I may be wrong but I don't think there is a set in stone type studio version of this song other than the movie soundtrack but that even has the live stage sound.....If there isn't a studio version that to me is just another brilliant move by Prince!

To see my former friend, John Blackwell, behind the drums…fulfilling his lifelong goal of being a world touring drummer with a A1 band… it breaks my heart…to know that John AND prince are no longer with us… when I was at school ( Berklee school of music, Boston, Massachusetts)) I used to sit directly next to John…he was on scholarship from Columbia, sc…to see him fulfill his musical dreams with prince is why I’ll play music til the day that I die…may John and prince rest in peace . I hope that his daughter Jia , is getting all the love and support that she needs and deserves…unbelievable purple rain rendition. Peace.

Ladies and Gentleman. In this clip you can see one of the best artist and guitar player ever.

My son graduated from HS to this song. They played it as they walked out of the stadium, powerful holding back tears.

Forty years later, and this song still gives me goosebumps and I get all emotional. The greatest song ever written by the greatest artist ever.

This is peak music. I’d give anything to have seen this live. RIP Prince. Your gift lives on.

I had to stop what I was doing and watch and listen and cry and wish this precious man had not left.

He just oozed class, style and genius. Didn't even look like he had to try. Absolute one off. RIP Prince.

Might be one of the best songs ever written. IMO.

Mortality is inevitable. Weve had great legends pass on and we just accept and cherish the sweet and ever lasting memories- play their songs whenever we feel like which puts a smile on our faces and enjoy the moment. BUT PRINCE is the only one I wish were still alive. Cant explain in words the feeling. Miss this legend so much.😢❤

Sometimes you do not appreciate the genius of someone until you don't have them anymore,

And they said that perfection is impossible....... legends never die. 💜💜

This was 2011, who knew we would only have him 5 more years. This coming Wednesday would have been his 65th birthday. Happy Birthday Your Royal Badness❤

What an experience. For sure no one left that arena that night the same person as they walked in.

A beautiful moment 12mins 40 secs, how genuinely happy he was in that moment … just priceless. Over 7 years later and it still hurts so much - and I think it always will.

Prince is untouchable, no one gets close

I have heard purple rain many many times. But this version seems to stand out. Love for Prince. Prince loved us all. Thank you. ❤️

My modest opinion, most gifted artist of all Rip legend

RIP brother. You left us way too soon.🫡

Mr John Blackwell on the drums 💜. He passed away about a year after Prince from a brain tumour. This video shows a few nice close-up action shots of him. Rest in peace to both greats who contributed so much to music.

Best Guitar Player in History. Once you hear HIM live you'll never forguet and need to come back to his guitar play , just forever . Healing force. Genius.

Ahhh Prince. The best songwriter/ lyricist to date. Purple Rain will be etched in our memories forever. I still can't believe you're gone 😢❤

The hard work to achieve maximum potential like this no longer exists.

This is beautuful, the intro like amazing, piano and guitar then wow just wow prince blows the roof off. Such a loss to the world rip prince

One of the best versions of Purple Rain I've seen.............thanks for posting this. RIP Prince.

💜I REGRET NOT SEEING PRINCE PREFORM LIVE🕊️

35 years and counting I am a total worshipper of this man and his gift and I am stunned at this performance.There will never be another like him.Never!!

I was a kid when prince was on top of the charts here in Australia. Now I’m 55 years old, I can finally see how talented the man was

THE GREATEST LIVE VERSION 🙌 ❤❤😢

This version is a masterpiece

'I like to hear your Voices' Beautiful Prince always including the Crowd so polite😘❤🎹🎤

One of the greatest performances ever

Just when you thought you'd seen every version. Incredible!

