duran duran "ordinary world"

my commercial cassingle issued as capitol 44908 contains a non described version as the A-side which runs 5:39 and is identical to the full length cd/album version running 5:39 from the cd

(S) (5:40) Capitol 98876 Duran Duran   

.....the db states that the dj edit running 4:39 is the same as the 45 version.....pat, is it possible you're referencing the promo 45 and NOT the commercial 45 for your data....or is this another instance where the vinyl 45 and the cassingles have different versions and running times on them.....can anyone confirm this.....

so, the commercial 45 was NOT the same catalog number as the cassingle...so that should be noted in the db....that the official single/cassingle version is the same as the full length cd/album version and not the 45 version.....

Ran across a shorter edit for this and I'm trying to
figure out where it came from.

For the true "single edit", starting at 1:20 on the
downbeat in the middle of the word "survive", there's a
12-beat break with some acoustic guitar and hi-hat before
the vocals kick in.

On Hot Hits Pop Vol. 7, the break starting at 1:20
is shortened to only 4 beats, and eliminates the acoustic
guitar/hi-hat part before going back into the vocals. It
also fades about 8 seconds earlier than the true "single
edit". This version runs 4:27.

Anyone know where this shorter edit originated?

I just received another US promo CD single for "Ordinary World," and it contains the version that Ron describes above. The section from 1:23 to 1:30 of the 4:41 "Single Edit" is edited out, and it fades earlier. Two other unique details about this promo are that it contains an "AC Edit" as track 2, and it's a 2-CD set. The second disc in the set is the Decade greatest hits package that came out a few years earlier. I assume the tracks on the Decade CD are identical to the retail version, as the disc has the same catalog number (CDP7 93178 2) and track list.

DPRO-79607
1. Single Edit (listed 4:28; actual 4:27)
2. AC Edit (listed 4:28; actual 4:30)
3. Acoustic Version (listed 5:05; actual 5:07)
4. LP Version (listed & actual 5:39)

Doing some comparisons between the tracks, I noticed the "Single Edit" is not actually an edit of the LP version. It's a unique mix throughout. The most notable difference is that this mix has an electric guitar after the second chorus, whereas the LP version has an acoustic guitar.

The "AC Edit" is an edit of the LP version, although there's a crossfade at one of the "edit" points and not just a straight cut.

I wasn't working in radio quite yet when "Ordinary World" was released, so I don't know the back story on that promo. My guess is that it was a reminder to programmers about all the hits they previously had, while also giving radio stations a nice CD copy to use for their gold library. Their previous album Liberty from 1990 didn't yield any top 40 hits, so Decade from 1989 served as a nice career summary.

Edited by aaronk