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      Posted By: Todd Ireland
       Subject: Deleted Top 40 digital download singles
       Date Posted: 10 May 2014 at 12:30pm
       
      
        
          
	
I'm copying and pasting the following posts from another forum thread discussing deleted digital download Top 40 singles also that are also not available on CD.  Since this topic is of interest to a number of us, it probably should have it's own dedicated thread:
 
 
  JL328 wrote:
  ...There were a handful of American Idol songs and other live recordings that met the same fate.  Here is a (perhaps incomplete) list with as much info as my memory can muster:
 
 1) Across the Universe-- Various Artists (47th Grammys)
 
 2) Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart-- Stone/Etheridge (47th Grammys)
 
 3) The World I Know-- David Cook (Live Performance-- AI Top 2)
 
 4) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-- David Cook (Live 
 Performance-- AI Top 2)
 
 5) Dream Big-- David Cook (Live Performance-- AI Top 2)
 
 6) Permanent (American Idol Charity Song)-- David Cook
 The hit version is the live version titled "American Idol Charity Song."  It 
 was only available for a limited time.  It runs about 3:23 and (I believe) is a 
 live recording (I do not have it).  This song was later released on his album 
 in a different 2:57 studio version.  That album version was not the version 
 that charted Billboard.
 
 7) Imagine-- David Archuleta (Live Performance-- AI Top 2)
 
 8) I'll Stand By You (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- Carrie Underwood 
 This is a studio version.  Runs approx. 3:32.  It was played on AI over a 
 charity clip, released to iTunes for charity, then quickly pulled.
 
 9) Praying For Time (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- Carrie Underwood
 This is a live performance.
 
 10) What About Now (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- Daughtry
 This one is under the radar because people assume the album version as 
 the hit.  It's not.  The hit was the acoustic version that was played on 
 American Idol (Idol Gives Back).  It is not a live version, but is a special 
 acoustic version (and therefore different than the album version).  like "I'll 
 Stand By You," I think it was played on IGB over a montage a clips.    The 
 acoustic version was released to iTunes, people bought it, and the song 
 charted Billboard the next week based on the IGB performance.  I believe 
 the album version charted in a completely different year.
 
 11) You Give Love a Bad Name (American Idol Performance)-- Blake Lewis
 I believe a studio version.
 
 12) We Belong Together (From "Tristan & Isolde")-- Gavin DeGraw 
 Another under the radar one.  There is a 5:26 album version still available 
 on iTunes.  This is not the hit.  The hit runs 4:33.  I honestly don't know 
 why this song is no longer available; it wasn't part of a live performance 
 and I don't think it was released for charity.  I'm speculating a bit, but I 
 think this song got a lot of run due to its appearance in trailers for 
 "Tristan & Isolde" (or maybe One Tree Hill or Dawson's Creek or one of 
 those shows?) so the record company quickly released a version (which 
 became the hit version) then quickly pulled it when the album was 
 released?  That's speculation, but the hit version is long gone in favor of 
 the longer and IMO not as good album version.  I'd actually love to hear 
 the real story on this song.
 
 13) Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)-- Jay Z, et al.
 This was from the Hope For Haiti Now special.  There was a live version 
 and a studio version and I'm not sure which was the hit.  Neither is 
 available any longer.
 
 14) Hallelujah-- Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. Charlie Sexton
 If you've never heard this, you're missing out.  Also from Hope For Haiti 
 Now, there was only one version.  There is no crowd noise, but I'm not 
 entirely sure it's a studio recording.  Runs 4:16 and was a top 40 hit for 
 one week.  One of my favorite recordings.
 
 15) Mad World (American Idol Performance)-- Adam Lambert
 Studio Recording
 
 16) Heartless (American Idol Performance)-- Kris Allen 
 Studio Recording
 
 17?) Ain't No Sunshine (American Idol Performance)-- Kris Allen
 Studio Recording.  Throwing this one on here because I'm not sure.  The 
 hit was a studio recording and a 2:13 studio recording was later released 
 on a five song EP called "American Idol Season 8: The 5 Song EP."  Not 
 sure if that's the same version because I never bought the song when it 
 was released after AI.
 
