Streets of Philadelphia question

Is it true that certain CD releases
of the OST to the film
Philadelphia contain
different versions of the song
"Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce
Springsteen. In Discogs there are
releases where the song runs 3:53
with a printed time of 3:51 on the
CD, but in other releases it has
printed time of 4:13 on the CD but
still runs 3:51. I recall hearing a
4:13 version, but I don't if that
version appears on any CD release
of the Philadelphia OST.

Can anyone help me with this, and
how different are the 3:53 and 4:13
versions in comparison to the
single edit which runs 3:15?

The 3:51 version was the Single Version, if I recall. I know sometimes labels replace songs on albums with a single version after it becomes a hit, but if that's what they did in this case, you have to wonder why they'd bother if the only difference between the 3:51 and 4:13 versions is a longer fade.

The 3:15 version does seem to be exclusive to the Greatest Hits CD, as I've never seen it anywhere else, and it's not even on any of the promos listed on Discogs for the song. I don't know the total running time of the GH disc offhand, but I know the version of "Glory Days" on GH is faded early as well, so I'm thinking maybe they had to do a few edits/fades to accommodate all the songs on it.

radiofan16 wrote: The music video is short.

That's true, it's even shorter than the 3:15
GH Edit.

thecdguy wrote: The 3:51 version was the Single Version, if I recall. I know sometimes labels replace songs on albums with a single version after it becomes a hit, but if that's what they did in this case, you have to wonder why they'd bother if the only difference between the 3:51 and 4:13 versions is a longer fade. The 3:15 version does seem to be exclusive to the Greatest Hits CD, as I've never seen it anywhere else, and it's not even on any of the promos listed on Discogs for the song. I don't know the total running time of the GH disc offhand, but I know the version of "Glory Days" on GH is faded early as well, so I'm thinking maybe they had to do a few edits/fades to accommodate all the songs on it.

Regarding the 3:15 version,
obviously they shortened "Streets
of Philadelphia" and other tracks
on Springsteen's Greatest
Hits CD in order to fit 18
tracks on a single CD. Too bad they
didn't release a 2-CD Bruce
Springsteen compilation in the
1990's which could have been way
the better than the actual GH album
released in 1995.

This same 3:15 version for some
reason also appears on the 2003
compilation The Essential Bruce
Springsteen.