https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:30:03 +0000 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:04:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9084 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=9084&PID=67802&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#67802 Author: unwritten0114
Subject: 9084
Posted: 12 February 2026 at 7:04pm

I'm a little late to this but I remember growing up, our family listened to New York's 95.5 WPLJ and I remember the few times they played this song, it was always uncensored and you clearly heard the word "Bitch".]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:04:31 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=67802&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#67802 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51955&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51955 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9084
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 8:47pm

Aaron thanks for letting me hear it. Takes all the fun out of the song removing the Bitch part if anyone is curious.]]> Fri, 17 May 2019 20:47:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51955&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51955 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51927&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51927 Author: Hykker
Subject: 9084
Posted: 16 May 2019 at 4:29am

Paul Haney wrote: Seems like people were generally less uptight about such things back then, especially if it was as catchy as those songs were.

Keep in mind that this was before the Janet Jackson
Superbowl incident where individual tv stations got fined
by the FCC for allowing her "wardrobe malfunction" to go
over the air (even though they had no idea it was
coming).
Stations got a lot more paranoid about airing material
with questionable language after that.
I believe around the same time the Canadian counterpart
of the FCC got very strict about language/content too.
]]> Thu, 16 May 2019 04:29:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51927&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51927 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51917&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51917 Author: Loveland
Subject: 9084
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 6:14pm

aaronk wrote: I came across an interesting promo for "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks: DPRO 7087 6 12067 2 2 1. Bitchless Edit (listed 3:58; actual 4:06)

This promo CD Singles was actually under the title of:

"Bitch (Nothing In Between)"

In Australia, the song was released under that title, which is hilarious, since most Aussies curse worse than a drunken sailor.]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 18:14:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51917&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51917 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51912&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51912 Author: Ron S
Subject: 9084
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 3:54pm

aaronk wrote: That's interesting, Ron! What's the catalog number of the Walmart/edited version?

Don't know. I have to look for the CD...it might take me a while since I have a
ton of CDs....LOL]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 15:54:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51912&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51912 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51907&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51907 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9084
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 3:10pm

There was a local adult oriented music station back in
1977 that aired a special edited version of "Rich Girl"
they received from WWWE in Cleveland. They edited in
"You're A Rich Girl" for each instance of "It's A Bitch
Girl."

I still receive clean radio edits from my current music
service (Promo Only) and have other Xtra Clean Edits from
my many years receiving TM Prime Cuts. One of Prime Cuts
edits on "Hollaback Girl" completely mutes the word 'shit'
in the song. The regular clean version left the 'sh' part
intact.]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 15:10:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51907&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51907 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51904&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51904 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9084
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 1:33pm

Neil Sedaka got away with the "B-word" in Bad Blood (with
Elton John on prominent backing vocal) in 1975. Radio
also had no problem with "Rich Girl" by Hall Oates in
1977. Seems like people were generally less uptight about
such things back then, especially if it was as catchy as
those songs were.]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 13:33:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51904&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51904 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51903&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51903 Author: Hykker
Subject: 9084
Posted: 15 May 2019 at 1:20pm

PopArchivist wrote: I still don't get the logic of censoring the word bitch. At that rate you might as well censor Elton's The Bitch Is Back! I get curse words and profanity, but bitch is neither.

Clearly, you've never worked in radio, especially in a
small and/or conservative market where you have to watch
it with lyrics.

Remember, in 1974 Elton John was as hot as an artist
could be, and could get away with it. Meredith Brooks
was a one-hit wonder, though to be fair I've never heard
the "clean version" of her song...we were never serviced
with it.

At the station I worked at in 1974, it was made very
clear by management that we were not to give the title on
air, only the artist, and if we wished mention that it
was from his "Caribou" album.


Edited by Hykker]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 13:20:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51903&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51903 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51859&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51859 Author: Loveland
Subject: 9084
Posted: 14 May 2019 at 5:15pm

PopArchivist wrote: I still don't get the logic of censoring the word bitch. At that rate you might as well censor Elton's The Bitch Is Back! I get curse words and profanity, but bitch is neither. Nor is damn.

Universal Records issued a 4-track promo CD Maxi single for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder On The Dancefloor", which includes a Clean Version mix.

Edited by Loveland]]> Tue, 14 May 2019 17:15:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51859&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51859 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51856&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51856 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9084
Posted: 14 May 2019 at 5:07pm

I still don't get the logic of censoring the word bitch. At that rate you might as well censor Elton's The Bitch Is Back! I get curse words and profanity, but bitch is neither. Nor is damn.]]> Tue, 14 May 2019 17:07:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9084&PID=51856&title=meredith-brooks-bitch#51856