Mac/Katie Kissoon-"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep.."

An unexpected discovery here: My commercial 45, which is mono, has a listed time of (2:50), but an actual time of (2:25)! For some reason, it omits the last :25 seconds of the song. The deadwax is "A-16235-1G". I NEVER recall hearing this shorter version on the radio in 1971. I also have a promo 45 for this, also mono, featuring the "full length" version I remember, with a listed time of (2:50), and an actual time of (2:51). The promo 45 deadwax is "A 16235 1A". I suspect my commercial 45 is NOT very common, and that most others mimic the promo. If anyone else owns a commercial 45 for this, perhaps they could time their copy and let us know?    

My commercial 45 states a running time of (2:50) but runs (2:53) and has a matrix number of 16235-RE1 indicating that this is probably not the original version so your short version is probably the first pressing.

Jrjr, I have it on CD in stereo on a French Import, "The Swinging Soul Of Mac And Katie Kissoon...plus", on the "C5" label, catalog # CSCD-538. The actual time is (2:43), and sounds both SUBSTANTIALLY sped up and faded, just SLIGHTLY before the (2:50-ish) version. Lally Stott both wrote the song and had the original European hit with it. It did make the Hot 100, and I have a promo 45 for it. I do not know of a CD appearance, but there are many Import European 70's hit comps, and it probably has been included somewhere. A final note of trivia: Guess who recorded and released "Love Will Keep Us Together", as a U.S. 45, more than a YEAR before The Captain & Tennille? You guessed it - Mac & Katie Kissoon, as Bell 45436, b/w "I'm Up In Heaven." It was released right around the same time as Terry Jacks' "Seasons In The Sun" (Bell 45432), in January 1974. Their version of it also happens to appear on the Import "Hits" CD I mentioned earlier...

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my stereo version (from an import CD "The Best Of & The Rest Of Original Hits Of The 70s") has a shorter fade-in and runs 2:39. It runs faster than the mono too.

ok, now there seems to be yet another "hit single" version of this simple, yet somehow complex song, done by the British band called (are you ready) "Middle of the Road" also in 1971... big hit in the U.K., nothing here stateside... has anybody heard or does anybody know where this version can be found??? i am curious...