But his music lives on due to the risks he took. He once noted how crafting “When Doves Cry” involved a particularly bold move. By 1984, Prince had already been making music for many years.

When Doves Cry was the last tune that Prince wrote for ... but he was delighted by the central role that the LM-1 played in his music. The ability to tune all the drum sounds independently ...

he probably just programmed drums and chose synth sounds,” Hein speculated in an article he wrote about the album version of “When Doves Cry” for Music Radar. Things changed when Prince ...

One of the abstract songs on the album is “When Doves Cry,” a song that seems to be about romantic issues, parental issues, and birds — all at the same time. Why did Prince write such a song?