OT: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000
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Topic: OT: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: OT: Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000
Date Posted: 27 September 2017 at 7:50pm
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Does anyone recall why "If I Had $1000000" by Barenaked Ladies was re-released in 1999/2000? I was working in top 40 at the time, and my station played it in light rotation for a while in the spring of 2000. We played the live version, which is track 2 on the following promo:
PRO-CD-100000 1. Album Version (4:27) 2. Live Album Version (4:58) Cut 1 is from their 1992 album Gordon, while cut 2 (the version we played) is taken from Rock Spectacle, which came out in late 1996. The copyright date on the promo CD single is 1999, but it seems odd they would be promoting albums that were 7 and 3 years old. Does anyone else recall hearing it on CHR radio around the same time, and if so, which version was getting airplay? ------------- 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: Brian W.
Date Posted: 27 September 2017 at 8:13pm
May be later than you're thinking of, but perhaps this is the answer?
And I found a YouTube commercial where it was used for a Canadian lottery dating from 1997. |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 27 September 2017 at 8:41pm
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Yeah, that could possibly be the reason (timed with its use in a movie, show, or TV ad), although neither of the lottery examples line up with the promo CD release date.
Side note: I really like this song and "Brian Wilson," but the studio versions have always sounded a bit lame by comparison to the Rock Spectacle live versions. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 28 September 2017 at 4:16am
| I always just assumed that the label reissued the song because of the huge radio success the band was having at the time. I think it was one of their most popular concert songs and many new fans probably didn't know of it the first time around. The studio version got the lion's share of the airplay here in the Milwaukee market, but I also heard the live version once in awhile. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 28 September 2017 at 4:28am
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I agree with Paul on this.
We added both aforementioned songs, as well as "The Old Apartment" as recurrents, even though we didn't play them as currents. I'm pretty sure we played the live version of both. We played the "special radio" version (with the intro that I don't think was on the album) of TOA, not the live version. They were certainly staples of Hot AC and pop-leaning CHR for a couple of years. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 28 September 2017 at 9:42am
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Yep, we also played the Radio Remix of "The Old Apartment" which
has an instrumental intro before the first verse. The album version only has about a 1-second intro. The remix is a better mix than the LP version, too, IMO. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 30 September 2017 at 1:41am
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In Philly during this time period there was a Alternative AC station (Max 95.7),
and a regular Alternative station (Y100), both played the live version. I believe Y100 played The Old Apartment when it was current. One track that hasn't been mentioned is "Brian Wilson 2000", a remix version of the 1992 track. Y100 played the "Rock Spectacle" version, while MAX played the remix. |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 04 October 2017 at 1:53pm
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In '99 WPLJ in NY started playing an edit of the 1996 live version.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 22 October 2017 at 1:22pm
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I just obtained a promo CD I had never seen before for "Brian Wilson":
PRO-CD-9228-R 1. Rock Spectacle Video Edit (listed & actual 3:59) 2. Rock Spectacle Album Version (listed 4:48; actual 4:45) The Video Edit is much better than the 3:34 (listed) "Rock Spectacle Edit" that appears on PRO-CD-8981-R. The 3:34 edit cuts off the entire first verse and starts at the chorus. The 3:59 Video Edit shortens the first verse instead of removing it completely. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |