Sixpence ... "Kiss Me"

I have the CD single of "Kiss Me" but not the album that contains it. Do they differ due to an edit or an early fade?

Edited by EdisonLite

And I only have the commercial CD single, which isn't labeled as a radio remix, but also clocks in at 3:18. It does however say that it's featured in the movie "She's All That", which leads me to believe this is the later mix, but I'm not sure. Pat, do you (or anyone) know the differences between the commercial CD single, the promo single, and the album version?

As a long-time music collector also working in radio, I always found
myself paying especially close attention whenever a small and/or indie
label's song became a CHR hit. Here's what I remember about "Kiss Me".

The song's label, Squint Entertainment, was a new, very small subsidiary
of the long-established Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) Word
Entertainment operation, started by musician and songwriter Steve Taylor.
The band released their self-titled debut CD in 1997.

Aaron, I'm just about positive that the non-numbered, promo CD single
you just picked up was the earliest-released of the three CD singles
you've listed, was solely intended for CCM-formatted stations, and was
very likely pressed up/sent out to CCM radio during 1997. That would
then place its issue date at least 16 months before than the eventual May
1999 Hot 100 peak position of #2, for the later "Radio Remix".

To support their debut CD, Sixpence None The Richer had been touring
with several other bands. Ones who'd not just had CCM success, but
mainstream hits as well, such as 10,000 Maniacs and the Proclaimers. As
a result, their "Kiss Me" track started getting increased, favorable
exposure outside of the Christian genre, and seeing CD sales numbers
increasing with each passing week.

At this point, Squint began to think that they might be able to make some
Top 40 headway with "Kiss Me". Of course, time was of the essence, so a
"Radio Remix" was both created and mailed out to CHR, ASAP, and was
released on 8-11-1998. The WB's teen drama "Dawson's Creek" featured
the song in two of its late 1998 episodes, and also was included in the
early 1999 film "She's All That", as noted on one of Aaron's two CD singles
above. We never received anything but UPC symbol hole-punched stock
CD single copies at our station. My best recollection is that the 4-track CD
single came into the station first. All of this additional multimedia
exposure was obviously quite instrumental to its eventual Top 40 success.

I sort of equate this situation to Everything But The Girl's "Missing", where
a 1995 Todd Terry remix of the 1994 non-hit release gave the song a
second life, also reaching a peak of #2 BB in early 1996. But in this case
Atlantic, as a far larger label operation than Squint, could quickly produce
and distribute new promo CD singles. Whereas the tiny Sprint operation
clearly found themselves in virgin territory here. I wouldn't have blamed
Squint one bit, if they decided to "hedge their bets", produce stock CD
singles only, send "punched UPC" copies to radio, and then have all the
other copies be sellable at retail. Money was surely far more of an issue at
Squint than Atlantic. Heck, If my operation didn't have capital to burn,
that's exactly what I would've done. This last part is just an educated
guess.

If anybody has any further "Kiss Me" insights here, please share!

I would not consider it a hit version, no. The only version I ever heard on top 40 radio is the "Radio Remix" found on the CD maxi and 2-track CD single with "She's All That" advertised on the front.

Anyone know where you can find the Lenny B Remix Edit on CD?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUv2-unGbY