Lawmakers are proposing “Purple Rain” and “Girl from the North Country” to join “Hail! Minnesota.” We auditioned some ...

Hail! Minnesota, Girl from the North Country and Purple Rain – under a bipartisan bill heard in a committee Tuesday. Hail!

Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister ...

If you're wondering, the state has had an official state song since 1945. The current bill would not replace "Hail Minnesota", but would simply add the two more recent songs to the list.

The backstory Minnesota already has a state song, "Hail Minnesota", composed by Truman Rickard and Arthur Upson. Under a new proposal being considered in the Minnesota Senate, the state would add ...