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chendagam
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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 4:44pm \| IP Logged

I have heard a different version of this on the radio. Does the 45 have a different mix than the album version?

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 6:45pm \| IP Logged

Yes, The US single has real drums overdubbed on the first half of the record (as well as two edit points).

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 7:13pm \| IP Logged

chendagam wrote:

I have heard a different version of this on the radio. Does the 45 have a different mix than the album version?

While the 45 and LP versions are different, there is also a "Remix" that was issued in the early 90s. The remix is quite different than the LP & 45 version, while the 45 version sounds very much like the LP with the overdubs mentioned above.

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:04pm \| IP Logged

Yes, I have the remix version. I believe it was realsed on CD much later. Was there an edited version of this remix as well? Thanks for the update on the 45 version, now I have to get the 45. Was it realsed on CD anywhere?

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:22pm \| IP Logged

You can find the 45 of "In The Air Tonight" on the Atlantic Records 50 Years: The Gold Anniversary CD.

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Posted: 24 September 2006 at 9:02pm \| IP Logged

For whatever it's worth, there was also a single remix released in England (and appears on the Now that's what I call music volume 12, UK edition) in 1988, which wasn't the club mix that came out officially as a CD5 in 1997.

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Posted: 16 November 2008 at 10:14am \| IP Logged

my commercial 45 issued as atlantic 3824 does not state a version on the label but does state a run time of 4:59, but actually runs 4:57.....and is identical to the cd version listed below

(S) (4:57) Atlantic 83088 Atlantic Records: 50 Years - The Gold Anniversary Collection (45 version)

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Posted: 16 November 2008 at 3:24pm \| IP Logged

The enduring popularity of this song escapes me. It barely made the top 20 back in '81, yet nearly 30 years later you still hear it all the time.
Granted, I never particularly liked it, but you seem to hear it more today than you did when it was current.

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That's what an association with a hit TV show will do for you (the original promo spots for Miami Vice used the drum transition and ending chorus very effectively).

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Posted: 23 May 2019 at 8:51pm \| IP Logged

I'm trying to decipher the '88 remix versions and Discogs and YouTube and Wikipedia aren't matching my memory.

I would have sworn there was a radio edit of the remix by Ben Liebrand that I heard on Dallas Top 40 radio around '88 - '89 (on KISS-FM, maybe, or Power 95 / Y-95?).

I find listed on the internet two versions: a 5:07 remix by Phil Collins which is missing many of the elements from the Liebrand mix, and the Liebrand mix, which runs about 7:37.

I can't seem to find an edit, and Discogs doesn't even list a promo for radio in the U.S.

Does anybody remember hearing a remix more closely matching the Liebrand mix, edited down, being played on the radio?

(I need to dig through my old cassettes and see if I recorded a station playing it..)

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NightAire wrote:

I'm trying to decipher the '88 remix versions and Discogs
and YouTube and Wikipedia aren't matching my memory.

I would have sworn there was a radio edit of the remix by Ben Liebrand that I
heard on Dallas Top 40 radio around '88 - '89 (on KISS-FM, maybe, or Power
95 / Y-95?).

I find listed on the internet two versions: a 5:07 remix by Phil Collins which is
missing many of the elements from the Liebrand mix, and the Liebrand mix,
which runs about 7:37.

I can't seem to find an edit, and Discogs doesn't even list a promo for radio in
the U.S.

Does anybody remember hearing a remix more closely matching the Liebrand
mix, edited down, being played on the radio?

(I need to dig through my old cassettes and see if I recorded a station playing
it..)

Yes. Throughout the 90s up until 2000, the Hot AC station in Philly played the
version you described. An edited version of the Liebrand mix

Edited by radiofan16 on 28 May 2019 at 9:40pm

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Posted: 24 May 2019 at 8:03am \| IP Logged

Gene - As Chuck M noted above (thirteen years ago!), the UK 2-CD compilation Now That's What I Call Music 12 featured a 1988 remix that ran about 5:07.

The 5:07 version was a real UK 45 (Virgin VS 102), titled "In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix)", with "I Missed Again" on the B-side.

Plus, there was a UK CD single that featured this 5:07 mix, plus a 7:34-ish remix that was done by Ben Liebrand.

Hope that helps.

Edited by crapfromthepast on 24 May 2019 at 8:04am

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Posted: 27 May 2019 at 7:26pm \| IP Logged

I appreciate everyone's feedback. It confirms what I found on Discogs.

RadioFan16 seemed to reference the mix I was talking about: not the 5:07 '88 mix but an edit of the 7:34 Ben Liebrand mix.

The '88 mix was done by Phill Collins and doesn't have much of the extra production elements of the 7:34 mix added by Ben.

The version I heard has the extra production elements but did not run 7:34. I didn't time it but it seemed regular length... 5 minutes or less?

This edit of the Ben Liebrand remix is what I'm having a difficult time finding. It matches the beginning and end of the 7:34 mix and the 5:07 mix does not.

I don't know if this edit I heard in Dallas (and apparently played in Philly in the 90s) was an official release, a TM Century edit of the 7:34 mix, or an in-house edit.

Since the 5:07 mix doesn't match what I'm looking for and I can't find an edit of the 7:34 mix, I'm guessing stations made their own in-house edit... something I may be doing next.

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Posted: 16 August 2021 at 5:07pm \| IP Logged

I recall hearing the Liebrand remix several times in the
late 90s on local radio stations. I cannot remember if
an edited version was played or not, but listening to it
now, I don't remember it being this long on the radio. I
imagine that an in-house edit were played. Does anyone
remember if radio airplay of this remix coincided with
the 1997 CD single release? I guess that Atlantic
decided to go with this remix after the "Dance into the
Light" singles failed to take off in the U.S. Note that
the 1997 CD single mentions the 1996 "Dance into the
Light" album being available.

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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 12:23am \| IP Logged

NightAire wrote:

I would have sworn there was a radio edit
of the remix by Ben Liebrand that I heard on Dallas Top 40
radio around '88 - '89 (on KISS-FM, maybe, or Power 95 / Y-
95?).

The version I heard on KRBE and KKBQ Houston was the one in
this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlydjcNxpUw

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Posted: 27 February 2022 at 9:13am \| IP Logged

In listening to the Liebrand mix, I don't recall any stations
here in Erie PA playing that mix. They either played the LP
version or perhaps the 45 version.

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Posted: 16 March 2022 at 9:13pm \| IP Logged

JFive, I believe that's the version I heard in Dallas. Thanks for finding this!

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