--- title: Stevie Wonder Sings Prince's 'Purple Rain' at Tribute: Watch description: Stevie Wonder sang a rendition of Prince's "Purple Rain" on Friday at a Los Angeles concert celebrating the life of the iconic singer canonical: https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-07T18:32:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:21:57.615Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Stevie Wonder Perform 'Purple Rain' in Prince Tribute og:description: He asked the crowd "to learn to truly love one another" in the spirit of Prince og:url: https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7b532450305847/698892505f570f66a0b20d53/stevie-wonder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Stevie Wonder In Concert - New York, NY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Stevie Wonder Perform 'Purple Rain' in Prince Tribute twitter:description: He asked the crowd "to learn to truly love one another" in the spirit of Prince twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7b532450305847/698892505f570f66a0b20d53/stevie-wonder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Stevie Wonder Perform 'Purple Rain' in Prince Tribute  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 7, 2016 6:32 PM CUT  Singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder performs at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2014 in New York City. Singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder performs at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2014 in New York City.Mike Coppola/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 7, 2016 6:32 PM CUT Stevie Wonder sang a rendition of [Prince’s “Purple Rain”](http://time.com/4303815/prince-dead-purple-rain-1984-album/ "undefined") on Friday at a Los Angeles concert celebrating the life of the iconic singer, who [died on April 21](http://time.com/4319278/prince-death-estate-vault/ "undefined") at the age of 57. In an interview shortly after Prince’s death, Wonder [appeared to choke up](http://time.com/4304722/stevie-wonder-prince-cnn-anderson-cooper/ "undefined") when asked about [performing](http://time.com/3921658/barack-obama-prince-stevie-wonder/ "undefined") a Prince song, but on Friday he serenaded the the crowd that gathered to remember the artist. “I think the only thing we can do in the spirit of Prince is to learn to truly love one another and come together,” Wonder said. “And we can’t just talk about it, we gotta be about it.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/"},"headline":"Watch Stevie Wonder Perform 'Purple Rain' in Prince Tribute","datePublished":"2016-05-07T18:32:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:21:57.615Z","description":"He asked the crowd \"to learn to truly love one another\" in the spirit of Prince","url":"https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7b532450305847/698892505f570f66a0b20d53/stevie-wonder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf7b532450305847/698892505f570f66a0b20d53/stevie-wonder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stevie Wonder In Concert - New York, NY","caption":"Stevie Wonder In Concert - New York, NY","creditText":"Mike Coppola/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4322102/stevie-wonder-purple-rain-prince-tribute-video/","name":"Watch Stevie Wonder Perform 'Purple Rain' in Prince Tribute"}}]}] ```