https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:23:19 +0000 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:24:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4300 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=55138&title=radio-disney-versions#55138 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4300
Posted: 04 August 2020 at 8:24pm

When I worked there, often was the case that you couldn't get the Radio Disney version anywhere except by listening to the radio :( Back when they were releasing compilation CDs, some of those exclusive versions finally were available for purchase.]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:24:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=55138&title=radio-disney-versions#55138 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=55126&title=radio-disney-versions#55126 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 4300
Posted: 03 August 2020 at 9:22pm

So apparently there is an RD edit for Sucker by the Jonas Brothers...anyone know where it is for download or on a compilation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3lSjw8WF3w ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:22:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=55126&title=radio-disney-versions#55126 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52026&title=radio-disney-versions#52026 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 4300
Posted: 25 May 2019 at 7:55pm

Thanks Aaron. I had a feeling the Vitamin C edit would be to put in kids talking.]]> Sat, 25 May 2019 19:55:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52026&title=radio-disney-versions#52026 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52016&title=radio-disney-versions#52016 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4300
Posted: 23 May 2019 at 4:10pm

I'm 100% positive that, at the very least, the lyrics "let's make love"
were changed for the RD version of "Dance With Me." That would've
never passed. This song, however, had come and gone before I started
working there, so I'm not familiar with any other changes that may have
been made.

The Vitamin C song wasn't edited for lyrical content as I remember. It
was a version with sound bites of kids talking about graduating 5th
grade, etc. I seem to recall quite a few local stations making their own
versions with local listeners. If memory serves me, I was tasked with
"updating" the song with new audio to freshen it up. They had been
playing the same one for several years at that point. So, I think there's
more than one version. ]]> Thu, 23 May 2019 16:10:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52016&title=radio-disney-versions#52016 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52013&title=radio-disney-versions#52013 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 4300
Posted: 23 May 2019 at 2:05pm

Does anyone know what was offensive in these 2 songs, that required a Radio Disney edit:

Debelah Morgan      Dance With Me (Radio Disney Edit)
Vitamin C      Graduation (Friends Forever) (Radio Disney Version)       
]]> Thu, 23 May 2019 14:05:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=52013&title=radio-disney-versions#52013 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51943&title=radio-disney-versions#51943 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 4300
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 9:45pm

aaronk wrote: Hey, that's interesting about the changed lyrics on "Girlfriend." No, we never played any version of this song due to lyrical content. And yes, feel free to ask away. I'll do my best to answer your questions.

Yep Aaron, the explicit CD back then was not easy to find with the curse, I remember ordering it once I realized that was how she intended the song and it ran me about $25 at an FYE. Avril has even said in interviews that she specifically recorded "clean" versions on purpose for her fans who are younger.

Apparently I was shocked when I heard the clean CD had the lyrics without cursing and the princess line. Not the first time Avril changed lyrics, her 2004 album and Don't Tell Me also has a clean/explicit version to it that you would never know existed if you didn't listen closely.

   ]]> Thu, 16 May 2019 21:45:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51943&title=radio-disney-versions#51943 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51902&title=radio-disney-versions#51902 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4300
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 12:41pm

Loveland wrote: That is something I will never understand. If you find the song objectionable, Radio Disney et al, don't play it. Don't any of these artists have any artistic integrity? What's the point of changing the song's original meaning / intent?

aaronk wrote: That's exactly right, PopArchivist. It had nothing to do with artist integrity. Yes, it's an art, but at the end of the day, those artists also knew it was a business, and they were in their profession to make money. If they could build a fan base and sell their art to a young audience, most of them would do it, hence the reason for providing Radio Disney with ultra-safe song versions. They also knew that the kids' moms would be listening along with their children and had the power to spend money.

Aaron pretty much nailed it. Also, those kids' mothers
likely had veto power over what those kids listened to,
and the Disney folks knew that and programmed
accordingly.

Not really sure what you mean by "artistic integrity",
but it's a fine line that programmers have to walk at
times in playing the hits and keeping it "family
friendly". Unfortunately, some artists seem to feel the
need to be "edgy", and include language or subject matter
not always acceptable for broadcast.


]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 12:41:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51902&title=radio-disney-versions#51902 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51897&title=radio-disney-versions#51897 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 4300
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 8:42am

Major top 40 hits which have RD versions available on RD Jams Vol 1-12

Lou Bega      Disney Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of...)
Debelah Morgan      Dance With Me (Radio Disney Edit)
Vitamin C      Graduation (Friends Forever) (Radio Disney Version)      
Akon               Lonely (Radio Disney Edit)
Aly & AJ      Potential Breakup Song (Radio Disney Edit)
Jesse McCartney Leavin' (Radio Disney Version)
Hot Chelle Rae      Tonight Tonight (Radio Disney Version)
]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 08:42:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51897&title=radio-disney-versions#51897 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51895&title=radio-disney-versions#51895 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 4300
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 8:36am

I have a version labeled as the A/C edit where she re-
recorded part of the lyric. This was serviced on TM's
Prime Cuts at the time.]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 08:36:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51895&title=radio-disney-versions#51895 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51894&title=radio-disney-versions#51894 Author: aaronk
Subject: 4300
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 8:33am

That's exactly right, PopArchivist. It had nothing to do with artist integrity. Yes, it's an art, but at the end of the day, those artists also knew it was a business, and they were in their profession to make money. If they could build a fan base and sell their art to a young audience, most of them would do it, hence the reason for providing Radio Disney with ultra-safe song versions. They also knew that the kids' moms would be listening along with their children and had the power to spend money. For the artists who were too big or too busy to re-sing the lyrics, sometimes the record label would provide an edit. Other times, I was personally tasked with creating an edit that could be aired (during the 2003-2008 time frame).]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 08:33:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4300&PID=51894&title=radio-disney-versions#51894