color me badd "i wanna sex you up"
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Topic: color me badd "i wanna sex you up"
Posted By: edtop40
Subject: color me badd "i wanna sex you up"
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 9:47am
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the cassingle issued as giant 19382 contains the "freeze mix" as the a-side and it runs 4:06....the second track on the b-side is the "album version".....this should be noted in the db.... ------------- edtop40 |
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Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 10:10am
| Ed, have you found the "freeze mix" on any domestic cd's? |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 10:36am
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I could be COMPLETELY wrong, but somehow I think the "Freeze mix" made it onto the Color Me Badd album or CD, but the 'original' "album version" meant from the *soundtrack* of 'New Jack City".
Can anybody verify?? Andy |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 12:40pm
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the only place i've found the "freeze mix" is on the promo cd single or maybe, i think, it's on the import cd single.....either way i've got the correct version on cdr if any one needs it... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 12:53pm
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The Freeze Mix is also on the domestic CD maxi single, which featured:
1. Smoothed Out Mix 2. Smoothed Out Mix/Long Version 3. Instrumental 4. Master Mix 5. Freeze Mix Catalog number is Giant 9 40031-2, UPC 0 9362-40031-2 0 I also have the "Love You Up" mix on an import CD, which substituted that phrase for radio stations that objected to the more graphic lyric. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 1:01pm
| Ed, does the album version have different lyrics than the Freeze Mix? I'm wondering if the Master Mix on my CD single is the album version. The chorus is the same, but the verses have completely different lyrics. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 1:17pm
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The album version, which is the one I heard on the radio in my area, has the first verse lyrics (from memory):
Hey, beautiful lady I need you tonight... etc. There was nothing before these lyrics other than the intro with the "ah tick tock" sample from "La Di Da Di" and the "oooh-ing" by the band. I remember the video had alternate lyrics, and the verses were not even sung with the same melody as the LP verses. I'm pretty sure it was the "Smoothed Out Mix" from the CD single (which I have somewhere in my collection), but it could have been the "Freeze Mix." |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 1:18pm
| Brian, if I can find my maxi single, I'll let you know about the "Master Mix." There's a good chance my copy is up in Michigan, though. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 14 August 2006 at 7:17pm
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brian....i don't know......send me a pm if you need a copy for your own review.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 19 August 2006 at 4:41pm
| I have obtained a cassette maxi single which contains the "freeze mix" and I have compared it to the version found on the CMB cd and I find them to be identical. Ed, have you compared the cassette single you have with the CMB cd and have you found them to be different? The matrix number on my CMB cd is 24429-2 RE-1 SRC-02*M1 S5. I also checked the version found on Pump Up The Jam 90's Dance Hits and it also is the "freeze mix". |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 19 August 2006 at 4:46pm
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no i have not.....since the cassingle has both the "freeze mix" as the a-side and the "album version" as the b-side i assumed that they were/are different...i will check the freeze mix from my cassingle version the album version from the cd cmb in a moment.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Pat Downey
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 5:43pm
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Ed,
Did you ever check your "freeze mix" against the CMB cd version? |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 8:49am
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i will check the freeze mix from the cassingle versus the version from CMB this afternoon and be back with my findings.... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 3:25pm
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i just listened to the song "i wanna sex you up" by color me badd......the cassingle contains, on the A-side, the "freeze mix" which runs 4:05 and is identical to the version from the cd "cmb" issued as giant 24429....what is unusual is that as the B-side of the cassingle it states "album version".....i just listened to that track and it has completely different lyrics......go figure.....so the "freeze mix" is the same as the lp version..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 4:41pm
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Hi Ed,
By "album version", I think they meant the 'New Jack City Soundtrack' album, which is where the song came from originally (the CMB album came later after the song started to become a hit). I'm only going by memory as I have not recently verified this. Andy |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 4:48pm
| That's true. The soundtrack to New Jack City has the version with first verse lyrics "Hey beautiful lady..." They must have opted for the 45 version ("Freeze Mix") when they released the CMB album. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 12:35pm
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andrew.....good catch...that would make sense then..... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 11:10pm
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Pat:
For "I Wanna Sex You Up", the database currently states that: the cassette single contains the "freeze mix" and runs (4:06). Because the cassette single's labeling of the B-side as "album version" is somewhat misleading, I think it would be helpful if the database would elaborate a bit more on this to help add clarification and in turn avoid confusion for readers. Here's one possible suggestion: The cassette single contains the "freeze mix", which is the same as the LP version, and runs (4:06). The cassette single's B-side states "album version", which runs (4:03), but this is actually the movie soundtrack version and is significantly different from the "freeze mix" 45 and LP version. (Ed, if you don't mind, could you please double-check the actual run time of your cassette single's B-side and report back? Thanks!) |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 04 October 2007 at 8:02pm
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the B-side of the cassingle issued as giant 19382 which is listed as the "album version" runs 4:06 and must be the "new jack city" movie soundtrack album version, while the cassingles' A-side contains the "freeze mix" which is really just the album version from the cd CMB.....they both runsn 4:05/4:06 in length but as aaron points out the beginning lyrics are different... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 8:32pm
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A little extra info for this song...