 I used to have a list of these, but damn if I can't find it.  So, this is largely 
 pieced together from memory, so there may be others that I'm forgetting 
 (something from the CMAs perhaps?). |   
 
 
  JL328 wrote:
  18) All Summer Long-- Hit Masters
 I also just realized that this pop culture anomaly is no longer available, 
 although the companion version by the "Rock Heroes" appears to still be 
 going strong on iTunes.
 
 19) Home Sweet Home-- Carrie Underwood
 Studio recording, played as the going home music during one of the 
 seasons of AI.  Also appears to no longer be available.
 
 Also, just a further note to point out that the version of "Heartless" on Kris 
 Allen's album is not the hit.  The hit AI studio recording runs 4:02.
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      Posted By: Paul C
       
      Date Posted: 18 May 2014 at 2:01pm
       
      
        
          
	
Thanks to JL328 for his useful list. Here's some additional random information about songs from his list:
 
 
 2) Run time is (5:30).
 
 6) This is indeed a live recording.
 
 9) Run time is (3:37).
 
 10) As JL328 states, this song made the top 40 based on the strength of download sales of the "Idol Gives Back Performance" version. When the album version started to get airplay several months later, the song re-entered the Hot 100 but did not make the Top 40 again. The deluxe edition of the Daughtry album (which I do not own) contains an acoustic version with the same run time as the 'Idol' version, so this may be the same version.
 
 11) This is indeed a studio version. It runs (3:09).
 
 13) As JL328 states, the digital-only Hope For Haiti Now album contained both studio and live versions of this song. Most download sales were of the studio version, which runs (4:18). 
 
 14) This was a live version, eventhough no audience noise is present. I don't quite recall, but it is possible the "Hope For Haiti Now" concert did not take place with an audience. I remember that the 9/11 benefit concert took place in a studio without an audience.
 
 17) The American Idol Season 8 version is the same.
 
 18) When Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" was a hit in 2008, he refused to make the track available digitally. Two cover versions, one by 'Rock Heroes' and one by 'Hit Masters' sold enough downloads to make the Top 40. The angry comments on iTunes indicate that almost all of these sales were to people who mistakenly believed they were buying the Kid Rock version. The Rock Heroes version runs (4:55). The Hit Masters version runs (3:47).
 
 
 
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 18 May 2014 at 5:19pm
       
      
        
          
	
Judging from the iTunes preview, the acoustic version of "What About Now" 
 on the deluxe edition of the Daughtry album is indeed the Idol Gives Back 
 performance.  
 
 So, removing that and Kris Allen's "Ain't No Sunshine" from the list, we're 
 down to 17 lost hits (assuming I'm not missing any).
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 24 May 2014 at 5:59am
       
      
        
          
	
Ok.  I found my notes on this topic and took one for the team and did a 
 little additional research, which included visiting American Idol fansites 
 and other places on the internet for information.  As an aside, American 
 Idol fansites are some of the scariest places on the internet and I would 
 suggest they are not for the faint of the heart.  Those people are 
 hardcore.
 
 In any event, I find it fascinating that each of these songs--- each less 
 than 10 years old--- has so thoroughly disappeared from the universe 
 that there is very little information available and almost impossible to find 
 even an excerpt from many of these anywhere on the internet.
 
 In addition to reading my notes, and foraging through AI message boards 
 for exact song titles, release dates, etc., I also reviewed every Top 40 song 
 since 2/12/2005 that has spent fewer than 8 weeks on the Hot 100 to see 
 if it is still available on iTunes.  I did not, however, review the Glee songs-
 - I assume those are all still available (or at least available on a cd).  
 
 The list of 17 (18, if you count "Stranded" twice) appears to be complete.  
 With that said, here is the list (again) of the dirty dozen (and a half) with 
 as much info as I have.  Where the information was available to me (either 
 because I bought the songs or could figure it out via the internet), I've 
 given the exact titles as they appeared on iTunes...
 
 I'll post this info a few at a time....
 
