"Lucky Love" - Ace of Base
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Topic: "Lucky Love" - Ace of Base
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Lucky Love" - Ace of Base
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:06pm
Pat:
The database currently (and correctly) shows most CD appearances of Ace of Base's "Lucky Love" with the comment "acoustic version". However, this was initially confusing to me because it led me to think the "acoustic version" was somehow different from the single or album version, when in reality they are all one in the same.
To help alleviate confusion for other database subscribers, and because a European 45 version also currently exists on CD, perhaps there should be an addendum to the existing "acoustic version" comments to read something like: "acoustic version, which is the U.S. hit version".
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Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:07pm
or even better, "acoustic version, which is the U.S. single and album version". I think that's clearest of all.
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:08pm
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 5:32pm
Ok, I just now noticed something else... On my U.K. import CD single release of "Lucky Love" (Mega 577247), something can clearly be heard at the tail end of the "acoustic version" that sounds like the acoustic guitar player gently slapping his/her guitar strings to abruptly end the final note. This guitar slap is not heard at the end of the Ace of Base The Bridge CD on Arista 18806.
Does anyone have a U.S. commercial single release who can report if the guitar slap is present at the very end?
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Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 6:23pm
Hi folks,
Ooooh, one i actually have. Cool.
Yes,i have the U.S. commercial cd single, Acoustic version is track #6.
Yes, the cd single has the guitar slap at the very end, while the album version does not.
-MM
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 06 October 2009 at 3:15pm
my commercial cassingle issued as arista 12979 contains the "acoustic version" with the guiter slap/pick and runs 2:52
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Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 13 December 2018 at 6:54pm
Hmmm....the acoustic version was never played in our radio station. The one
that was played was a remix uptempo version which I thought was the hit
version of the song. The remix version is hard to find on CD and is only
available on import.
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Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 13 December 2018 at 7:01pm
I believe this is the correct remix version of the song our radio station played...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SGmxbVkUcU
https://www.discogs.com/Ace-Of-Base-Lucky-Love/release/15077 5
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 13 December 2018 at 11:03pm
Ron, I do recall hearing the European Mix (aka Original Version) on CHR stations. It's cut 2 on the US promo CD single. The station I worked for always played the Acoustic Version, though, which is cut 1.
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Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 14 December 2018 at 3:27am
I always heard the acoustic version on radio stations, too. I was happy to later find the more electronic version and actually like both versions a lot.
BTW, a strange thing. I just read this post now, but about 4 hours ago, I was looking at a folder on my computer and saw "Lucky Love"!
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 14 April 2025 at 7:12am
My US promo CD (Arista ASCD-2979) has the following tracks (all printed run times are accurate within a second or two):
1. Acoustic Version - 2:52 (has the guitar slap/pick at the end; the A-side of commercial cassette and 7-inch singles)
2. European Mix - 2:52
3. Frankie Knuckles Mix - 3:41 (this is the version currently identified as 'remix' in the database; the B-side of commercial cassette and 7-inch singles)
4. Vission Lorimer Edit - 3:37
FWIW, the version on the Canadian CD, Hit Zone 2, is the acoustic version without the guitar slap/pick at the end.
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