The video for Prince’s hit “Guitar” was filmed for use in commercials leading up to the release of his 2007 album Planet Earth. The song “Guitar” was first teased on Prince’s website, 3121.com, around the time that he performed his historic Super Bowl Halftime Show in February 2007, and a new version of the single was released through Verizon Wireless shortly before he dropped the album on July 15, 2007. Planet Earth made history as the first album to be distributed to the public in copies of a newspaper, Mail on Sunday, in the U.K. and Ireland.
Although the song “Guitar” became well-known after its release — it became a staple of Prince’s live performances long after the release of Planet Earth — the full video for the song has been rarely seen until now. It was briefly offered as a download on Prince’s website, 3RDEYEGIRL.com, in 2013, around the time that he was beginning to perform with his hard-rocking trio 3RDEYEGIRL.
The video stars Prince, the drummer Cora Coleman-Dunham, bassist Josh Dunham, keyboardist Morris Hayes, and dancers Maya and Nandy McClean, also known as “The Twinz.”
