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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?
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aaronk wrote:
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May be later than you're thinking of, but perhaps this is the answer?
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| In 2001, the New York Lottery used ["If I Had $1000000"] in commercials featuring people singing this while they fantasized about hitting the jackpot." |
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And I found a YouTube commercial where it was used for a Canadian lottery dating from 1997.
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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.
Edited by aaronk on 27 September 2017 at 8:41pm
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In '99 WPLJ in NY started playing an edit of the 1996 live version.
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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.
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