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jebsib
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Question about "Pop Life" - for the life of me, I don't recall ever hearing this on
the radio in Fall '85…
Did they play the jarring "boxing ring / cheering crowd" elements that interrupt
the LP version? That would seem so radio-unfriendly.
Was there an edit or remix that most CHRs played back then?
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Nope; "Pop Life" aired as-is on top 40 radio back then.
Some stations ran the song until the actual fade of the music. Others faded out quickly after the "ding" of the boxing ring bell.
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Interestingly, the UK "Extended Version" of "Pop Life" is the original, unedited recording, which was likely later edited down for the LP. At 3:01, where the boxing sounds begin on the LP version, you instead hear another chorus on the Extended Version. 3:21 of the Extended Version is the start of where the LP version fades back in. If you wanted to create a version that doesn't have the sound effects, you could essentially just fade the Extended Version in the same place that the LP version fades out.
Edited by aaronk on 16 September 2020 at 1:00pm
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I would have sworn my station had an edited crowd noise section... I'd have to look it up to be sure... we're confident the LP and single versions were identical? I guess they might have shortened it for airplay... just the crowd noise was shorter, they left all the music and the fade as is.
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I only heard "Pop Life" on the radio exactly how it is on the 45.
Edited by Paul Haney on 17 September 2020 at 10:38am
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