DONNIE IRIS - "My Girl"

The actual 45 running time is (3:49), the listed time is "3:59" on the record label. (MCA/Carousel 52031)

This 45 length is shorter than the CD track on the "King Cool"(3:57).

I echo Jim's comments, Abagon. Now, does anyone have the vinyl LP release of Donnie Iris' King Cool who can verify the run time for "My Girl"? I just want to make sure it matches up with the CD length.

Donnie Iris, a native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvansia, remains a rock icon here in the Pittsburgh area and songs like "Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like a Rock" get massive amounts of airplay on our local classic rock stations. Even though "My Girl" was Iris' biggest Billboard chart hit and consists of a much poppier sound, it's amazing how few folks around here seem to even remember the song!

Edited by Todd Ireland

Todd Ireland wrote: Donnie Iris, a native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvansia, remains a rock icon here in the Pittsburgh area and songs like "Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like a Rock" get massive amounts of airplay on our local classic rock stations. Even though "My Girl" was Iris' biggest Billboard chart hit and consists of a much poppier sound, it's amazing how few folks around here seem to even remember the song!

Here in the Boston area, "Ah! Leah!" receives heavy airplay on both classic rock stations and on stations with a significant "80s pop" component to their formats (e.g., Adult Top 40/Hot AC). The latter is true even though this song wasn't a particularly big pop hit when it was new, and was probably completely forgotten by pop audiences for many years -- at some point after '80s nostalgia kicked in, those stations seem to have "discovered" it (not sure if this is unique to Boston or if it's true elsewhere as well). Nothing else by Iris receives any airplay at all. I don't think I've heard "Love Is Like A Rock" or "My Girl" on the radio since they were on the charts.   

I was surprised to read Abagon's post, since I timed my U.S. commercial 45 (deadwax 'MC-12401-W4') at (3:52), but then I timed both sides of my U.S. promo 45 and timed one side (deadwax 'MC-12401-W3') at (3:49) and the other side (same deadwax as my commercial 45) at (3:52). So perhaps not all U.S. commercial 45s are the same.

I don't have the King Cool CD or LP, but on my copy of the 20th Century Masters CD (which is a Canadian pressing, but I doubt the U.S. pressing would be different), the song starts with a drumbeat and a drumstick tap that do not appear on either my commercial or promo 45s. Otherwise it appears to be the same version and length as my US commercial 45.

Thanks for many coments, everyone.
My stock deadwax number is (MC-12401 W2)