 1) Across the Universe
 Billboard Artist: Various Artists
 iTunes Artist: Alicia Keys, Alison Krauss, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bono, Brian 
 Wilson, Norah Jones, Steven Tyler, Stevie Wonder, Tim McGraw & Velvet 
 Revolver
 Peak Date: March 5, 2005
 Peak: 22
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 1
 Time: 4:35
 Event: Live recording from the 47th Grammy Awards. February 13, 2005.
 Reason for Pull: Charity Single for victims of the Asian tsunami in 
 December 2004.
 
 
 2) Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart
 Melissa Etheridge & Joss Stone
 Peak Date: April 2, 2005
 Peak: 32
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2
 Time: The time on the iTunes single was listed as 5:34. Paul indicates the 
 actual time is 5:30.
 Event: Live recording from the 47th Grammy Awards.  February 13, 2005.
 Reason for Pull: Charity Single for Cancer Research Organizations City of 
 Hope and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.  It was available 
 beginning March 15, 2005 and pulled after 30 days.
 
 
 3) We Belong Together
 Gavin DeGraw
 Peak Date: February 4, 2006
 Peak: 26
 Top 40 Weeks: 2
 Hot 100 Weeks: 3
 Time: 4:33 (?)
 Event: Studio Recording from the movie "Tristan & Isolde"
 Reason for Pull: Unknown, but a different version was later released on his 
 album.  There does appear to be a "Tristan & Isolde" OST, and I found 
 references claiming that this song is "from the soundtrack," but the track 
 listing on Amazon does not include it.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAfn3VqpxA - We Belong 
 Together- Gavin DeGraw 
 
 4) I'll Stand By You 
 Carrie Underwood
 Peak Date: May 12, 2007
 Peak: 6
 Top 40 Weeks: 4
 Hot 100 Weeks: 5
 Time: 3:23
 Event: Studio Recording from Idol Gives Back, Season 6, aired April 25, 
 2007.  
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for Idol Gives Back
 
 5) You Give Love a Bad Name 
 Blake Lewis
 Peak Date: June 9, 2007
 Peak: 18
 Top 40 Weeks: 2
 Hot 100 Weeks: 4
 Time: 3:08
 Event: Studio recording of song performed at American Idol Finale, Season 
 6, May 23, 2007.
 Reason for Pull: Unknown.  This was available on a digital album called the 
 "Blake Lewis EP," which contained 5 studio versions of songs Lewis 
 performed on AI.  The entire EP was pulled from iTunes and, to my 
 knowledge, is not available anywhere.
 
 6) Praying For Time (Idol Gives Back Performance)
 Carrie Underwood
 Peak Date: April 26, 2008
 Peak: 27
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2
 Time: 3:38
 Event: Live recording from Idol Gives Back, Season 7, April 9, 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for Idol Gives Back
 
 7) Dream Big (American Idol Performance)
 David Cook
 Peak Date: June 7, 2008
 Peak: 15
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2
 Time: 1:57 (?) (I don't have it)
 Event: Live recording from finale of American Idol, Season 7.  May 21, 
 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJ6wpp0e0w - I think this may 
 be AN EDIT of the iTunes single version.  Can anyone confirm? 
 
 8) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (American Idol Performance)
 David Cook
 Peak Date: June 7, 2008
 Peak: 22
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2
 Time: Judging by some online research, I think the iTunes track time 
 might have been 2:26 with an actual time of 2:21? (I don't have it)
 Event: Live recording from finale of American Idol, Season 7.  May 21, 
 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown
 
 9) The World I Know (American Idol Performance)
 David Cook
 Peak Date: June 7, 2008
 Peak: 28
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 1
 Time: Judging by some online research, I think the iTunes track time 
 might have been 2:19 with an actual time of 2:14 (?) (I don't have it)
 Event: Live recording from finale of American Idol, Season 7.  May 21, 
 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDFO5LtwsYc - I think this may 
 be AN EDIT of the iTunes version.  Can anyone confirm? 
 
