trisha yearwood how do i live

my commercial cd single for the trisha yearwood song "how do i live" issued as mca 72015 contains the below two tracks

1-non described version (4:25 listed; 4:25 actual)
2-video version (4:02 listed; 4:02 actual)

this is one of those occurances where the single version is longer than the cd/lp version....

I think this is a case of more than just the Single Version being longer than the album version. The song's parent album, "(Songbook) A Collection of Hits" seems to use the "Video Version" listed above and after listening to it, I realized there's at least a few mix differences on it compared to the 4:25 Single Version. At about 4 seconds in on the Album/Video Version, there is some kind of instrumentation that I don't believe appears on the single at all. There is also saxophone that comes in on the Album/Video Version at about 2:11 and there is no saxophone on the Single Version at all. So this isn't a case of a Single Version that just happens to be a little bit longer than the Album Version, as there is some extra instrumentation involved.

After looking on Discogs, I also noticed that all Single Configurations list the song as being "From the upcoming MCA/Nashville album, 'Greatest Hits' MCAC-70011", but of course at some point and for some reason, the name of the compilation was changed to "Songbook..." with the same catalog number. Trisha did eventually have a compilation titled "Greatest Hits", but it was released in 2007, a full 10 years after "How Do I Live" was a hit.

Discogs also lists a promo CD Single where the song (4:02 version) is repeated three times. The only other promo I can think of that repeated a song 3 times is the one for Vanessa Williams' "Just For Tonight". Does anyone have the "How Do I Live" promo and can confirm that the song is repeated three times? Also, what was the reasoning for doing that in the first place? I'm trying to figure out why the label would apparently feel the need to repeat the same exact song multiple times on the same disc.

Has the single vesion ever appeared on an album? Both
"Songbook" and "Greatest Hits" are the 4:02 version.

I have always wondered - if LeAnn Rimes had never
recorded this, would Pop and Adult radio have played
Trisha's version as she was such a core country artist
and this was released before Faith and Shania started
crossing over regularly? Wynonna released several
songs in the mid-90s that should have been bigger hits
("No One Else On Earth," "Tell Me Why," "To Be Loved
By You") or at least charted ("My Strongest Weakness,"
"Only Love," "Is It Over Yet") at Adult and even Pop
radio. But, I don't think those formats ever let
Wynonna shake her country label. I also wonder if
this had crossed over, would Trisha's music become
more pop as it did for Faith and Shania after "This
Kiss" and "You're Still The One," respectively?

As Ed states above, the Trisha Yearwood commercial
single contains both versions. The CD single describes
the 4:02 version as the 'video version'. My 45 does
not describe either version; the 4:25 version is the
A-side and the 4:02 version the B-side. I believe that
radio was only serviced with the 4:02 version (and I'm
not sure Trisha Yearwood's version was even promoted
to pop stations).

The LeAnn Rimes version was recorded first for the
film Con Air. The film's producers were
concerned about her age (she was all of fourteen) and
decided not to use it. So they turned to Trisha
Yearwood. Curb decided to release the LeAnn Rimes
version anyway. Almost all country stations played the
Trisha Yearwood version (the LeAnn Rimes version only
reached #43 on the Billboard country chart), and I
don't believe any non-country station played the
Trisha Yearwood version.

Edited by Paul C