https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:47:17 +0000 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:11:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5976 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=5976&PID=55042&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#55042 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5976
Posted: 26 July 2020 at 3:11pm

I was carrying the 7" version in my library. Thanks to
this post, I switched to the Remix Edit instead.]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:11:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=55042&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#55042 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=55040&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#55040 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 5976
Posted: 26 July 2020 at 10:36am

As Loveland pointed out, the version everyone wants that matches the youtube video is on a 2 track mini cd single

https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Strangelove/release/103 3767

Thanks for confirming this Aaron.]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:36:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=55040&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#55040 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53782&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53782 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5976
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 4:31pm

Loveland wrote: But this board is strict about its rules, although they seem to apply them capriciously and not uniformly. I typed that to prove a point.   If a single doesn't hit the Top 40, it is not considered a hit. That's a well-established fact (not mine). Now you are trying to apply common sense and logic to decide what is the real hit version is, but you don't want to apply the same logic and common sense when a record company decides not to commercially release a single version and instead decides to include an 5 minute album version or a 6 minute remix as track 1 on the commercial single.

Are you a database subscriber? If not, then that might explain why it's difficult for you to understand the very simple "rules" that we use.

In the database, Pat very rarely mentions "hit version" at all. In the few cases where he does, it's typically to distinguish between an early, non-hit release that was later re-issued (perhaps remixed or perhaps even re-recorded) and became a hit. In those few cases, "hit version" is mentioned for clarification only. Nobody here is trying to define what is a hit and what is not. For Pat's purposes, he includes consensus top 40 hits: songs that made the top 40 on the major US charts, such as Billboard and Cashbox.

As a reader of the database, when you see a list of CDs containing a particular song, most commonly next to each CD you'll see "45 version" or "LP version." This designation tells us ONE THING. It tells us that the particular CD contains the same version that appears on the 2-track single configuration in the US. That's it. End of story. Period!!! It does not elaborate any further as to what is the "hit" version. That is a bit more subjective, because as you know, the "hit" version could've varied from region to region. Some radio stations may have played a promo-only radio edit. Some may have played a remix. Some may have played the album version. Yes, there was in many cases a consensus among stations as to the version they played, but none of that information matters for the database. "45 version" (aka "single version") is simply a reference for database readers, and that's how it is used here on the forum.

Does that help explain it any better?

Edited by aaronk]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:31:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53782&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53782 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53780&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53780 Author: Loveland
Subject: 5976
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 3:38pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2xSULpDodM



Edited by Loveland]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:38:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53780&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53780 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53777&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53777 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 5976
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 2:03pm

Loveland wrote: The single was released in 1987, and the single version is the 7" Version, as promoted by the record company / artist. This mix is the original version, the mix found on its parent album being a remix that fits with the rest of the album. The single tanked in the U.S., limping to No. 76 on the Hot 100 Singles chart, therefore there no hit version. Bomb The Bass were red hot in 1988, thanks to Beat Dis and Buffalo Stance. They were commissioned by Sire, who were convinced of its hit potential, to remix the track for a U.S. re-release in 1988. Their labour was issued as a single in 1988 as "Strangelove '88". The single version, per Mute / Sure was the Remix Edit, an edit of the Highjack Remix. This release limped to No. 50, therefore there's no hit version, since the single flopped. "Srangelove '88" was released as a commercial 2-track CD single (among other formats), one of those 3" CDs. Track 1 is the Remix Edit. If you're wondering, track 2 is the Remix Edit of "Nothing". For the 1992 reissues of all Depeche Mode singles, only the 1987 single was reissued. "Strangelove '88" was not given the reissue treatment. v=r2xSULpDodM">https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=r2xSULpDodM

Thanks for the info! As for no hit version,
technically the song charted twice on the Hot 100
(although in different mixes) with a combined total of
15 weeks on the Hot 100 (6 weeks in 1987, and 9 weeks
in 1988). While not technically a "hit" either time,
15 weeks is quite a bit of time for that era of music.
Considering how it has received quite a bit of
recurrent airplay over the years, one could argue that
its "hit" status is not reflected by its peak
positions on the Hot 100. ]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:03:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53777&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53777 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53775&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53775 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 5976
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 1:47pm

Never mind! I got your e-mail. Thank you, Mark!]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:47:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53775&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53775 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53774&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53774 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 5976
Posted: 22 March 2020 at 1:38pm

MMathews wrote: I have an update! I was looking at this again today and I found a mix that (mostly) matches the mystery mix in the above video. Except for the first :06 seconds, the mix is an edit of the LP version from "Music For The Masses". You can hear the LP version here altho in poor quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMi8MTtE8w Seems they fixed up a special synth intro for edit. The same synth part is in the LP mix, but has extra effects in it right before the drum comes in. But the edited version from :06 onward is the LP mix with 3 edits and an early fade. I verified this with a sync-check. It's spot on match. I suppose it makes sense if this was an early promo that got quickly replaced with newer revised promo single mixes. MM

Mark, thank you!!! You solved the mystery! I have many
Depeche Mode albums, but I do not have "Music for the
Masses" in my collection (with the original "LP
Version" of "Strangelove"). That's why I could never
figure this out. Every Depeche Mode compilation or
singles box includes a remix or the "Single Version"
of "Strangelove". And this promo CD edit/mix seems to
have long been forgotten, except for radio airplay.

Mark, if I take the first 6 seconds of the "Maxi Mix"
(this is the same synth intro as used in this
edit/mix) and join in an edited "LP Version" (with the
extra effects right before the drums come in) I
believe that I can recreated this edit/mix! I will
give it a go...

Thanks, again!!!]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:38:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53774&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53774 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53765&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53765 Author: Loveland
Subject: 5976
Posted: 21 March 2020 at 8:07pm

https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Strangelove/release/103 3767

Edited by Loveland]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:07:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53765&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53765 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53764&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53764 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5976
Posted: 21 March 2020 at 7:29pm

I have an update! I was looking at this again today
and I found a mix that (mostly) matches the mystery
mix in the above video.
Except for the first :06 seconds, the mix is an edit
of the LP version from "Music For The Masses". You can
hear the LP version here altho in poor quality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMi8MTtE8w

Seems they fixed up a special synth intro for edit.
The same synth part is in the LP mix, but has extra
effects in it right before the drum comes in.
But the edited version from :06 onward is the LP mix
with 3 edits and an early fade. I verified this with a
sync-check. It's spot on match.
I suppose it makes sense if this was an early promo
that got quickly replaced with newer revised promo
single mixes.
MM
]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:29:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53764&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53764 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53756&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53756 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 5976
Posted: 21 March 2020 at 12:18pm

Aaron and Mark, thank you both for your time trying to
figure out this mix!

I actually have the "Strangelove" CD maxi-single (from
one of the 2004 Reprise "Singles" boxes). It has the
Maxi, Midi, Blind, and Pain mixes. ]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:18:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5976&PID=53756&title=depeche-mode-strangelove#53756