 10) Imagine (American Idol Performance) [Top 2]
 David Archuleta
 Peak Date: June 7, 2008
 Peak: 36
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 1
 Time: 2:09 (?) (I don't have it)
 Event: Live recording from finale of American Idol, Season 7.  May 21, 
 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown.  The hit version was titled "Imagine (American 
 Idol Performance) [Top 2]" on iTunes because there was an earlier version 
 (running approximately 2:17) entitled "Imagine (American Idol 
 Performance)."  That version was recorded during the Top 20 "Songs of 
 the 70s" week.  That version is not the hit version.
 
 11) All Summer Long
 Hit Masters
 Peak Date: September 6, 2008
 Peak: 19
 Top 40 Weeks: 2
 Hot 100 Weeks: 5
 Time: 3:49
 Event: Karaoke version of the Kid Rock song, which was itself unavailable 
 on iTunes
 Reason for Pull: Because it was awful?  The best part of the track is the 
 guy doing the Bob Seger part.  He brings it.  
 
 That's it through 2008.
 
 *Edited to add or update timing info for Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart, I Still 
 Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, The World I Know and 
 I'll Stand by You.
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      Posted By: musicmanatl
       
      Date Posted: 24 May 2014 at 6:29am
       
      
        
          
	
Regarding this:
 
 4) I'll Stand By You [Not sure how it was actually listed in iTunes]
 Carrie Underwood 
 
 I bought this so I have a copy.  The artwork for the single simply lists "American Idol", "Idol Gives Back", and "Carrie Underwood" but no song title is listed.  The title is listed as "I'll Stand By You" in the notation of the mp3 file.
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 24 May 2014 at 6:32am
       
      
        
          
	
12) Home Sweet Home
 Carrie Underwood
 Peak Date: March 28, 2009 
 Peak: 21 
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 3 
 Time: 3:38
 Event: Studio recording of song used during American Idol, Season 8, 
 during each contestant's elimination. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown. 
 
 13) Heartless (American Idol Studio Version)
 Kris Allen 
 Peak Date: June 6, 2009 
 Peak: 16 
 Top 40 Weeks: 2 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 3 
 Time: 4:02
 Event: Studio recording of song performed at American Idol Final 3, 
 Season 8, May 13, 2009. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown. The hit version is different than the version 
 contained on the deluxe version of Kris allen's album "Kris Allen."  The hit 
 version runs 4:02.  The album version runs 3:42 and is not the same 
 recording.
 
 14) Mad World (American Idol Studio Version)
 Adam Lambert
 Peak Date: June 6, 2009 
 Peak: 19
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 3 
 Time: 3:04
 Event: Studio recording of song performed at American Idol Finale, Season 
 8, May 20, 2009. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown. 
 
 15) Permanent (American Idol Charity Song)
 David Cook 
 Peak Date: June 6, 2009 
 Peak: 24 
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2 
 Time: 3:23 (?)
 Event: Live recording of song performed at American Idol Finale, Season 8, 
 May 20, 2009. 
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for ABC[Squared] (Accelerate Brain Cancer 
 Cure).  The album version, which is a studio recording running 2:57, is 
 still available but that is not the version that propelled the song onto the 
 chart.
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 26 May 2014 at 2:39pm
       
      
        
          
	
16) Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) [Version 1.0]
 Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge & Rihanna
 Peak Date: February 6, 2010 
 Peak: 16 
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2 
 Time: 4:20 
 Event: Studio version of song performed at Hope for Haiti Now telethon, 
 Jan. 22, 2010. 
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for Hope for Haiti Now.  All proceeds from 
 the sale of this specific studio version went to Partners in Health.
 
 16) Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) [Live Version]
 Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge & Rihanna
 Peak Date: February 6, 2010 
 Peak: 16 
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2 
 Time: 4:27 
 Event: Live version of song performed at Hope for Haiti Now telethon, Jan. 
 22, 2010. 
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for Hope for Haiti Now.  Proceeds went to 
 the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red 
 Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti 
 Foundation.
 
 18) Hallelujah (feat. Charlie Sexton)
 Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris
 Peak Date: June 13, 2010 
 Peak: 13
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 3 
 Time: 4:15
 Event: Live recording of song performed at Hope for Haiti Now telethon, 
 Jan. 22, 2010. 
 Reason for Pull: Charity song for Hope for Haiti Now.  Proceeds went to 
 the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red 
 Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti 
 Foundation.
 
