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chendagam
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Any information on the radio edit of this song? I managed to find a nice mp3 on napster about 5 years ago but am curious as to where it appeared.
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how long is the radio edit? The only sub 5 minute version I've seen is on one of those Freestyle mix CDs..
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chendagam
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The one I downloaded runs for 4:20.
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Looks like my 4:20 version is too long according to the promo 45:
http://www.discogs.com/Information-Society-Running/release/3 249267
Six years later this thread is still unanswered :(
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Chendagam, your long wait will soon be over. That area of my 1989 promo
CD singles are deeply buried right now (I file by year). I usually check that
source first. We may have also gotten a promo 45 for it in to the station. I'll
check that box for you also. Give me a week - I'll rent my "forklift" (for which
my buddy Aaron K CAN visually attest is needed), and soon report back to
you, I promise!
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I would love to visit your warehouse and hang out with you and Aaron Jim! I'm not sure if a promo CD single has ever been released for this but I'm assuming it has since my downloaded version sounds pretty good. I also heard a short version on the radio back in the early '90s. I'm looking forward to your findings and thanks in advance!
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My sincere apologies, chandagam. My aging brain wrongly substituted the
also-using-one's-feet, aerobic-activity "Walking Away" for "Running." It
turns out the song that you have been asking all these years was neither a
Top 40 hit, a Hot 100 hit, or even a "Bubbling Under" hit. As such,
although we likely did get in a 12" single in for it from Tommy Boy in
1985, based on my collecting criteria at the time, I didn't bother to even
keep one. (Believe me, the "warehouse" is plenty full enough as it is.)
I owe you one, buddy. I feel awful about getting your hopes up.
Edited by jimct on 28 January 2013 at 7:23am
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No biggie...I find it amazing that it never charted! It appears on so many freestyle comps and so many of my friends know the song. I do know the promo 45 does exist and I do have the promo 12" but there is no edit on the 12". I shall keep digging for a copy of that 45. Thanks for looking!
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chendagam
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Seriously! $700 for a 45? www.discogs.com/marketplace?
release_id=3249267&ev=rb
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What a great deal! You should totally buy it!
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Unbelievable. I do not mind paying a little more but some of these vendors are unrealistic. I'll keep digging through those long lost 45 bins.
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Does anyone own the promo 45? This edit has been on my
want list for some time.
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chendagam
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It's hard to believe nearly 12 years later this is still one of my top questions. I
revisited my file that I downloaded from the original Napster back in 2001.
My edit's actual runtime is 4:18. The promo 45 listed on discogs (updated
link: https://www.discogs.com/Information-Society-
Running/release/3249267) states a runtime of 3:29 but I never noticed that
this is incorrect. The record label states a runtime of 3:59. If you look
further someone posted an update that there are label variations so it is a
possibility that the "Instrumental Edit" runs 3:59 and the "Vocal Edit" runs
4:05 according to the label. So who knows maybe the version I found online
all those years ago is in fact the correct version. I did hear an edit once on
the radio a long time ago and it ended the same as the version that I have. If
you would like a copy for review just PM me.
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Unfortunately, I don't have it, but I'd bet that the 3:29 time on Discogs is a typo. It was initially entered that way 6 years ago without any explanation as to why. I'd be willing to bet that the person simply misread the time. In all four label scans, the only listed times are 3:59 and 4:05.
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To follow up:
Someone finally posted what appears to be a rip from the original very rare 45 (link is valid as of August 7, 2021):
https://youtu.be/IBK9DJPaV4Q
The time listed on the label (both on 45cat and Discogs) is 3:59, but if the posted version is correct, it only plays for 3:29, which explains the listing on Discogs.
I remember hearing "Running" on the radio in Philadelphia in 1986, two years before Information Society finally had a hit single. I don't remember the name of the station any more, but it played many single edits of dance-club hits. I think I tried in vain to find a 45 back in that era.
It appears to be able to be re-created from the 7:41 Vocal Remix version that is fairly standard on Information Society CDs (it's on both their debut album and on the hits collection Strange Haircuts, Cardboard Guitars, and Computer Samples, Tommy Boy TBCD 1460, 2001), but the intro was trimmed to 5 seconds from the 35-second intro on the Vocal Remix. I need to study it more to find out where the beginning three-beat burst comes from, as I don't hear it in the intro.
Edited by TimNeely on 07 August 2021 at 1:19pm
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That's definitely a fake. No way that's a real vinyl dub.
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Funny that this topic re-surfaced as I've been trying to
replace my original promo 45 that was destroyed about 6
years ago. My old mp3 rip is long gone as well. I
listened to the link TimNeely posted. Without media at
my hands to compare, I'm not sure that is the authentic
45. I don't recall it sounding that way (or short).
It's always easier to rely on a YouTube video that is
either an original music video or you see someone
actually playing the record. Either way it adds more to
the mystery!
Edited by promojunkie on 06 April 2023 at 9:50am
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Quote:
I remember hearing "Running" on the radio in Philadelphia in 1986, two years before Information
Society finally had a hit single. I don't remember the name of the station any more, but it played many
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I only remember two Top 40 stations here in Philly from that time - 98.1 and 106.1. I honestly don't
remember hearing this song on the radio at all, but I think 106 (which I think was still called Z106 at the
time) would have been more likely to play it than 98. Only other station it might have been is 102.1
(Q102). I know they had been an AOR-type station previously, but at some point they went to Top 40/Dance,
so I could see them playing it. However, I don't remember exactly when it was that they changed their
format.
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This topic has baffled me for 15 years now (probably more but
that's when I finally discovered this incredible forum). I
downloaded a version that runs 4:20 from Napster (yes the
original Napster from the early 2000s) and it has an identical
ending to a version I heard on what must have been Q102 in
Philly back in the early 90s. This copy sounds like it's from a
digital source but I'm not pro. I'm sure someone like Aaron could
verify that for me.
According to the promo 45, the “vocal edit” runs 3:59 but if you
look at the discog link (https://www.discogs.com/Information-
Society-Running/release/3249267) you will notice in the images
that someone crossed out the names of the versions. I am
assuming the runtimes were reversed (i.e. the vocal edit is
actually the instrumental’s length). Many times times are listed
incorrectly on the labels (and listed shorter for that matter) so
4:05 is much closer to the file I downloaded. My theory is there
must have been a limited run of promo CD singles issued by
Tommy Boy back in 1988 when the album was released, but I
could be wrong.
I thought about uploading it to YouTube but worry about my
account getting flagged. I want all of you to hear it and was
thinking of putting it on my Google Drive and sharing the link
here. I just was not sure if that is allowed on this forum.
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I wish I still had the promo 45 to clear up the mystery.
If you want to send me the 4:20 version you have, I can
take a listen. I'm not sure on Discogs why the runtime
is listed as 3:29. I messaged the original contributor
a few years ago to verify that the actual time is 3:29
but did not get a response. I don't recall the edit
being that short.
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