https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 13:32:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:50:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8739 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=8739&PID=47351&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47351 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 8739
Posted: 21 April 2017 at 3:50pm

Years ago, I purchased the digital 45 on iTunes that
runs 4:52 or so.]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:50:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47351&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47351 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47350&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47350 Author: Hykker
Subject: 8739
Posted: 21 April 2017 at 5:02am

My promo is the 4:52 version on both the mono & stereo
sides.
]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 05:02:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47350&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47350 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47349&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47349 Author: MMathews
Subject: 8739
Posted: 20 April 2017 at 10:44pm

I can only add that when the song hit the radio in my
area, I never heard it any shorter than the 4:52
commercial 45 edit.

I didn't know what to make of this band at first, but the
catchy guitar riffs, the crazy lyrics...such unbridled
silliness... I bought each single when they came out.
("Private Idaho" is my all time fav by them)]]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:44:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47349&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47349 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8739&PID=47348&title=ot-the-b52s-rock-lobster#47348 Author: NightAire
Subject: 8739
Posted: 20 April 2017 at 8:40pm

This song almost broke the top 40, and is considered a "classic" by many 80s alternative fans today.

From Discogs and my own files, I'm tried to piece together exactly which versions came out when; if you can expand on what I have below, please do!

1978 -- The original release, before they were signed to Warner Bros Records, was faster and a "rougher" mix than the hit version that would come the next year. It ran 4:37 to 4:38 in length.

1979 -- WB released a new recording, slightly slower and a more polished mix, on the debut album from the band. The LP version ran 6:49 to 6:51.

1979 -- The single edit, on both 7" and 12", is a chopped down version of the LP version and allegedly runs about 4:52. To recreate, remove approximately 2:28 to 4:23 (before the drum fill).

I haven't been able to find a radio edit that would have taken it under this length in the United States, or a remix.

The one exception on length of the single is the 7" released in the Philippines, which runs 3:30 and according to notes on the listing in Discogs "fades early after the last chorus and doesn't include the nonsensical lines."

1986 --   it looks like the song was released again to Europe and the Philippines, this time with a 4:00 LP edit. Again I find no evidence of a remix.

Can anybody tell me if there was a radio edit in 1979 / 1980 when it hit the Hot 100, outside of the 4:52 edit?

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