 
 That's it.  I can't find any Top 40 hit after June 2010 that is unavailable.  
 All of "the Voice" recordings, the Taylor Swift charity single "Ronan," and 
 all of the Glee songs (as far as I can tell) are still available.  If I'm missing 
 something, please let me know. 
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 14 June 2014 at 3:59am
       
      
        
          
	
Completely missed this one (and I don't feel bad about it):
 
 19) Chinese Food
 Alison Gold
 Peak Date: Nov. 2, 2013
 Peak: 29
 Top 40 Weeks: 1
 Hot 100 Weeks: 1
 Time: 3:20
 Event: None of which I'm aware.  Novelty song.
 Reason for Pull: Unknown.
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      Posted By: edtop40
       
      Date Posted: 14 June 2014 at 7:21am
       
      
        
          
	
for what it's worth, the run times for these deleted 
 songs in the 8th edition of joel whitburn's 'pop annual' 
 are listed as below.....and paul haney may want to 
 confirm these times as what he knows as well....thanks, 
 paul...
 
 
 1) Across the Universe-- Various Artists (47th Grammys)
 (4:30)
 
 2) Cry Baby/Piece of My Heart-- Stone/Etheridge (47th 
 Grammys) (5:28)
 
 3) The World I Know-- David Cook (Live Performance-- AI 
 Top 2) (2:12)
 
 4) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-- David 
 Cook (Live Performance-- AI Top 2) (2:20)
 
 5) Dream Big-- David Cook (Live Performance-- AI Top 2)
 (2:03) 
 
 6) Permanent (American Idol Charity Song)-- David Cook 
 (2:52)
 
 7) Imagine-- David Archuleta (Live Performance-- AI Top 
 2) (2:07)
 
 8) I'll Stand By You (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- 
 Carrie Underwood (3:22)
 
 9) Praying For Time (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- 
 Carrie Underwood (3:37)
 
 10) What About Now (Idol Gives Back Performance)-- 
 Daughtry (4:28)
 
 11) You Give Love a Bad Name (American Idol Performance)-
 - Blake Lewis (3:07)
 
 12) We Belong Together (From "Tristan & Isolde")-- Gavin 
 DeGraw (4:25)
 
 13) Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)-- Jay Z, et al. (4:18)
 
 14) Hallelujah-- Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris feat. 
 Charlie Sexton (4:12)
 
 15) Mad World (American Idol Performance)-- Adam Lambert 
 (3:00) 
 
 16) Heartless (American Idol Performance)-- Kris Allen 
 (3:58)
 
 17) Ain't No Sunshine (American Idol Performance)-- Kris 
 Allen (2:10)
 
 18) All Summer Long-- Hit Masters (3:47)
 
 19) Home Sweet Home-- Carrie Underwood (3:35)
 
 20) Chinese Food -- Alison Gold (3:17)
  ------------- edtop40
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      Posted By: edtop40
       
      Date Posted: 14 June 2014 at 9:14am
       
      
        
          
	
8) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (American 
 Idol Performance) 
 David Cook 
 Peak Date: June 7, 2008 
 Peak: 22 
 Top 40 Weeks: 1 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 2 
 Time: Judging by some online research, I think the iTunes 
 track time 
 might have been 2:26 with an actual time of 2:21? (I 
 don't have it) 
 Event: Live recording from finale of American Idol, 
 Season 7. May 21, 
 2008. 
 Reason for Pull: Unknown 
 
 
 i re-created my own 2:20 running version from the you 
 tube video and it sounds like it could be right...if 
 anyone needs a copy let me know....
 
  ------------- edtop40
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      Posted By: edtop40
       
      Date Posted: 14 June 2014 at 1:47pm
       
      
        
          
	
i was also able to re-create the 2:12 running version of 
 'the world i know' by david cook using the 2:09 version i 
 had and the you tube video editing off the introduction and 
 q&a at the end....
  ------------- edtop40
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      Posted By: JL328
       
      Date Posted: 06 March 2016 at 11:41am
       
      
        
          
	
Well... at some point between when I last updated this list in June 2014 
 and now, the Rock Heroes' version of "All Summer Long" also went to that 
 great dustbin in the sky and seems to be no longer available anywhere.  
 So, for the sake of completeness, I'm updating this thread...
 
