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jebsib MusicFan
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Posted: 06 April 2006 at 7:50am | IP Logged
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Does anyone know which version of this song was on the commercial single and / or received the lion's share of airplay at the time? I always thought it was the version that started "Step inside, walk this way ...", but I have been hearing a lot of stations spinning the song recently as a gold recurrent with the beginning "Love me like a Bomb (reverb).
Thanks!
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edtop40 MusicFan
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the commercial 45 version is the "edit" version running 4:23.......it's NOT the version from the greatest hits cd........i have the actual 45 and the correct 45 version on the import cd sgl......
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AndrewChouffi MusicFan
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The 45 version was actually an 'edit' of the import 12"/video version (which is the 'Greatest Hits' version).
Basically the 45 was prety much the album version with the "Step Inside..." intro replaced with the words "Love Is Like A Bomb" only.
Andy
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Todd Ireland MusicFan
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The album version with the a capella "Step inside, walk this way..." intro is the version I too was accustomed to hearing when the song was a hit in 1988. Does anyone have a DJ copy of "Pour Some Sugar on Me"? I'm curious as to which version(s) appear on it.
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AndrewChouffi MusicFan
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I have the DJ 45 and it's the "edit" version with "love is like a bomb...".
I *believe* the AOR promo 12" (which was issued three months before the 45) had the LP version.
Andy
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aaronk Admin Group
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I just heard Ed's copy, and that's the first time I had ever heard the true 45 version. I was always used to hearing the LP version and the video/12" version. Yes, it's true that the 45 is an edit of the 12" version; however, it's a horrible edit!
For those wondering, there's only one edit, which cuts from 0:03 to 0:31. It's the first line "love is like a bomb" with a very sloppy edit right before the guitar starts and ending right where the music would kick in on the LP version. Whoever did the editing really butchered it!
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Fetta MusicFan
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Pulling this thread again as I am a little confused:
I have three different versions of this song:
1)Video Version from Vault
2)Some type of extended version which clocks in around 5:36.... sounds almost like a 12" mix of some sort
3) A version which begins "Step Inside, Walk this way" and clock in at around 4:25.
I am a little confused by some of the postings above. I am trying to find out if #3 above (A version which begins "Step Inside, Walk this way" and clock in at around 4:25) is the 45 version or LP version?
Thanks.
-Jeff
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Roscoe MusicFan
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Fetta wrote:
I am a little confused by some of the postings above. I
am trying to find out if #3 above (A version which begins
"Step Inside, Walk this way" and clock in at around 4:25)
is the 45 version or LP version?
Thanks.
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The 4:25 version with the "Step inside..." acapella intro
is the LP version.
It's been a long time since I heard the 45 version, but I
believe it is an edit of the video version. The "Love is
like a bomb..." intro section was shortened on the 45.
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thecdguy MusicFan
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I never heard the 45 version on the radio at all, and in fact I didn't even know it existed until a few years ago. What I always heard was the album version with the "Step inside..." intro cut off to where the song just began with the music. When I got the full album and heard the "Step Inside" intro, I assumed the version I'd been hearing up to that point must have been the single version. I didn't realize the stations must have just been cuing past the spoken intro.
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MMathews MusicFan
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FWIW, I heard the 45 version with "love is like a bomb,-
bomb-bomb" when the song was new and bought the 45.
Months later I bought the album and that LP intro was
new to me.
But as years went on, I mostly heard the LP intro on the
radio so I got more used to that one.
MM
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Fastphilly MusicFan
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The 45 version was the version that got the airplay on
Top40 here in the Bay Area (KWSS and KHIT), Starts off
with "Love Is Like A Bomb" with a shortened guitar
intro. I know not all singles from the Hysteria LP were
serviced as a promo only AOR 12" single, the title track
was and it was the full LP version.
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