![]() ![]() She explained that the tears came after thinking about her mother, who died in a car accident in 1985. She didn't expect to cry, but then thought, "I should let this happen." O'Connor later said that the tears were real. By the end of the video, two tears are seen rolling down her face, one on each cheek. The other segments see her walking through the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris. The video features mostly a closeup of Sinéad O'Connor's face as she sings through feelings of sadness and anger while singing the lyrics. Its famous music video was directed by John Maybury, who also directed the video for 'West End Girls' by Pet Shop Boys, and also directed the movies The Jacket and The Edge of Love. Prince's recording engineer Susan Rogers, later said: "Sandy was the person who made sure he had his favourite beverage, which was Five Alive, and she made sure the house was clean and that there were fresh flowers on the piano and that the socks and underwear were washed. While many assume that the song is about a lost lover, others have said that it was actually inspired by Prince's housekeeper, Sandy Scipioni, who left him to be with her family after her father died. ![]() O'Connor later said of the song: “I think I’m probably similar to millions of people who loved the song, and we’re all people who associated the song with a loss of some kind.” ![]() Like many Prince songs, the star never fully clarified if there was any particular inspiration behind the song. Then O'Kelly rang up Sinead O'Connor and went, 'Chris is crying.' 'Was it that bad?' Sinéad asked."
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