I think we will never get this level of musical concert ever…the artists and the crowd both amazing…such a amazing magic

Nothing like him Musical genius, songwriter, best Dancer EVER! ❤❤❤

i'm fucking crying...what an epic performance 🖤

完全な天才。完全な狂気。完全な音楽との融合。そして届かぬ想い。

This is the closest example of the spiritual experience seeing Prince live on a Great night with a great crowd !! Experienced it at the Rio Las Vegas for Free. Having walked in through the out door lol Great Show. If you've experienced what I'm talking about you know. If not I'm truly sorry for your loss.

65 year old white girl here. I was at the Fabulous Forum 5 of the 21 nights. Getting choked up, emotional, teary. What a beautiful experience. A treasured gift. ☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️💜👇💜👇💜☝️💜☝️💜☝️

Beautiful to see thousands of people together joining in good times instead of hate. Miss you Prince. You were truly a genuine artist/person

Amazing. What a loss to the music industry, we miss you Prince.

That smile at the end….beautiful, so sincere 💜🩵💛

The greatest Super Bowl halftime show in history and second is not even close!❤We miss you Prince!

I'm always amazed that people so often claim that Prince wasn't appreciated while he was alive. That is not true at all. He sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He won seven Grammy Awards, seven Brit Awards, six American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe. Also, the Grammy President's Merit Award, the American Music Award for Achievement and of Merit, and the Billboard Icon Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the UK Music Hall of Fame, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, and was inducted twice into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. Spin Magazine named him the greatest frontman of all time. Rolling Stone ranked him 27th on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. His 2007 Superbowl performance is ranked the greatest Super Bowl performances ever. When he died President Obama mourned him, and the US Senate passed a resolution praising his achievements. Cities across the U.S. held tributes and vigils, and lit buildings, bridges, and other structures in purple. In the first five hours after the media reported his death, "Prince" was the top trending term on Twitter, and Facebook had 61 million Prince-related interactions. MTV interrupted its programming to air a marathon of Prince music videos and Purple Rain. Screenings of Purple Rain were theaters across the country. Saturday Night Live aired an episode in his honor. He was more recognized and praised than almost any other musician. What more could be said?

Sound quality on the whole concert is amazing, his mike sounds super crystal clear

Prince was a Rock Star to the Rock Stars... ICONIC R.I.P

the best intro and guitar solo ever

Oh my god, what amazing. He has had more music and emotions in his left little finger than most musicians in their entire body. ❤❤❤

What an amazing performance by the greatest artist. 💜

His music was magic! Look how happy he made people! ☯️🎸

Set on replay STILL. There will NEVER be another PRINCE and now he's the KING. 👑

The sight of him& his voice everything about him always put me in a perfect world I'm 76 years old but I miss him so bad I got all his music!! God bless, RIP❤❤

This is real magic in real life, seriously... if you were born before 1980... this is the definition of magic in real life.

One of the best blues tune ever written. And one of the finest guitar players.

We lost so many Legends to pharmaceutical drug addiction! I remember seeing him perform rock N roll hall of fame I was sooooooooo pissed I didnt know he could play like that and started to pay attention to him as a musician and glad i did. Real Artist, real Legend!

I'm soo glad and thankful that I had the opportunity to see him 3 times live!!

This song melts my heart every time I HEAR IT! Such a tear jerker! I love you PRINCE ❤

One regret I have is never seeing Prince live in concert. For all you youngsters out there, if you love something or someone, do whatever it takes to keep her. As you get older you will regret it for the rest of your life. ❤

Thank you Prince.

I'm so happy there's a version of this online that shows the crowd sing for this man, and I mean REALLY sing that shit for Prince. Kudo's to ya Inglewood! I feel like that's all he wanted. Watch him at 12:30, that's all that man wanted when he was up there with his guitar, for us to sing his song with him, on beat, and let him do the rest...now everyone sings it for him. What a gift.

Epic version ! He is a complete master on the stage, so beautiful to see.

Wow, my goodness absolutely incredible footage. The big smile near the end there… Prince so knew they had delivered with distinction on what is perhaps his most epic song!

I saw him on this tour. Hands down the best concert I’ve ever been too. As a professional guitarist Prince was one of my biggest influences. Seeing him play live was a dream come true.

