Rihanna - Greatest Hits

For the longest time I thought Rhapsody messed up with "Birthday Cake" fading out in the middle of the song! I could see why people were upset if they paid money for that. So I guess no long dirty version exists?

JL328,

Due to the emergence of digital downloads numerous post 2010 hits can only be found digitally and not on CD.

From about 2000-2008 there was a CD single generally that was released, until those eventually stopped. You have some Itunes downloads which were the only way to get certain songs. I would refer to anything post 2010 as available digitally and the hit version.

The physical CD lossless single is gone, in its place is 7Digital, Tidal Store and Onkyo Store and Amazon or Itunes (for lossy). Girls Like You by Maroon 5 (with Cardi B) is a perfect example of a song right now only available through a digital download. The hit version is the one that charts and is available commercially.

So the hit version of a song generally before 2008 had a CD single release. After 2008, some CD singles are around but generally the radio edits can also be found digitally. Not saying you can't find them on CD's (Grammy series, NOW series etc) just that digital downloads this past decade are now the hit versions you see chart.

Edited by PopArchivist