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aaronk
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Is there a difference between the single and album versions of "Tempted"? Some CDs run 4:03, while others run a tad shorter between 3:53 and 3:58. There is an A&M CD single that has the 3:53 length, which leads me to believe it might contain a single version/length.
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Is this one in the database?
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Nope. It only hit #49 in Billboard.
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I've always wondered how songs that were relatively insignificant hits during their chart runs work their way into gold rotation. Don't think I ever heard it until the early-ish 90s. I'm sure it scored well in some auditorium test, but I wonder what possessed whoever initially tested it to test a song that wasn't well known. Was it a big MTV hit?
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I grew up with MTV and I don't remember them playing it (although we didn't get it until 1983.) I never even heard the song until the early '90s.
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Same here. I wonder if its inclusion in "Reality Bites" (1994) caused any of this.
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eric_a wrote:
| Same here. I wonder if its inclusion in "Reality Bites" (1994) caused any of this. |
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This theory makes a lot of sense. I didn't know the song until the early '90s either.
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Found this on a web site, too: "...this was used in a commercial for Burger King, and another for Heineken."
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I played the song as a current on the radio in 1982, haha.
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This song was a staple of my college days in the mid-to-late '80s. "Tempted" was in the same category as "What I Like About You" - teens at the time knew every note and every syllable, and I couldn't DJ a frat party back then without playing both.
"Tempted" was even on Vol. 1 of the "Rock Of The '80s" series from Priority, which came out in 1990.
The song didn't get any Z100-style pop airplay in 1981, but it was huge in the modern rock world (or as much as there was of that, back then).
It's actually because of this song's legendary status that it was used in "Reality Bites" at all!
When Paul Carrack released his first solo album in 1982, "Suburban Voodoo", there's a good reason why the first single, "I Need You", was a virtual rewrite of "Tempted".
And later on, when he sang with Mike And The Mechanics, he was known as the guy who sang "Tempted". When I saw Mike And The Mechanics in 1986-ish, they even played "Tempted" as an encore.
Really, this song was much bigger than the pop charts give it credit for.
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Good info, Ron! Now, the question still remains if there is a difference between the single and LP. Anyone?
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crapfromthepast wrote:
| And later on, when he sang with Mike And The Mechanics, he was known as the guy who sang "Tempted". |
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I'm suprised Carrack wasn't billed as the guy who sang "How Long" since that was a bonafied top 10.
As for "What I Like About You" I had never heard of that one either until the Michael Morales version hit in 1989.
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RichM921 wrote:
| As for "What I Like About You" I had never heard of that one either until the Michael Morales version hit in 1989. |
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At the time that the Michael Morales album was out, the Romantics' original version of the song was still unavailable on CD. I'm convinced that Mr. Morales sold a lot more CDs than he would have if the original were in the marketplace at the time!
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Oh my, I had to chime in with Ron....
I don't know about every market, but in NY in my high school days, 80-84, both "Tempted" and "What I Like About You" were burned into our collective ears, and radio staples on AOR. Yes, both were also played on MTV, but they gained their first foothold in pop culture on AOR and new wave radio formats. And at the time, a dance party did NOT happen that these were not played.
But yes, much like Modern English, it would be the 90's where these were finally considered "pop" classics in all formats.
BTW, along with me i believe every one of my classmates owned "Squeeze - Singles, 45's and Under" and could sing every word of every song on it, without a top 40 hit to be found. -MM
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i agree with mark....during my college days 1980-84 it was a staple in the Pace Univ pub on the jukebox......and every one in my dorm had a copy of "Squeeze - Singles, 45's and Under" available to be spun at parties......
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In college in the early/mid-80's (in Wisconsin), I was the only one in our house of 7 guys who had the "Singles 45's and Under" Squeeze LP, but I rarely saw it. The other guys borrowed it, taped it (sorry!), played it at parties, etc. I think they were more into "Black Coffee In Bed" from the LP, but "Tempted" was on the same side and they knew the song well.
I agree, it's one of those songs like "What I Like About You", "I Melt With You", or even Trio's "Da Da Da...", which became "Classics" in the 1990's via commercials (or remakes), probably because someone in charge of the ads had the albums in college or high school in the '80's.
I too recall Paul Carrack being known as the voice of "Tempted" when his solo LP "One Good Reason" came out, as well as when Mike & The Mechanics stuff was released. Only once in awhile would someone comment that he was also the voice of Ace's "How Long".
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I always thought of "Tempted" and "What I Like About You" as "college" songs. They were staples at bars, frat parties, mix tapes, etc. during my college years (1985-1989) even though this was several years after their meager chart showings.
Some songs just seemed to take on a life of their own in the college world. Another one that was a staple was Billy Idol's "Mony Mony", which I suspect was a factor in its 1988 re-release in live form.
Of course, many other songs popular with the college crowd in the 80s never became radio staples. I'm thinking of favorites by New Order ("Bizarre Love Triangle", "Blue Monday"), The Cure ("Boys Don't Cry", "In Between Days"), Violent Femmes ("Add It Up", Blister In The Sun"), etc.
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BTW, the timing of this thread works well with the film that opened this weekend "Hot Tub Time Machine." They travel back to 1986. The soundtrack includes several 80s songs including a "Bizarre Love Triangle" 12" remix.
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Getting back to "Tempted"...
This morning on the radio, I heard a version where the vocals were different. It had the same instrumentation and the same two lead voices, but the inflection was different. It didn't sound like a later recording, but more like an alternate vocal take. Anyone know what the story is on this version?
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To RichM921:
You might want to check into the version on the 'Reality Bites' soundtrack and tell me if that's the alternate version you heard.
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