"Dial My Heart" - The Boys
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Topic: "Dial My Heart" - The Boys
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Dial My Heart" - The Boys
Date Posted: 11 October 2008 at 4:49pm
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Abagon reports the actual commercial 45 run time of the Boys' "Dial My Heart" is 4:22, not 4:25 as stated on the record label.
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Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 3:37pm
The commercial Cassette Single has a version titled, "Heart Version Edit". There's no notation on Discogs about its running time, and I'm curious if it's a different version than what's on the 45. The label of the 45 doesn't specify a particular version, so I assume it's the album version. No Promo CD Single listing on Discogs, but one does exist, as reported on the 1989 Top 40 Hits on Promo CD Singles thread.
Also interesting is that all the US Vinyl LP listings on Discogs have the song's running time listed as 4:25, but the lone US CD listing has it at 4:17, so it's possible the CD may fade out earlier or possibly be a different mix.
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Dan In Philly
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 6:01pm
Here are the promo CD details:
CD45-17751
1. non-described version (listed 4:16; actual 4:21)
2. 12" Heart Version (listed & actual 6:37)
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 7:06pm
I checked YouTube and the "Heart Version" is definitely a remix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_FbWJaW6FU&list=RDP_FbWJaW6FU&start_radio=1 - Dial My Heart (12" Heart Version)
But to create the "Heart Version Edit" on the Cassette Single, the edit points would still be unknown unless someone has it and can inform us where they are.
However, there is a CD Single from Germany whose title specifically says "Remixes", and Track 1 is the "12' Heart Version" (listed 6:37) and Track 2 is "7' Edit" (listed 4:16), so I'm thinking that may be the Cassette Single Version.
https://www.discogs.com/The-Boys-Dial-My-Heart-12-Inch-Remixes/release/685575 - The Boys - Dial My Heart (12 Inch Remixes)
So if the 7" Edit does run 4:16, and the version on the US CD of the album runs 4:17 as listed, it's possible they may be the same version, which likely would be the one on the commercial Cassette Single.
Update: Discogs has the US CD version at 4:17, but photos of the back insert and the disc itself say 4:25.
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Dan In Philly
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Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 7:19pm
By the way, thank you Aaron for listing the promo details and I assume you put it on Discogs because I see it there now. Much appreciated!
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Dan In Philly
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 07 April 2020 at 9:02pm
You’re welcome! I also have the 12” single, which has the 7” Edit on it. I
will put it on the turntable within the next day or so, and we will find out
if it’s any different.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 08 April 2020 at 9:59pm
There was a version played on radio with a rap segment
in the bridge. The rest of this version sounded like the
album version. That might be the 12" edit or cassette
single version. When it was a hit, the version with the
rap bridge was as common as the 45/Lp version.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 2:15pm
The 7" Edit on the 12" single has a printed time of 4:16 and actual time of 4:25. There is a rap in the middle of this version. The final seconds of the fade are super low.
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Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 2:20pm
That sounds like the version AutumnAarilyn mentioned. Thanks for checking on it, Aaron.
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Dan In Philly
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 2:22pm
OK, after doing a quick comparison, I've discovered two things:
1) The non-described version on the promo CD single is the same mix as the 7" Edit on the 12" single.
2) The version found on Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1988 and Hitsville Vol. 2 is a totally different mix, presumably the LP version.
I'll pull my vinyl 45 to see which mix it contains, but I do not have the cassette single. If I had to guess, I'd say the promo CD and 7" Edit match the "Heart Version Edit" on the cassette single. The promo CD says "Original version appears on the Motown LP, MOT-6260, 'Messages From The Boys,'" so that seems to indicate this is not the original LP mix.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 2:45pm
It would make sense if the 7" Edit is the same as the "Heart Version Edit", because then the promo would be specifically for the "Heart" mixes, Track 1 being an edit and Track 2 being the full version.
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Dan In Philly
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 8:36pm
My stock 45 has the LP mix, so this is a case where the vinyl 45 and cassette single have different mixes.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 11 April 2020 at 9:48pm
I have the 45, cd album, and that Billboard 1988
compilation put out by Rhino and they all are the same
version without any rap. The flipside of the 45 had an
instrumental version.
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