The commercial 45 is Giant 7-19382, with: A: I Wanna Sex You Up ("Freeze Mix" - printed 4:06, actual 4:06) B: I Wanna Sex You Up ("Album Version" - printed 4:05, actual 4:06) Both sides say "From the Giant Records Motion Picture Soundtrack Album NEW JACK CITY", which is consistent with the comments above; there was no Color Me Badd album at the time this was a hit. The "Freeze Mix" on the 45 A-side was the hit that got all the airplay in the US. At 0:29, the lyrics start with "Come inside take off your coat". It's on the CMB album (which I don't have), and also on these compilations:
The "Album Version" on the 45 B-side was the UK single version, and presumably got all the airplay in England. At 0:29, the lyrics start with "Hey beautiful lady". It's on the New Jack City soundtrack (which I don't have), and is also on these compilations:
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 11:54pm
I believe that is debatable, since TM Century issued only the album version on their CHR HitDisc and GoldDisc. Our station always played the cut from TM's CDs, so we never played the "Freeze Mix" at all. I'm wondering if AT40 also played the album version, since they used TM's discs for many of the songs on the countdown. (TM did issue the "Freeze Mix," but is was only on their "B" HitDisc, which contained Urban and Rock formats.) |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 8:03am
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I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered some of the vocal hooks from the "Freeze Mix" from hearing it on the radio - I lived in Minneapolis back in '91, and I would have heard it on KDWB back then. I think I have the Rick Dees year-end countdown from 1991, so I'll check tonight to see what he played.
Funny to me that even though this was a big, big hit, there's not much to latch onto, musically. The vocal parts for the first half of the song are totally different for the two mixes we're discussing, but I can't remember which was the one I heard back then. This stands in pretty stark contrast to, say, "Magic Carpet Ride" or "Soul Man", where the pronunciation of one word easily tips off which vocal take we're hearing. |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 11:24am
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I too remember hearing the "Come inside take off your coat" lyrics on KDWB, although I always thought I was hearing the "Smoothed Out Mix" as it begins the same way (I have it on promo CD single). What are the differences between the "Freeze" and "Smoothed Out" mixes? I'm almost certain that the "Smoothed Out Mix" is not the same as the LP version after the 2:16 mark, so they must at least be different edits.
Incidentally, I have a Rick Dees from the summer of '91 and they use the LP version on that particular show. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 23 January 2008 at 8:14pm
| Well, I stand corrected! The 1991 year-end Rick Dees countdown uses the LP version as well. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 2:02pm
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Pat:
Thought I'd make you aware that the notes in the database for "I Wanna Sex You Up" currently states: (the cassette single contains the) The complete comment should read: "the cassette single contains the "Freeze Mix" and runs 4:06." I know when the database was converted from the old hard copy book to the electronic format, the system had some issues printing text that proceeded quotation marks. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 05 June 2009 at 11:39am
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In doing some research, it appears that three promo CDs were issued for this song:
PRO-CD-4720 1. Freeze Mix (4:07) 2. Album Version (4:05) PRO-CD-4728 1. Smoothed Out Mix (3:38) 2. Master Mix (4:05) 3. Smoothed Out Mix/Long Version (5:13) PRO-CD-4916 1. I Wanna Sex You Up (Love You Up Mix) (3:55) 2. I Wanna Sex You Up (Soft Mix) (3:59) 3. I Wanna Sex You Up (Xtended Mix) (4:23) 4. I Wanna Sex You Up (Power Mix w/ Rap) (4:23) 5. I Wanna Sex You Up (Power Mix w/o Rap) (4:23) I'm 99% certain that the "Album Version" and "Master Mix" are the same, matching the New Jack City soundtrack. I'm going to dig out my commercial CD single and check it against the soundtrack version. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 August 2009 at 10:44pm
| In case it was never officially detemined, the "Master Mix" from my CD single is the same as the soundtrack album version. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 11:49pm
| Regarding Color Me Badd's "I Wanna Sex You Up", can anyone verify if any of the database CDs where the song runs 4:22 and contains a "remixed" comment is actually one of the radio mixes appearing on the various promo CD singles? I notice there are several radio mixes that run 4:23. |
Posted By: BSharp
Date Posted: 25 January 2021 at 10:22pm
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Revisiting this because I owned PRO-CD-4916 at one
time... I bought it from a used record store on Cape Cod in the mid-90s on a hunch that it might contain the version of this song that Kiss 108 played in Boston. Sure enough, it does - the Xtended Mix (cut 3) is the one I remember hearing most. It runs 4:22 as indicated and has the "Hey Beautiful Lady" first verse from the album version, with a backbeat throughout the song that's similar to the "Walk This Way" style beat used on the US single version of Roxette's Joyride. It also starts with a drum intro in the first measure... kick-snare-snare-snare-snare- snare-erans-snare (the "erans" being the snare sound reversed. It's a great version of the song, and it's been my go-to ever since. |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 26 January 2021 at 2:12pm
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Interestingly, the lyrics for "I Wanna Sex U Up" included
with the CMB CD do not match the lyrics of the version actually included on the album itself. There's another remix denoted as the Howie Tee Remix on their follow up album, "Young, Gifted and Badd" which also features the 'hey, beautiful lady...' vocals. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |