O/T Don’t Drive Drunk - Stevie Wonder

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   Poor Stevie got no traction on the USA charts with this M.A.D.D. anthem from The Woman In Red soundtrack.

The 7" singles in Discogs claim the single version runs 4:36.

I remember the single version (yes my local station played it briefly) being a simple edit of the Lady In Red soundtrack, removing 2 minutes and 10 seconds between 4:18 and 6:28.

However, my resulting file runs 4:21 - 4:22 depending on how close you trim the silence.

Does anybody have the 7" who can check the actual length? Also does it end cold or does it fade? Instead of editing, you could just fade after the "build-up" at 4:18 and easily get a file that runs 4:36.

I look forward to your findings!

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NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: O/T Don’t Drive Drunk - Stevie Wonder Posted: 08 August 2022 at 12:17am
	Poor Stevie got no traction on the USA charts with this M.A.D.D. anthem from The Woman In Red soundtrack. The 7" singles in Discogs claim the single version runs 4:36. I remember the single version (yes my local station played it briefly) being a simple edit of the Lady In Red soundtrack, removing 2 minutes and 10 seconds between 4:18 and 6:28. However, my resulting file runs 4:21 - 4:22 depending on how close you trim the silence. Does anybody have the 7" who can check the actual length? Also does it end cold or does it fade? Instead of editing, you could just fade after the "build-up" at 4:18 and easily get a file that runs 4:36. I look forward to your findings!
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

ChicagoBill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 November 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChicagoBill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 August 2022 at 8:48am
	Gene, I remember a 12" being released, but the first time I saw this on a 7" single was on the Motown Yesteryear Series Y-685 F. This reissue entered our store on 8/17/88. So here goes... the label states 4:35, but I time it out at 4:01. It ends with the traffic stop sound effects and fades. -Bill.

ChicagoBill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 November 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChicagoBill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 August 2022 at 11:20am
	So after a few hours, I take out the 'Woman In Red' soundtrack CD and determine that you cannot make the single from the CD. It has all sorts of sound effects added in that don't show up on the CD. I might have misled readers by describing the 'Motown Yesteryear Series' as a 'Reissue', because a 'Reissue' implies that it was out before as a regular 'Issue', which I don't believe it was. -Bill.

NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 August 2022 at 8:15pm
	It's strange; I know my local top 40 station spun it a few times and I don't think they would have played the full 12" version... yet Discogs doesn't show an edit released in the United States. It WAS, however, released in the 7" edit format just about everywhere else, including Canada. Very weird... and now I wonder if the single version every made it to digital from tape... Thanks for checking into all this for me, Bill!!
	Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA