.apple.com/euro...songs.html

Thanks

Oops, it's no. 1 in the R&B SECTION! But I dont know how to copy that link in here ...

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Reply #8 posted 10/23/11 12:12pm

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skull Must. download. song. from. light. entertainment. game show. skull

skull Must. download. song. from. light. entertainment. game show. skull

skull Must. download. song. from. light. entertainment. game show. skull

skull Must. download. song. from. light. entertainment. game show. skull

Stay comatose Britain!

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Reply #9 posted 10/23/11 12:41pm

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I bloody hate that karaoke competition called x factor!

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Reply #10 posted 10/23/11 1:19pm

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If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #11 posted 10/23/11 1:19pm

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enfantdumilieu said:

langebleu said:

Can someone please point to the site which shows Purple Rain as the most downloaded song on iTunes this week, as stated in the thread title?

I have been looking here:

http://www.apple.com/euro...songs.html

Thanks

Oops, it's no. 1 in the R&B SECTION! But I dont know how to copy that link in here ...

Thanks ... but when I go through the above link and select R&B it still doesn't show in the R&B / Soul top 10 for the week on UK iTunes.

Can you please post the link that you are using that shows it is in a UK top 10 (of any sort)?

Thanks

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Reply #12 posted 10/23/11 1:22pm

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langebleu said:

enfantdumilieu said:

Oops, it's no. 1 in the R&B SECTION! But I dont know how to copy that link in here ...

Thanks ... but when I go through the above link and select R&B it still doesn't show in the R&B / Soul top 10 for the week on UK iTunes.

Can you please post the link that you are using that shows it is in a UK top 10 (of any sort)?

Thanks

For some reason it's not on Apple's charts, but it is on the site I posted above. So... hmmm

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Reply #13 posted 10/23/11 1:28pm

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squirrelgrease said:

http://snkhan.co.uk/stuff...?chart=rnb

Thanks.

I suspect, if this (or a similar site) is the source for the thread, then it is showing latest download information - perhaps covering only 24 hours rather than a full week - sourced from iTunes.

Who knows? The site doesn't provide that level of information.

If true, it would surely only be prompted by the X Factor performance.

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Reply #14 posted 10/23/11 1:31pm

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langebleu said:

squirrelgrease said:

http://snkhan.co.uk/stuff...?chart=rnb

Thanks.

I suspect, if this (or a similar site) is the source for the thread, then it is showing latest download information - perhaps covering only 24 hours rather than a full week - sourced from iTunes.

Who knows? The site doesn't provide that level of information.

If true, it would surely only be prompted by the X Factor performance.

Yeah. The site says "updated hourly", but their sources for this info are the real question.

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Reply #15 posted 10/23/11 1:40pm

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Is it Prince's version? Or a version sang on X Factor?

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Reply #16 posted 10/23/11 1:50pm

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Whitnail said:

More frustrating than the mutilation of PR and other worthy songs on this eXcuse for entertainment, is that Prince probably wont see a dime from all these sales...In hindsight, he was dead right to go to war with Warner Bros. over his masters confused

Don't get it twisted, P will definitely get paid. He also get paid from X-Factor for the song.

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Reply #17 posted 10/23/11 2:10pm

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Orger 'gossipgirl' mentioned Mischa B sang it on the

UK X-Factor in this thread. Maybe that's the reason. When Stacy Francis sang it on the U.S. X-factor, folks said it was trending on Twitter. I think it's cool that more than 20 years after the song came out, it became a popular classic and still drawing people to purchase it.

http://prince.org/msg/7/369341

Who do you think sang it better...Mischa B or Stacy Francis? My vote is for Stacy:

[Edited 10/23/11 14:28pm]

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Reply #18 posted 10/23/11 2:28pm

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InternationalLover82 said:

Is it Prince's version? Or a version sang on X Factor?

According to the link, it is Prince's version which is being downloaded and charting and, if that is the case, it is likely because the song was performed by one of the contestants on the UK version of X Factor.

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Reply #19 posted 10/23/11 2:39pm

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langebleu said:

InternationalLover82 said:

Is it Prince's version? Or a version sang on X Factor?

According to the link, it is Prince's version which is being downloaded and charting and, if that is the case, it is likely because the song was performed by one of the contestants on the UK version of X Factor.

Viewers of the show are getting introduced to MUSIC biggrin

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Reply #20 posted 10/23/11 3:01pm

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nothing beats the beiber though

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Reply #21 posted 10/23/11 4:57pm

2elijah

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nothing beats the beiber though

That was pathetic. lol Stacy Francis sang the best cover of it so far, in my book.

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Reply #22 posted 10/23/11 5:30pm

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if i was on a live show like that I would bust out with sister!

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Reply #23 posted 10/23/11 6:04pm

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'Cause its an ageless song and it's just that damned good! lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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