"Don’t You Want Me" - Jody Watley

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   It appears there are two different versions of Jody Watley's "Don't You Want Me" on the commercial vinyl 45.  The A-side features the 4:10 version, while the B-side contains the "long version" running 4:17.  To date, it looks like most domestic CD releases feature the 4:10 edit, while the 4:17 version has yet to appear on disc.   

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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Don’t You Want Me" - Jody Watley Posted: 08 February 2005 at 4:03pm
	It appears there are two different versions of Jody Watley's "Don't You Want Me" on the commercial vinyl 45. The A-side features the 4:10 version, while the B-side contains the "long version" running 4:17. To date, it looks like most domestic CD releases feature the 4:10 edit, while the 4:17 version has yet to appear on disc.

elcoleccionista Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote elcoleccionista Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 November 2005 at 8:34pm
	Hi Todd! I'm a huge fan of the remixes done for that song, and you are right, the only other format where I have seen the 4:17 version is on the commercial 12". They have labeled it "Radio Edit" though. I have never listened to the version on the promo 7", but I assume it's the same one. Maybe if you have that 7" you can confirm? The 4:17 on the 12" starts with Jody singing almost acapella "please don't tease me", the instrumentation of "Looking For A New Love" starts and is then mixed with the one for "Don' You Want Me". The remainder of the song is exactly the same as the 4:10 released on CD on her Greatest Hits compilation.

elcoleccionista Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 November 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote elcoleccionista Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 November 2005 at 8:41pm
	Sorry Todd, just gave the record a quick listen, and what Jody sings in the beginning of the edit is "are you looking for a new love" and only after the "Looking.." beat comes in she goes "please don't tease me".

budaniel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 12 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote budaniel Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 July 2008 at 5:17am
	So this version is definitely not on CD as far as we know? Someone just asked me if I've ever seen the "don't you want me intro" version on CD.

NightAire Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 20 February 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NightAire Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 March 2010 at 7:29pm
	Does anybody remember if the 4:11 "A-side" remix of the 4:17 "B-side" edit of the 12" club mix was the version played most commonly across the United States? I've listened to her remix album for so many years that I've forgotten what the big top-40s in America programmed. Edited by NightAire
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crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 November 2010 at 9:50pm
	Trying to identify one particular version on the song, and I didn't see any designation in my 1996 copy of Pat's book. I have the Canadian 45 (MCA 53162, released 1987), but I'm pretty sure it's the same as the US 45. A-side - printed 4:10, actual 4:10, 111.7 BPM, "Remix and additional production by Francois Kevorkian and Michael Hutchinson", starts with a sliding synth-bass note into a snare, then a downbeat B-side - printed 4:17, actual 4:18, 111.6 BPM, "Remixed by Timmy Regisford", starts with the line "Are you looking for a new love?", then 4 beats of the "Looking For A New Love" beat, then 16 beats under the line "please don't tease me, wo-o-o-o", then at 0:17 it matches up with the 0:09 point of the A-side and stays matched up for the rest of the song. Very catchy intro pasted onto an existing mix, much like the "Local Mix" of the Breakfast Club's "Right On Track". The A-side of the 45 matches the version on the 4-CD promo set MCA Hits Sampler Vol. 2 (MCA CD33-17605, 1988, 111.9 BPM). Still don't know if the B-side turns up on CD anywhere. So... I have a different mix running 4:11 and 112.0 BPM on Rock On 1987 and on 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection best-of. This mix is much more empty-sounding than the 45. Is this the LP mix? Is this also on the Jody Watley CD? Edited by crapfromthepast

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 92	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 November 2010 at 10:04pm
	Yes, those two discs you named have the LP version according to the database.

995wlol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 995wlol Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 February 2022 at 7:21pm
	Anyone know the origin of the 5:35 version from "World Of Dance: The 80's" CD? I can't find any version that time's out to that on Discogs.

mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2022 at 8:17am
	The fade-in of freestyle beats at the intro suggests it exists with a longer intro somewhere. It has the same elements as Kevorkian's untitled extended mix and Dub Version on the US 12", but it's not constructed from either of those; it's a unique remix. I, too, was unable to find any other releases it could be from. Apparently it's exclusive to that CD.

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2022 at 2:43pm
	The World of Dance: The 80's version is adapted from Jody Watley's dance remix album (1989), You Wanna Dance With Me?, which is one of those continuous DJ mix-style compilations that were becoming popular at the time (think Madonna's You Can Dance). The World of Dance version begins earlier than the actual Jody remix album version, with a fade-in of the end of the previous track, and if I recall correctly, it may extend a hair past the point where the remix album version "ends" (according to the CD index) before a quick fade. But the World of Dance version is essentially just a 5:35 chunk taken out of the parent remix album and adjusted with a fade in and out for standalone play. Edited by EternalStatic