billy idol "mony mony" live

Gene, I do have the 4:15 single edit 45, but not the longer studio cut, so I can't advise you on the edit points.

However, I can advise you to check your PM box. :)

Ron, that specific sampler is exactly where we played the studio version from on-the-air back in 1987 - good that you also own a copy of it.

Edited by jimct

Thanks to Yah Shure, I can tell you that to take the 5 minute version down to the 4:15 DJ edit requires only one cut, from 3:13 to 3:54, on the beat.

Yah Shure, thank you for your help in figuring this out, & I hope this info helps someone else!

Hey everyone,

Is there a consensus on which version Top 40 primarily played in 1987?

I traveled around a lot in the northeast and heard the 1981 studio version
played all the time in 1987. Only heard the LIVE version on MTV and the
occasional American Top 40 countdown (I think). Also the current Idol album
at the time, Vital Idol, featured a studio remix.

But Joel Whitburn (and the 45 single) suggest that the LIVE version was the hit
version.

Was it?


Edited by jebsib

If you're going by what was on the A side of the commercial 45, then yes, the "Live" version is the hit. Like you, though, I never heard radio play the live version. I think a lot of stations played the flip side of the promo 45, which is the "Single Edit" (of the studio version).