"Show Me Love" - Robin S

I noticed that Robin S's "Show Me Love" runs 4:27 on the 1990 - Only Rock 'n Roll - 1994 CD but only clocks in at 4:12 on the Billboard Top Hits: 1993 disc. I know the 4:27 version is the hit single version, so I was curious to figure out why the song only runs 4:12 on the Billboard CD. I loaded the songs from both discs onto my computer to do an A/B comparison. The two versions are identical up until the 2:46 mark but then the remainder of the 4:12 version has very different edits from the hit single version. Thus, the Billboard disc must contain either a radio version or some sort of an alternative edit. Does anyone know what exactly this 4:12 edit is and where it comes from?

Edited by Todd Ireland

Here's the scoop on what I have on my radio compilation discs...

"Pop Radio Mix" actual run time is 4:09. (This is the version that ends with the acapella vocal, and it's different than the mix that Todd is describing.)

"Pop Power Radio Mix" actual run time is 4:12. (This is the mix that sounds like the 4:27 LP version.)

Todd, based on your description, the version on the Billboard disc matches my "Pop Power Radio Mix" on the radio compilation disc I have. It is strange how the cassette single lists the same version and has a different edit and run time.

I looked up the run time from the LP on allmusic.com. They list the run time as 4:29, and the song sample sounds like the "Pop Power Radio Mix." By the way, this mix is a short version of the "Stonebridge Club Mix" (which is called "Extended Mix" on the full-length CD).

So, here's what it's looking like:

- "Stonebridge Club Mix" on CD-maxi and "Extended Version" on full-length CD are the same.

- "LP Version" (track 1 on the full-length CD) and "Pop Power Radio Mix" from the cassette single are the same, running 4:28. (This is a short version of the "Stonebridge Club Mix.")

- "Pop Power Radio Mix" on the promo single is included on Billboard Top Hits 1993 and runs 4:12. (This is also a short version of the "Stonebridge Club Mix" but a different edit.)

The "Pop Radio Mix" is a completely different mix, and sounds nothing like the one we've been discussing.

Again, I only have this track on the radio compilations, so I don't have the full-length CD, cassette single, or the actual promo CD single for comparisons. But based on the run times of the CD and the info Todd & Ed supplied, those are my conclusions.

I have the dj cd single of "Show Me Love" Big Beat/Atlantic PRCD 5091 and there are 5 tracks on there:
1) Jo Jo Venus Super Edit 4:26
2) Power Radio Mix 4:12 (which is the version on the Billboard Top Hits 1993 cd)
3) Remix edit 4:09 which is the version with the acapella ending
4) Stonebridge Club Mix (7:43)
5) Nick Nice Eagle Mix (5:29)

I just obtained the cassette single of "Show Me Love which is called the "power pop radio edit" and it is identical to the LP version and it is identical to track 1 of the promo promo cd single which is called the "Jo Jo Venus Super Edit". Three different names for the identical track!