3 Chains o' Gold (film)

Infobox_Film
name = 3 Chains o' Gold


imdb_id = 0109014
starring = Prince and the New Power Generation
music = Prince
director = Parris Patton,
Randee St. Nicholas,
Paisley Park
producer = Paisley Park
distributor = Warner Music Vision
released = 1994
runtime = 73 min.
language = English

"3 Chains o' Gold" is a 1994 direct-to-video film produced and directed by Prince and starring Prince and the New Power Generation. It is a video collection, tied together with a loose plotline.

Plot

The story begins with the assassination of Egyptian Princess Mayte's father by seven unknown assailants. Mayte believes that the assassins were after the sacred "3 Chains of Gold". She sets out to meet with Prince, as she believes he is the only one that can protect the chains from the seven assassins. What follows is a romance between Prince and Mayte, and Prince organizing the assassination of the assailants (accompanied by the song "7"). At the end of the film, prior to the credits, is an explanation of the name change, attributing it to Prince's desire to be "reborn" and start a perfect life.

Film and album

The film was accompanied by the "Love Symbol" album, however not all of the album's songs make an appearance in the film, and some of the songs are edited versions. The film's title song is only an instrumental at the end. However, some of the dialogue from the album does appears in the film (a phone call from a reporter to Prince). Interestingly, the final speech of the film (made by Mayte) does not appear on the album, instead another phone call is in its place. The actual songs that appear in the film are:

ongs in the film

* "My Name Is Prince"
* "Sexy M.F."
* "Love 2 the 9s"
* "The Morning Papers"
* "The Max"
* "Blue Light"
* "I Wanna Melt with U"
* "Sweet Baby"
* "The Continental"
* "Damn U"
* "7"
* "3 Chains o' Gold" (instrumental version)

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