Well... I mean... you know... just WOW. Every time I think I've heard all of the versions of this song and have my favorite one, another version comes along that just blows me away. R.I.P. to Prince & R.I.P. to his drummer John Blackwell.

I saw Prince at the o2 in London in 2007. Fantastic gig and he was without, a doubt a total genius who will never be surpassed.

Absolutely astonishing showman and guitarist and singer . Truly awesome

Awesome, Awesome, much respect, Prince still ranks ❤

Prince one of the greatest artist I’ve known in my lifetime and I’ve lived a long time.. I feel in love with him and I still love him his music will always live in my heart forever. His voice and music still make me cry! Love him

❤❤❤❤❤i love him

🎉🎉🎉Excellent i still Miss u Prince, saw u in Osaka it was absolutely fantastic ❤️ will always love ur Music 🎶 🎵 ❤️ ♥️ 💖 💕 🎶 🎵 ❤️ ♥️ 💖 💕

My word! Prince was and always will be one of the greatest. He was fabulous, he made my heart ache....

If I live to be a "Thousand" I will never forget this Brother!

I would give a kidney to see two songs performed live: Purple Rain Comfortably Numb Every single live performance of these 2 songs is a unique journey. Different details, buildup, guitar solo etc. Amazing. Brilliant rendition by the way. One of the best here on UKposts.

The coolest human ever!

That's OUR local musician... can't help but get emotional about all that he brought to this world. Glad we could share him with y'all.

Song is playinng!!! Thanks Prince, the most beautiful song!!!

This blew me away and I went to the Purple Rain concert back in the 80s! Amazing! I still can’t believe he’s gone.

The best song to experience live 💜

It's simply fantastic how Prince has developed Purple Rain over the years without changing the shine of the song. A genius left us far too soon. I can hear you pal 🥰

💜 I feel grateful to have been able to see him perform at the Forum. He was so electrifying in concert my nieces and I danced the whole concert. His music and lyrics were genius. Prince you are truly missed ❤💜🩷💜 He back out 3 times for us. ❤

OMGOD, Prince have to be one of the best and masters of his art.

Love this my favorite artist so brilliant nobody did it like my Prince Roger Nelson and nobody ever will Prince will always live in my heart RIP

I saw Prince live in 1984 on the Purple Rain tour-in Landover, Md. I have seen a lot of artists but without a doubt this was the best performance I have ever seen in person. My God, this version I’m watching now is the best version I’ve ever seen or heard!! My God I miss this man with all my heart! A musical masterpiece!!

the way he commanded the audience to listen to what he had to say, and watch his every move, is unheralded still today.

I love purple rain

Sadly we will never get to see him as a statesman. He was an awesome performer in every respect.

The best performance ever!!!

Semplicemente il più grande di tutti...

Don't delete. This is great. I saw this same concert in Vancouver.

Seeing Prince and John Blackwell in frame together in this video several times is just a gut punch. Miss both of these legends so much!

I've always been asked...who would you like to see live?...most definitely Prince...he was a beautiful musician. Energy is everything and he had it in all his music and live connecting to the crowed...fukin beautiful 🔥🫳⚘️🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

Thank you God for giving us the opportunity to experience Prince. May he Rest In Peace

The best then.. now… 4-ever

i saw the movie at age 24, while teaching and being in a top local band in Atlanta. The movie inspired me soooo much. i headed to LA. then Miami. im still entertaining ad a top artist at 63. This song is awesome but! the movie version can NEVER be erased from my mind. Prince was and will always be the greatest.

Prince - The only royalty we need....

Thanks youtube for an ad right before his solo. Brilliant 😢.

If I could give this video 2 thumbs up, I would. First time seeing this clip. In those very small moments, you can see a genuine admiration of Prince and his expression of love for the fans and love he received back from them. I was lucky to have seen him in concert. RIP 💜

I can’t watch with out crying rip the one and only prince

He was a genius 🙏 still miss him 😞

The Greatest to ever do it.