https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 01:44:00 +0000 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:24:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6362 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=6362&PID=62725&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#62725 Author: Scanner
Subject: 6362
Posted: 13 March 2023 at 8:24am

MMathews wrote: The intro is the same with the crowd noise overlapping the first few beats BUT the last 10-15 secs contain vocals I only ever heard in the 12" single version. The last line heard is "we're gonna dance all night!" So I checked each digital version on the assorted "hits" comps by him. All the digital hits comps that the database lists as the CD having the "LP version" contain this alternate ending version online. The digital version of "Definitive Collection" has the mix described above. This is fascinating to me because I can't think of a logical reason for this alternate version to exist and why it became the online album version. Very odd. MM

This version also exists on the international 2 CD
version of Lionel's "Definitive Collection" which is
credited to both him and the Commodores. Does anyone
know when this version originated? Except for the crowd
noise edit, I don't recall any other versions circulating
when the song first came out in 1986.

Edited by Scanner]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:24:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=62725&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#62725 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48828&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48828 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 6362
Posted: 14 January 2018 at 6:16pm

Aaron, thanks for clearly identifying the 4 versions.]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:16:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48828&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48828 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48791&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48791 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6362
Posted: 08 January 2018 at 6:43pm

Given what we know so far, the entire thing seems odd, especially that
Definitive Collection would have the crowd noise on the intro but doesn't
match the 45 (no crowd noise at all) or vinyl LP (overlapping crowd noise).
Again, I'm going by other folks' descriptions of the LP version, as I've never
played the vinyl LP. There's a really good chance I have it in my collection,
though. I'll check when time permits.

To sum up the versions we've discovered so far:

- 45 version (no crowd noise on the intro; slightly longer fade out than LP)
- LP version (crowd noise overlaps opening drum beats; slightly shorter fade
than 45)
- Definitive Collection version (matches 45 but has the LP intro crowd noise
tacked on)
- Digital LP version (different lyrics on the fadeout compared to vinyl LP
version)

Again, I'm basing my description of the vinyl LP version on Brian's post above.]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:43:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48791&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48791 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48788&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48788 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6362
Posted: 08 January 2018 at 3:35pm

I found an interesting oddity. From the descriptions
above the LP version has the same vocals at the end as
the 45, but fades a tad earlier.

But I just happened to be on Google Play and I listened
to the end of the song in the digital album. In the
digital version the end vocals are different. The intro
is the same with the crowd noise overlapping the first
few beats BUT the last 10-15 secs contain vocals I only
ever heard in the 12" single version. The last line heard
is "we're gonna dance all night!"

So I checked each digital version on the assorted "hits"
comps by him. All the digital hits comps that the
database lists as the CD having the "LP version" contain
this alternate ending version online.

The digital version of "Definitive Collection" has the
mix described above.

This is fascinating to me because I can't think of a
logical reason for this alternate version to exist and
why it became the online album version. Very odd.

MM   

]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:35:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48788&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48788 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48787&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48787 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6362
Posted: 07 January 2018 at 3:08pm

As Aaron indicated above, you can create the 45 version
from the Definitive Collection. Chop off
everything before the opening drumbeats. The resulting
file runs 4:22.]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:08:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48787&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48787 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48786&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48786 Author: Gary
Subject: 6362
Posted: 07 January 2018 at 2:51pm

eriejwg wrote: I have an mp3 of the 45 version that runs 4:22.

Thanks! ]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:51:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48786&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48786 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48785&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48785 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 6362
Posted: 07 January 2018 at 11:02am

I have an mp3 of the 45 version that runs 4:22.]]> Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:02:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48785&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48785 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48783&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48783 Author: Gary
Subject: 6362
Posted: 06 January 2018 at 5:52pm

What is the run time for the 45 of Dancing On The Ceiling?]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:52:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=48783&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#48783 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=42456&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#42456 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6362
Posted: 23 October 2014 at 9:58pm

The version on "Definitive Collection" can be used to create the 45 version. Unlike the true LP version, the copy on "Definitive" does not have the overlap and does have the extra line found on the single.]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:58:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=42456&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#42456 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=40368&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#40368 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 6362
Posted: 26 January 2014 at 9:51pm

Not quite, no. As I just emailed Ed (who provided me with the 45 copy), there's one extra line before the end of the fade on the single. The album version ends with, "Oh, what a fee--li-in..." The single continues one more line, lasting about four seconds: "... when we're dancing on the ceiling."

In addition, even if you shave off the crowd noise from the opening of the album version, one little faint "whoo!" in the left channel overlaps the first couple of drumbeats. That is not present on the 45 at all.]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:51:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6362&PID=40368&title=dancing-on-the-ceiling-lionel-richie#40368