james ingram--yah mo b there

anyone know if the version that is on michael mcdonalds' very best of cd is the 45 version issued on qwest 29394......the run time on all music says its 4:32 while the 45 says the run time is 4:02 but the actual run time of the 45 is 4:08........james ingrams' greatest hits cd has a 4:02 version of the song but IT IS NOT the 45 version....

does anyone know if the rhino cd "the ultimate collection" contains the true 45 version of "yah mo b there" by micaheal mcdonald & james ingram........the 45 states the run time as 4:02 but actually runs 4:08.........allmusic.com says that the cd contains the "single version" but it runs 4:24..........does anyone know if this version on this cd is really the 45 version just running a little long or is it the same version from james ingram's best of cd.....

Thanks, Pat, for confirming that Rhino got the single version of "Ya Mo Be There" right this time (despite the extended run time length) on Michael McDonald's new Ultimate Collection CD. As you correctly point out in the 10th edition, McDonald's Very Best of disc (Warner Archives/Rhino 76649) contains the LP version even though the CD jacket incorrectly states "single version".

I don't have the 45 for this one, and am a little confused about what it should sound like.

There's the fairly common-on-CD version that starts off with a mid-beat snare hit and a drum machine pattern. Other synth instruments trickle in beginning at :09, but the drum machine pattern doesn't change. This version runs about 4:28, and shows up on Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties - 1984-1985 and Body Talk - Heart And Soul, as well as the excellent import WB Michael McDonald collection from 1986 called Sweet Freedom. I assume that's the album version.

There's an edited version of the 4:28 version on The A List, with the intro shortened and faded early, which runs about 4:09. Is this the US 45?

There's an entirely different mix running about 4:04 on the UK 2-CD set from 1993 called Now 1985. This version has an intro with a hi-hat, lots of clapping, and a right-hand synth pattern. There's no constant snare/bass drum part at all until the first verse around 0:33 in. Is this the UK 45?

Anyone?

According to the "GUINNESS British Hit Singles 13th edition" book.

Feb 84 pos/44 wks/5
Apr 84 pos/69 wks/3 (re-entry)
Jan 85 pos/12 wks/8 (2nd re-entry)
Jan 85 pos/12 wks/8 (remix)

"Yah Mo B There" was ranked in the U.K. chart four times.
It seems that on the "Now 1985" CD is the "Remix" hit version in the U.K. chart.

--abagon