Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
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Topic: Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
Date Posted: 31 August 2015 at 7:59pm
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There are three mixes of this song that I'm aware of (not counting any dance remixes that might be floating around):
Album version (3:30) Remix featuring Kendrick Lamar (3:18) Remix - No Rap (3:17) My local top 40 is playing the album version. The "Remix - No Rap" version is similar to the album version, but there are some subtle differences. For example, during the first verse, the album version has a keyboard in the mix during the first four lines, while the remix contains only the drum track with no other instrumentation. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
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Posted By: JMD1961
Date Posted: 08 September 2015 at 3:16am
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I've been thinking about posting a question on this song for a while now. What is the most commonly played version on radio? Billboard lists the Kendrick Lamar version on the Hot 100, but I figure that has more to do with sales than airplay.
On the Mainstream Top 40 chart, they also list the Kendrick Lamar version, but on Adult Top 40, it's just listed as by her. At Mediabase, both corresponding charts list just her. And from personal experience, I've never heard the Kendrick Lamar version on the radio, though I mostly listen to Sirius radio and not my local Top 40 station. How about around the country. Is the Kendrick Lamar version getting any airplay at all? |
Posted By: eric_a
Date Posted: 08 September 2015 at 9:09am
The Kendrick Lamar remix is the only version I've heard on CHRs, including KIIS/LA, Z100/NY, and American Top 40. I was actually surprised when I heard the original version on the Hot AC stations here. |
JMD1961 wrote:Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 08 September 2015 at 5:24pm
I've heard the Kendrick Lamar versions coming out of CHR stations in Boston and while in Pennsylvania on vacation a few weeks ago. My CHR station in NH plays the Kendrick Version. |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 08 September 2015 at 5:41pm
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In south Florida it's the remix with Kendrick Lamar that Y-100 (WHYI) plays. BTW, this station's format has been CHR since it's inception over four decades ago (even if the format went by another name previously). ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 08 September 2015 at 11:55pm
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A local Top 40 station plays a version of this song
(with Kendrick Lamar) that has a remixed intro. It doesn't start out with an acapella intro like the copy I have. Could this be a custom edit? |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 19 September 2015 at 9:57am
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Where can the no rap version be found? Was there a physical promo
CD pressed? Promo Only Pool does not service the no rap version. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 19 September 2015 at 3:38pm
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I have a d/l that purports to be the album version. No rap
there. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 19 September 2015 at 4:45pm
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Actually I should have clarified that I am looking for the remix version
without the rap. |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 25 September 2015 at 6:30pm
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I found the rapless remix version here:
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/taylor-swift-bad-blood-remi x/ I have looked all over but cannot find an official release on this version which IMO is the best version. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 26 September 2015 at 6:37am
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I get a message saying "post not found".
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Posted By: AndrewChouffi
Date Posted: 26 September 2015 at 7:39am
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To Hykker:
Eliminate the space between "i & x" in "remix". It's the same version as aaronk posted (TM Studios has serviced it also). Andy |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 04 May 2020 at 11:16am
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Just a FYI for anyone collecting this track that I had to get the digital single from the UK which times in at 3:20. The NOW CD that this song is on cuts off at 3:16 abruptly, which is not the full length of the release single.
While it states 3:16 in the Whitburn Annual for 2015 as the single running time, the actual running time is 3:18 as Aaron pointed out and I can confirm it. The TM release ends abruptly at the same 3:16 and any USA digital versions are 2 seconds too short. If anyone needs it let me know. ------------- "I'm a pop archivist, not a chart philosopher, I seek to listen, observe and document the chart position of music." |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 04 May 2020 at 11:58am
That is incorrect. The time shown in the Pop Annual is (3:18). |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 04 May 2020 at 8:37pm
My apologies you are right. I thought it said 3:16. Thats what 3 hours of sleep gets you! I think the 3:16 was more the fact that NOW cut 2 seconds off of it. How do they get away with that!!! ------------- "I'm a pop archivist, not a chart philosopher, I seek to listen, observe and document the chart position of music." |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 2:18am
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I can confirm a couple of details regarding Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar's "Bad Blood". First, the version featured on Taylor Swift's 1989 CD (Big Machine Records 0500A) running 3:31 is the LP version without Kendrick Lamar. (I can't possibly be the only one here who owns a copy of this CD, can I? 😳)
Second, the download single version is the remix version featuring Kendrick Lamar. This is the one that appears on the Now 56 CD, albeit with a severely truncated fadeout. (By the way, there is a long decay at the tail end of this song on both the single and the album versions. Thus, when listening at a higher than normal volume, I am able to detect an extra second or two longer of audio for both versions, which likely accounts for my slightly longer actual run times than what others here have reported. Both database CDs containing "Bad Blood" need to be updated with the appropriate comments. By the way, I recall primarily hearing the album version and possibly the "Remix - No Rap" version at the time on my local Pittsburgh Top 40 CHR station. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 6:22am
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Database updated! ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 3:19pm
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My music service in 2015 was TM's PrimeCuts. They issued
the Remix - No Rap running 3:18. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 4:54pm
| Aaron, do you think the existing "LP version" comment for the 1989 CD will suffice, or should we consider expanding it to say something more like: (LP version, which does not feature Kendrick Lamar) just to be more clear? |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 6:16pm
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The Remix - No Rap has no Kendrick Lamar in the song. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 26 March 2025 at 6:58pm
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Just an aside but Taylor's "I Look In People's Windows" is listed as being from 2026 in the database and I do not think that's
correct. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 27 March 2025 at 9:03am
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Would the remix - no rap be considered an officially
released version since that's what most radio stations played? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 27 March 2025 at 9:31am
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Good point, yes. I have added a note about the no rap version of "Bad Blood" and fixed "...Windows." ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 27 March 2025 at 12:43pm
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As far as I can determine, the remix without Kendrick Lamar has never been
commercially released, either physically or digitally. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 28 March 2025 at 1:12am
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Just curious if any of our resident message board disc jockeys who were still involved in Top 40 radio at the time "Bad Blood" was a hit in 2014/2015 ever received a digital copy of the "Remix - No Rap" version without Kendrick Lamar from the record label?
And, speaking of which, that leads me to this question... Given that labels had pretty much abandoned delivering physical media to radio stations by this point and time, is anyone aware of any online sources that list or document promo digital downloads that were perhaps serviced exclusively to radio stations but not to the public? |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 28 March 2025 at 10:34am
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I wasn't in radio anymore back in 2015 (left the business
in 1997), but I did receive the song on TM Studios PrimeCuts. On PrimeCuts, they issued the remix with Kendrick Lamar on 5/22/2015. They issued the Remix-No Rap on 6/5/2015. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |