buckner & garcia "pac-man fever"

my commercial 45 issued as columbia 02673 states, on the label's face, a run time of 3:43 but it actually runs 3:52 and is identical to the version on the below cd (thx paul)

(S) (3:52) Rhino 78239 Like, Omigod! The ‘80$ Pop Culture Box (Totally)   

the db has 2 other cds that have a run time of 3:46....my guess is that those cds tried to match the 45's stated run time without actually checking it....this info should be noted in the db.....

Was "Pac-Man Fever" released more than once?

Not really, Todd. Atlanta, GA natives Jerry Buckner & Gary Garcia shopped their song to all the major labels in '81, but there were no takers. But small indie label owner Arnie Geller heard it, liked it, and released it on his small, pale blue "BGO" label (BGO 1001). A local morning show then started playing it, to great response. When the 45 had sold 10,000 copies in one week, Columbia then finally decided to pick up the song for national release, in December 1981. The BGO & Columbia versions are the same, and both labels use the same "instrumental version" as the flip side. The BGO 45 of it is actually pretty common out there in cyberspace, for anyone interested. The song peaked at #9 in Billboard, in March 1982.

It appears there may indeed be two different 45 pressings of Buckner & Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever" (Columbia18-02673). Abagon reports his commercial copy has an actual run time of 3:55, not 3:43 as stated on the record label. This of course runs at least :03 longer than all the song's CD appearances in the database. The matrix number of Abagon's 45 is: ZSS 169907-2A.   

My 12" version is the same as yours--the full vocal LP version on one side, and an 'extended' version on the flip side that is actually more lilke a dub or instrumental version with just the chorus! I'll never understand WHY they released the extended 12" version as an instrumental!