Kim Wilde

In my most recent e-mail conversation with Ed, he reported the following concerning Kim Wilde's two Top 40 hits:

1) The 45 length of "Kids in America" is 3:21, while the LP length is 3:26.

2) The commercial 45 of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" runs 4:14, same as the LP. Ed says he has a CD where the song runs 4:09 due to the pitch being too fast. Pat, you might want to check the other CDs where "You Keep Me Hangin' On" runs 4:09-4:10 because the song may not run at the correct 45 or LP speed on those discs either.

Edited by Todd Ireland

That is interesting, Pat. I wonder if the record label intentionally sped up the song for Top 40 radio airplay?

I'm confused here guys. Todd initially reported the commercial 45 running time of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" as (4:14), the same as the LP and now Ed reports the commercial 45 running time as (4:10) so which is the correct commercial 45 running time?

For what it's worth, here are the BPMs (tempos) of the various versions of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" that I have:

The most common tempo is 123.4 BPM:

• Now 1986 (UK release, 1993; early fade)
• Awesome '80s (Razor & Tie, mastered by Steve Hoffman and the best-sounding version I've heard)
• Modern Rock - Dance (Time-Life)
• Sounds Of The Eighties - 1987 (Time-Life)
• The A-List
• Billboard Top Hits - 1987
• Rock Dreams (Time-Life)

There's a version on the hard-to-find UK CD Now 8 that runs a teeny bit slower at 123.3 BPM.

There's a version that runs a tiny bit faster at 123.6 BPM on Rockin' USA.

There are two CDs that feature a still faster version at 123.9 BPM:

• Rock The First Vol. 6 (also mastered by Steve Hoffman)
• Rock On - 1987

And finally, there's a version that runs significantly slower at 121.8 BPM on Rock Of The '80s Vol. 9. This is 1.3% slower than the 123.4 BPM versions listed above, and I think this should be considered to be running abnormally slow. You can hear that this one drags a bit; differences among the others aren't all that noticeable.


Edited by crapfromthepast

The database doesn't distinguish the different versions of "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

What version appears on the Time Life Sounds of The 80s - 1987?

Of the CDs listed in the database, which contain the correct 45 version?

Thanks all.

-Jeff

Edited by Fetta