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EternalStatic
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Does anyone have details on the U.S. single version? Discogs
indicates a listed time of 4:08, which would be between 50 and 60 secs
shorter than the LP Version. Wondering if it's an early fade or an actual
edit or remix. Thanks for any information.
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I believe that the 4:08 on the U.S. promo CD is a
misprint. (I do not have the promo CD to confirm,
however). On the U.S. promo CD page, someone noted that
it actually runs 4:27, which is approximately the length
of the single version/radio edit on international
pressings.
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Wasn’t aware this was released in the U. S. Did it chart on anything
domestically?
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@Jason: Thanks for the info! With that being the case, the version I
have on their hits compilation, which runs around 4:25, is likely the right
one.
@jebsib: It did not make the Billbord Hot 100. I don't know if it may
have reached the lower rungs of an A/C chart... I heard it on our local
Top 40 station just once or twice. They were very slow to let go of that
late '80s/early '90s pop sound.
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I checked Wikipedia and my Billboard AC book, and the song didn't chart at all on the AC Chart. It charted in several other countries, though. It looks
like it reached its highest position in Finland, where it peaked at #16.
According to Discogs, there was a Cassette Single, a Vinyl "For Jukeboxes Only" 45 and 2 Promo CD Singles with the same catalog no. released in the US.
I bought the Cassette Single because it had an unplugged version of "Joyride" as its B-Side.
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Hi Dan! Yeah, Roxette had stumbled hard here with their previous
album Tourism, and they didn't recover. Like most people, I
thought it was a live album and didn't pay it any mind.
That being said, I was and am a huge fan of the first single off of
Crash! Boom! Bang!, "Sleeping in My Car". Should have been
huge.
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"Sleeping in My Car" is one of my favorite
Roxette songs and agree that it should
have been a huge smash. I remember hearing
it on the radio quite a bit for a short
time. I recall hearing "Crash! Boom!
Bang!" on the radio maybe once or twice,
but it's difficult having a hit follow up
when the first single stalled at No. 50
(interestingly peaked at No. 30 in
Cashbox, however). Roxette's U.S. success
really started slipping with "Spending My
Time", but Per Gessle blames that on EMI
USA and it cutting the promotion
department.
Edited by Bellenger1981 on 02 June 2021 at 6:54pm
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C! B! B! was one of my favorites when I lived in Europe - fascinating that it was
released as a Cassingle domestically.
Regarding Roxette falling off, it was also when the music was changing and by
1994 if you were in any way linked to the late 80s (Paula, Bobby Brown, Phil
Collins, New Kids, Taylor Dayne, etc) you were considered passe. Only the real
superstars survived. A little.
Makes you realize how quickly trends, styles and sounds changed in the first 5
decades of the rock era. And how stagnant today's sounds are...
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I, too, was surprised at the cassette single release of
"Crash! Boom! Bang!" in the U.S. I never knew until
years later. You make a great point jebsib, as all those
artists had struggled to have anywhere close to the same
success by the mid '90s.
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The album itself was never released in the US. The version that got released
was an edited "Favorites From Crash Bang Boom" that was sold exclusively at
McDonalds with the proceeds benefited the Ronald McDonald House. It
reportedly sold a million here, but Billboard had a policy that forbade albums
that sold at an exclusive retailer to chart. The original album did sell about
46,000 copies as an import.
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The full 15 track CD was released in the
U.S. I have a copy. it just
didn't sell well...
Edited by cmmmbase on 08 June 2021 at 7:09pm
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