"Run Away" - Real McCoy

It's my understanding that the commercial single version of Real McCoy's "Run Away" is identical to the one on the Another Night CD (Arista 18778) in spite the fact that commercial single sleeves state "single version". That being said, I seem to have a different version of "Run Away" which runs 3:51 on my Promo Only: Mainstream Radio DJ CD series. Aside from the tambourine being mixed hotter and an overall different EQ sound, this promo version is basically the same as the single/album version up until the 2:25 mark. From 2:25 to 2:40, the promo version breaks off into the "it's time to break free, whoa-oh-ay-oh, run away, whoa-oh-ay-oh" verses while the single/album version repeats the "run away, run away, run away if you want to survive" loop.   From 2:40 to 3:02, the two versions match up again. But from 3:02 to fade out they once again become different. On the album version, the male rap vocal repeats the "keep the faith, you gotta keep the faith, you gotta keep the faith and run away" all the way through the fade out, but this rap is not heard at all during the fade out on the promo version.

Does anyone know what exactly is this version on my Promo Only disc? Does it appear anywhere on its own official promo CD single release?

Edited by Todd Ireland

Thanks, Aaron. I appreciate it!

Not sure if these are the same different versions you guys are talking
about, but there are two versions that have differences during an
instrumental break on the mixes I have on the import CD single and the
vinyl domestic 12". The version I hear on the radio in NY these days is the
Airplay Mix I from the import single, which breaks into a melody riff from
the Debbie Deb 80s freestyle song "When I Hear Music". The version I
prefer plays an 'acapella' synth riff at that point instead. On my 12", that
version is called the 'club attack mix', but I used to hear a radio edit of
this version on radio back in the day. Not sure if that's the album version.

Edited by budaniel

I have a dj cd single promo (Arista 2808) that states a running time of (4:02) and actually runs (4:03).