50+ Music<p>"When Doves Cry" is a song by American musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prince</span></a>, and the lead single from his sixth studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PurpleRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurpleRain</span></a>. According to the DVD commentary of the film Purple Rain (1984), Prince was asked by director <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlbertMagnoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertMagnoli</span></a> to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film that involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had composed two songs, one of which was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhenDovesCry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhenDovesCry</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUc0R8bbWQE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=IUc0R8bbWQ</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>