We wrote, And a choir boy sings an a cappella gospel version of When Doves Cry.
And then came the thing of getting it, Luhrmann remembered.
At that stage, I was [young] …
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I reached out to Prince like, Hi, Im Baz Luhrmann.
Id really like to use When Doves Cry.
Their next attempt at working together was considerably more involved and, unfortunately, less successful.
And we did work on it.
When he was in Australia touring, we did some work there.
In fact, we worked on a lot.
(That song, Young and Beautiful, would score a Grammy nomination for its singer.)
Theres only Prince, and its a great sadness.
