"Don’t Matter" - Akon
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Topic: "Don’t Matter" - Akon
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Don’t Matter" - Akon
Date Posted: 16 March 2008 at 7:56pm
According to my research, there's a promo CD single release for Akon's "Don't Matter" that contains the following track listings and printed run times:
1) Radio Edit - 4:09
2) Main - 4:53
3) Instrumental - 4:53
Could anyone who has this promo single please pass along the actual run times and the catalog number? (I'm not really concerned about the instrumental version since that version obviously didn't garner any widespread airplay.)
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Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 6:18am
We have the official CD promo single, label # 21780:
1. Radio Edit - listed and actual (4:09)
2. Main - listed (4:53) - actual (4:51)
3. Instrumental - listed (4:53) - actual (4:51)
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 7:19am
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Interesting note here. My version from JonesTM must be the 'Main', as the run time is 4:51. So, is that the version radio embraced?
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 11:48pm
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Not necessarily, eriejwg. I believe this was one of those songs that many stations started playing before the record company had a chance to issue it as a promo single. When JonesTM saw it charting, they probably just pulled it off of the full length album for HitDisc release. Later, an official "Edit" was released. Promo Only also did their own "edit" although it might just be an early fade. I think their version runs about 4:20 or so, and it doesn't match the promo CD.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:15am
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JonesTM, on other library discs, has the 'radio edit', so they issued both versions.
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:14pm
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Thanks, Paul, for the confirmation. I'm pretty sure my local Top 40 station always played the Radio Edit.
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