 20) All Summer Long 
 The Rock Heroes 
 Peak Date: October 11, 2008 
 Peak: 29 
 Top 40 Weeks: 2 
 Hot 100 Weeks: 15 
 Time: 4:56
 Event: Karaoke version of the Kid Rock song, which was itself unavailable 
 on iTunes 
 Reason for Pull: Remained available for 6 years before being pulled.  The 
 song was never meant to be more than a karaoke version of a popular 
 song.
 
 
 Good night, Rock Heroes.
 
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      Posted By: Glenpwood
       
      Date Posted: 08 March 2016 at 11:08am
       
      
        
          
	
Gavin DeGraw's "We Belong Together" can be crossed off this 
 list as it was issued in its original digital single 
 version on the "Finest Hour: The Best Of Gavin DeGraw" CD 
 back in 2014. Timing there is 4:30 but it contains several 
 seconds of silence at the end so it syncs up perfectly to 
 my original download.
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 07 July 2018 at 4:27pm
       
      
        
          
	
The Stranded song is available on a rare CD issued by U2 to their fan club. I am pretty sure this is the single version, but have no way to confirm. 
 
 https://www.discogs.com/U2-Duals/release/2832801
 
 
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 15 July 2018 at 1:16am
       
      
        
          
	
 
  JL328 wrote:
  
 
 That's it.  I can't find any Top 40 hit after June 2010 that is unavailable.  
 All of "the Voice" recordings, the Taylor Swift charity single "Ronan," and 
 all of the Glee songs (as far as I can tell) are still available.  If I'm missing 
 something, please let me know. |    
 
 I take it Ronan is only available in lossy and not in lossless, correct?
 
 The only other 2010-2018 hit I cannot find in lossless is Hallelujah by Justin Timberlake, Matt Morris and Sexton which was never released that way.
 
 I'm not counting the Rockabye radio mix in this that has Anne-Marie and Clean Bandit without Sean Paul, since there appears no formal release of it.
 
 I was able to obtain the Mike D Mix of Somebody I Used To Know which got airplay, but that is not an actual released single.
 
 I am sure there are other songs outside the top 20 not available in lossless, but someone correct me if they found something else that was not available on CD or as a FLAC download.
 
 
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      Posted By: Brian W.
       
      Date Posted: 15 July 2018 at 12:41pm
       
      
        
          
	
 
  PopArchivist wrote:
  
 
 I take it Ronan is only available in lossy and not in 
 lossless, correct?
 
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 Yeah, I have never been able to find "Ronan" in lossless 
 format.  It was an iTunes exclusive.
 
 It missed the Top 40, but Jennifer Lopez & Lin-Manuel 
 Miranda's charity single "Love Make the World Go Round" 
 was an iTunes exclusive as well, and I've never found 
 that in lossless format, either.  There was a promo CD 
 single for it in the US, apparently, but I've never been 
 able to obtain one (I'll be you it's lossy, anyway).
 
 A lot of these charity singles are iTunes exclusives.  
 It's maddening.  So is the recent version of "Take Me 
 Home, Country Roads" by Copilot Music + Sound, that was 
 in the iTunes top ten for several days.
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 15 July 2018 at 1:01pm
       
      
        
          
	
Brian W,
 
 I've come to accept that this decade the CD single met its official death. You can't even find anything in the US released as a physical CD single since 2012 (I picked up Skyfall by Adele for 1.99 at Walmart then).
 
 I miss being able to piece together the top 40 off of CD. This decade it went all digital.
 
 
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 15 July 2018 at 11:37pm
       
      
        
          
	
 
  PopArchivist wrote:
  Brian W,
 
 I've come to accept that this decade the CD single met its official death. You can't even find anything in the US released as a physical CD single since 2012 (I picked up Skyfall by Adele for 1.99 at Walmart then).
 
