OneRepublic - I Lived

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   Here's a question for you smart folks... This track 

has been bugging me since I first heard it in 2014. Is 

the version of "I Lived" by OneRepublic that was 

serviced to radio different than the album version? I 

have been looking for the version heard in the promo 

video since its release in 2014. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rxydSolwU

(Note that the version featured in the video is 

extended due to various spoken segments overlapping 

instrumental sections between the verses). 

If one listens from 4:19 onward in the promo video, 

the song features an entirely different vocal take 

(including a new falsetto performance) and additional 

ad libs from Ryan Tedder. Compare this same section at 

3:04 onward in the album version. On discogs, I see a 

couple international CD-R promos listed with a "Radio 

Edit". I am quite sure that I heard this alternate 

vocal take version on the radio back then, but I may 

be confusing it with the version in the video. 

Does anyone know where I might get this version? And 

is it an official radio edit that was perhaps serviced 

digitally? I have never been able to find this video 

version on digital download sites, only the album 

version and various remixes. I bought "Now 54" back 

then, hoping to get this version, but it was the album 

version yet again. Thank you.

Edited by Bellenger1981

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Bellenger1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bellenger1981 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: OneRepublic - I Lived Posted: 19 April 2020 at 9:04pm
	Here's a question for you smart folks... This track has been bugging me since I first heard it in 2014. Is the version of "I Lived" by OneRepublic that was serviced to radio different than the album version? I have been looking for the version heard in the promo video since its release in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rxydSolwU (Note that the version featured in the video is extended due to various spoken segments overlapping instrumental sections between the verses). If one listens from 4:19 onward in the promo video, the song features an entirely different vocal take (including a new falsetto performance) and additional ad libs from Ryan Tedder. Compare this same section at 3:04 onward in the album version. On discogs, I see a couple international CD-R promos listed with a "Radio Edit". I am quite sure that I heard this alternate vocal take version on the radio back then, but I may be confusing it with the version in the video. Does anyone know where I might get this version? And is it an official radio edit that was perhaps serviced digitally? I have never been able to find this video version on digital download sites, only the album version and various remixes. I bought "Now 54" back then, hoping to get this version, but it was the album version yet again. Thank you. Edited by Bellenger1981
	Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 41	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 April 2020 at 9:18pm
	Jason, my copy from TM PrimeCuts is labeled as a radio edit so you may be on to something about an alternate version.
	John Gallagher Erie, PA John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth

PopArchivist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 June 2018 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopArchivist Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 April 2020 at 4:21pm
	I'm looking into this Jason. Will get back with you soon.
	Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD."

Bellenger1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bellenger1981 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 April 2020 at 8:42pm
	Awesome! Thank you!
	Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 April 2020 at 9:13am
	The version on the November 2014 Promo Only Mainstream Radio disc is the LP Version. A line that is clearly sung differently between the LP Version and the Youtube version is "With every broken bone" at about 3:37 in the LP Version (about 4:43 in the YouTube video.)