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Thanks to Ed, I was able to give a listen to the version on the cassette single. I own the remix running 3:34 courtesy of a TM Century Dance collection.
Question is, which had more airplay in 1991, the remix or the version on the cassette single? Was there a vinyl 45 release for this song?
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I don't know about a 45, but I have the song on a 12".
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There are two promo CD singles for this one, and none of the 11 versions are the same! I have a promo with 8 tracks (2785-2-RDJ), and a different promo with 3 tracks (2799-2-RDJ). My TM Century GoldDisc uses the "Original Remix Radio Edit," which is cut 4 on the first promo. This is the only version my station ever played. The cassingle version is cut 1 on the second promo, so I would suspect it also received airplay.
2785-2-RDJ
1. Dance Radio Edit
2. Dance Mix
3. Raw Mix
4. Original Remix Radio Edit
5. Original Remix
6. Sensitive Mix
7. Instrumental
8. Kerri's Smooth Mix
2799-2-RDJ
1. Radio Mix
2. DJ Lelewell Remix
3. LP Version
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That's the same remix I have - the Original Remix Radio Edit.
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Just updated my post above.
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my commercial cassingle states the version on the sleeve as the "radio mix"...this should be added to the d/b...
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one thing to note about this track, the most popular mix (which I consider the 'original mix') also has two distinctly different versions because the rap in the middle is entirely different. I think maybe the first rap was on the European release and then when the song was released in the U.S., the rap was changed, and that second version is what became a hit over here.
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I asked about this in another thread, and nobody seemed to know the answer. I recall hearing somewhere that the original rap was sampled from an acappella track by an unknown artist who received no credit and was not asked for permission to use his vocals. This is what appears on the album version of "Strike It Up." At least some of the remixes not only have a slightly different rap, but a different vocalist, too. Perhaps the change was done when they ran into legal trouble with Loletta Holloway and Martha Wash.
Did the "Dance Radio Edit" ever receive any airplay?
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Ok
i should have just asked here, i might have saved myself
from endless fruitless web pages....I can't believe how
many mixes and edits there were for this song, i think
they are bottomless.
does the cassette single "radio mix" bear any resemblance
to any of the available mixes:
"Original Remix" <--this was what i generally played when
i was a mobile DJ.
"LP Version"?
"DJ Lelewel Remix"? <-- i did find out this was the UK
single, but that doesn't help me, no telling what was on
the u.s single.
I even went to youtube and there are about 50 versions of
the same video (with the model lip-syncing Martha..), but
all different lengths and mixes and not one of them
matched the time of the u.s. single.
to futher confuse me, the online version of the LP
"Dreamland" no longer contains a 5:14 version, it now has
a 4:59 version that gives no description, but closely
resembles the "Original Remix" but edited a little
differently, and contains the u.s. hit rap, instead of
the higher-voiced alternate rap.
But i do have the 5:14 version on "Rock On 1991" on
Madacy, but I'm not totally sure what version that is,
this cd is not in the database. It does have the higher
voiced alternate rap.
So anyway, i'm now dizzy and i'll stop typing... help!
i'm drowning in mixes....
MM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1twvncW04fQ
That is essentially the "radio mix" version on the cassette single.
This is not the version my Top 40 played.
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that you much, mainrhythm... a very big help.
also thanks to Frank, he sent me over a reference mp3 of
the the single edit.
The mix used is in fact an edit of: the DJ Lelewel Mix.
The longer version of this mix is currently available in
the digital single.
Interestingly tho, like many of the other posters here
this is not the mix i heard on the radio back then. The
familiar mix to me is like the "original remix" with the
pulsing, sax-like synth riff, with familiar guys saying
"yeah!"... both of those key elements are missing from
the single mix.
since Aaron was asking about it, i wonder, is the "Dance
Radio Edit" more like the "original remix"?
I'm wondering if that's what our stations chose for it.
MM [edited to fix spelling!]
Edited by MMathews on 08 September 2012 at 12:27am
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You know, I can't remember which version was played on G105 in Durham, NC (where I lived at that time). I think it was the LP version because, as you said, Mark, I have clear memories of the "pulsing, sax-like synth riff with familiar guys saying, 'yeah!'" (excellent description - I knew exactly what you meant!). That was one of the biggest hooks of the song, and I can't believe that they took that out of the single version.
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I listened to both promos and I always remember my station playing a
version with a long intro. The Lp version sounds the most like it but the
rap from the Original Remix sounds more familiar. So maybe they cued
in the Original Remix. But I know they didn't play the Original Remix
Radio Edit.
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MMathews wrote:
since Aaron was asking about it, i wonder, is the "Dance
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The "Dance Radio Edit" is not even close to the "Original Remix." This is the "Dance Mix" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz8jSTe5WVw), and the "Dance Radio Edit" is a short version of this mix.
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musicmanatl wrote:
You know, I can't remember which version was played on G105 in Durham, NC (where I lived at that time). I think it was the LP version because, as you said, Mark, I have clear memories of the "pulsing, sax-like synth riff with familiar guys saying, 'yeah!'" (excellent description - I knew exactly what you meant!). That was one of the biggest hooks of the song, and I can't believe that they took that out of the single version.
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The "Original Remix" and "LP Version" are probably closest in terms of mix. They both have the "yeah" and pulsating sax synth riff. This is the LP version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3PXNcWdA_M, and this is the "Original Remix" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnKPmhNZsBM
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aaronk wrote:
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All these years later, and I discovered the answer to my question. The song sampled on the original album version is "Acid House" by Nelshouse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3H97908H8. The 12" has an acapella, which is probably what was used for the sample.
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Thanks, Aaron for the extra info.
Yeah, that "dance remix" is the most unfamiliar of the
lot, never heard that a-once. The origin of the original
LP version's rap is also cool.
I recall the first place i heard that was on the Dance Mix
USA CD when it came out. My reaction was "huh?"
I can only assume that the CHR station in my area must
ahve done their own edit of the "Original Remix"..since
that's what always sounded like the "the hit" to me.
MM
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MMathews wrote:
Thanks, Aaron for the extra info.
Yeah, that "dance remix" is the most unfamiliar of the
lot, never heard that a-once. The origin of the original
LP version's rap is also cool.
I recall the first place i heard that was on the Dance Mix
USA CD when it came out. My reaction was "huh?"
I can only assume that the CHR station in my area must
ahve done their own edit of the "Original Remix"..since
that's what always sounded like the "the hit" to me.
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What's different about the Original Remix Radio Edit from what you heard on the air?
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FYI This is the other version on the cassette single:
Hard Core Remix
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Weird! No Martha Wash on this version until the last 20 seconds.
Edited by aaronk on 09 September 2012 at 10:44am
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