 I miss being able to piece together the top 40 off of CD. This decade it went all digital.
 
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 What year was it that promo CD singles stopped being made and sent to radio stations? I'm hoping to find one from 2011 (by Kelly Rowland), something I only recently decided to really seek it in lossless, and I'm wondering if there's even a chance that a promo CD single would have been made in 2011 and sent to radio stations.
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      Posted By: aaronk
       
      Date Posted: 16 July 2018 at 12:07am
       
      
        
          
	
They were still sending out a handful of promo CDs in 2011, but they were mostly all CD-Rs by that point.
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      Posted By: Brian W.
       
      Date Posted: 16 July 2018 at 2:37am
       
      
        
          
	
 
  PopArchivist wrote:
  Brian W,
 
 I've come to accept that this decade the CD single met its official death. I miss being able to piece together the top 40 off of CD. This decade it went all digital.
 
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 I actually prefer downloading singles to having CD singles... I just want lossless downloads.
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      Posted By: Paul Haney
       
      Date Posted: 16 July 2018 at 4:12am
       
      
        
          
	
 
  PopArchivist wrote:
  Brian W,
 
 I've come to accept that this decade the CD single met 
 its official death. You can't even find anything in the 
 US released as a physical CD single since 2012 (I picked 
 up Skyfall by Adele for 1.99 at Walmart then).
 
 I miss being able to piece together the top 40 off of CD. 
 This decade it went all digital.
 
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 There were a few CD singles released since 2012, although 
 I don't have any info on any since 2016.
 
 We have a thread here that documents them pretty well.  
 I'll bump it up for you.
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 17 July 2018 at 8:34pm
       
      
        
          
	
Paul,
 
 I saw the thread. Was just noticing how the physical CD single is all but dead. I'm more upset that Itunes will never offer any of its promo Idol downloads again, leaving my collection missing them since I came in a little late.
 
 
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 18 July 2018 at 3:49pm
       
      
        
          
	
 
  aaronk wrote:
  They were still sending out a handful of promo CDs in 2011, but they were mostly all CD-Rs by that point. |    
 
 Well, as long as there was a physical product being made then (whether promo CDs or simply CD-Rs), there's at least a chance I'll be able to track down a lossless CD of this Kelly Rowland songs on ebay or elsewhere at some point.
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      Posted By: aaronk
       
      Date Posted: 18 July 2018 at 4:15pm
       
      
        
          
	
I posted this in another thread, in case you missed it:
 
 
  aaronk wrote:
  You might be shocked to know that hundreds of big hits 
 have been serviced to radio only as lossy files over the years. By the 
 early 2000s, the internet was much faster and everyone owned a CD 
 burner. Record company promotions departments were sometimes 
 given the task of "pressing up" promo copies to send to radio stations. 
 They used whatever source they had, which sometimes was just an 
 mp3. The disc would then be sent to the music service companies, like 
 TM, and they would rip the disc as a wav file, but it's too late. The disc 
 was already burned using an mp3. |  
 
  ------------- Aaron Kannowski  http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound   http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop 
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 19 July 2018 at 1:02am
       
      
        
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Wow, I'm shocked that it's hundreds of big hits that are lossy. But I'm sure you're right. I just was checking a single version of a non-hit from 2006. I had it lossy (orig from a TM Century Disc). So I bought the commercially available CD single from UK, the only place it came out. It just arrived today. It, too, was lossy. So I checked my CD album to see if I could edit to be the single version. The CD album was a lossy, too! And this was 2006. I want to (but kind of don't want to) inspect all my WAV files from the 2000's in Adobe to see just how many of my files are really lossless. But I'm afraid to check into this :) (Of course, I'd do it with the hope that whatever lossy files I discover are actually on my CDs or HitDiscs, I can find lossless files elsewhere - which has actually happened sometimes.)
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      Posted By: aaronk
       
      Date Posted: 19 July 2018 at 12:44pm
       
      
        
          
	
