Claim: When Doves Cry (lead single from the Purple Rain studio album) music video, directed by Prince and premiered on MTV in June 1984, opens with white doves emerging from double doors to reveal Prince in a bathtub.
Evidence: "When Doves Cry" is a song by American musician Prince, and the lead single from his sixth studio album Purple Rain. The music video, directed by Prince, premiered on MTV in June 1984. It opens with white doves emerging from double doors to reveal Prince in a bathtub, then shows him performing the song in various scenes.