It's crazy how many songs have been compressed to MP3 before being 
 put on promo CD. That doesn't necessarily mean every source is lossy, 
 though. I've found lossless copies of songs on full-length CDs that were 
 lossy on the promo CDs. It's a case by case basis, and it seemed to be 
 really bad from around the mid-2000s until at least the beginning of the 
 2010s. Lately, I haven't really done much checking to see which newer 
 hits are lossy. 
  ------------- Aaron Kannowski  http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound   http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop 
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 19 July 2018 at 1:48pm
       
      
        
          
	
I'm starting from 2018 and will go back to 2000. I'm on 2016. I've found 
 some lossy files (and some questionable lossy ones) including 2 lossy 
 files from HitDiscs that were lossless on the artist's CDs. But I am 
 finding all sorts of odd combinations. For example, a song will be Lossy  
 on the CD album but not CD single, and vice versa. Some are Lossy on 
 a CD but not on 7digital. Weird stuff
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 19 July 2018 at 2:07pm
       
      
        
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Update: I also just found a song I took off the band Safetysuit's CD (from 2012) that's lossy. It also exists on 2 HitDiscs, HA201206 and HP201206. Does anyone have these? And if not, do you think it's even worth bothering for me to track down those HitDiscs when the artist's CD itself contains this song as a lossy file?
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 21 July 2018 at 3:13am
       
      
        
          
	
I've now researched all my songs I've gotten from HitDiscs and artists' CDs (and anthologized) from 2000-2018 and found a lot of lossy ones as well. Many of the HitDiscs songs I also had on the artists's CDs. I haven't checked yet but I'm hoping they're the same mix, so hopefully I could use those. Or I bought them on 7Digital, where luckily they were lossless. But now there are still a new handful of lossy songs that I'll probably only be able to have as lossy.
 
 But Aaron was right. I was shocked at some of the lossy songs supplied HitDiscs that became big hits. These in particular really surprised me - that lossless were sent to TM Century (and perhaps that way on all promo CDs sent to radio):
 
 Honey, I'm Good - Andy Grammer
 Let Me Love You - DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber
 7 Years - Lukas Graham
 Bad Blood - Taylor Swift (solo)
 
 Those were all huge!
 
 I know the quality gets lost in radio anyway (due to compression and other factors), but still, you'd think the labels would want to supply the best quality sources for songs they hope will become hits.
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      Posted By: EdisonLite
       
      Date Posted: 21 July 2018 at 1:13pm
       
      
        
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In my researching the 2000-2018 songs in my collection, I found the oldest "lossy" song was from 2003. Has anyone come across any that are older? For me, it was the TLC song/single "Damaged", which I actually only have on the album - surprised it would be lossy there. I ordered the CD single which contains the "radio mix", so I'm hoping that won't be lossy, since it was presumably a whole new mix done during another session (although it could really mean 'radio edit' and still be lossy.)
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 04 November 2018 at 9:24am
       
      
        
          
	
FYI
 
 19) Home Sweet Home-- Carrie Underwood
 Studio recording, played as the going home music during one of the
 seasons of AI. 
 
 On the Deluxe Version of Play On it is an import, an Australian release. Added as a bonus track.
 
 Track 7 on CD 2
 
 https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/585139928
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      Posted By: PopArchivist
       
      Date Posted: 11 September 2019 at 12:42am
       
      
        
          
	
Anyone know any import or domestic cd release for the following 2010 hits? All i have are lossy files and Primecuts and Hitdiscs are useless.
 
 Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge Featuring Rihanna - Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) [Live] 4:27
 Tim McGraw - Felt Good On My Lips [Radio Edit] 3:53
 Kanye West Feat. Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj - Monster [Clean] [Radio Edit] 4:24
 Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue [Radio Edit]  3:26
 Nicki Minaj - Your Love [Clean] [Radio Edit] 3:17
 Jay Z Featuring Mr. Hudson - Young Forever [Clean] [Radio Edit]  3:45
 Enrique Iglesias - I Like It [No Rap] [Radio Edit] 3:12
 Usher Featuring Nicki Minaj- Lil Freak [Explicit] 3:55
 T.I. Featuring Keri Hilson - Got Your Back [Explicit] 3:45
 California Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie [Explicit] 3:57
 
 Thanks
 
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