Hanson - Mmmbop

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   When "Mmmbop" was a hit, I heard a few stations (as well as the syndicated Open House Party) playing an uptempo dance version.  Back in 1997, I must've bought every import CD single I could find trying to find this version, which none of them had.  I finally came across it on a TM Century HitDisc, where it is labeled as "Club Radio Mix."  The actual name of the mix is the "Berman Brothers Radio Mix," which also appears on the US 12".

Apparently there was a promo CD released with dance mixes.  It does not have a catalog number, but it lists these tracks:

1. MMMBop (Berman Bros. Radio Mix)

2. MMMBop (Soulful Mix)

3. MMMBop (Hex's Pop Radio Mix)

4. MMMBop (Dust Bros. Mix)

5. MMMBop (Radio Version)

The actual run time of the "Berman Bros. Radio Mix" from the TM Century CD is (3:16).  The 12" single lists it as (3:17).  It might be worth noting in the database, since this version received some airplay back in the day.

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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: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hanson - Mmmbop Posted: 28 September 2009 at 9:23pm
	When "Mmmbop" was a hit, I heard a few stations (as well as the syndicated Open House Party) playing an uptempo dance version. Back in 1997, I must've bought every import CD single I could find trying to find this version, which none of them had. I finally came across it on a TM Century HitDisc, where it is labeled as "Club Radio Mix." The actual name of the mix is the "Berman Brothers Radio Mix," which also appears on the US 12". Apparently there was a promo CD released with dance mixes. It does not have a catalog number, but it lists these tracks: 1. MMMBop (Berman Bros. Radio Mix) 2. MMMBop (Soulful Mix) 3. MMMBop (Hex's Pop Radio Mix) 4. MMMBop (Dust Bros. Mix) 5. MMMBop (Radio Version) The actual run time of the "Berman Bros. Radio Mix" from the TM Century CD is (3:16). The 12" single lists it as (3:17). It might be worth noting in the database, since this version received some airplay back in the day.

Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2009 at 3:44pm
	We played the Berman Bros. mix on our Saturday night mix show during the song's chart run, though ISTR the run time around 5 minutes. I don't have the actual CD, but I did make a CD-R copy of this, I'll check length when I get a chance.

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: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2009 at 6:17pm
	Hykker, there is a longer Berman Bros. Mix, which I believe is called the Berman Bros. Club Mix. This was issued on the US 12" single, too. At least, it's listed online as being on a US 12" single. I don't own a copy to confirm.

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 October 2009 at 10:17am
	my commercial cassingle issued as mercury 574261 contains 2 tracks side 1 1-mmmbop (radio version) (listed time 3:50; actual 3:58) side 2 1-mmmbop (dust brothers mix) 4:29 2-where's the love (snippet) 1:00 3-i will come to you (snippet) 1:28 4-thinking of you (snippet) 1:00 Edited by edtop40
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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 October 2009 at 10:50pm
	We only received in one promo CD single for this song back in 1997, are here are the details: -Hanson-"MMMBop" (MECP 200) 1-Radio Version (listed 3:50; actual 3:58) 2-Dust Brothers Mix (listed & actual 4:29) 3-Dub Version (listed & actual 4:20) 4-Album Version (listed & actual 4:27) I have had no luck so far finding the 5-track promo CD single Aaron that has cited in this topic's original post; I will keep looking.

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: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2009 at 8:05am
	Thanks for your details, Jim! I have a feeling the dance mixes promo for "Mmmbop" is very rare and was probably only serviced to a select group of DJs/stations who had "mix shows." I generally only heard this mix during Saturday Night specialty programming. Hot Mix was another syndicated service that used the Berman Bros. mix quite a bit.

Martin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 February 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Martin Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 October 2009 at 4:24pm
	I have and european single serviced to my radio station by polygram that includes only the "single Version" and runs 3:50, on TM Century Hit Disc 194A they include the "radio Version" and at that time we also purchase ProAudio USA music services and they include the "album version", we used to play the "single Version".

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: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 June 2013 at 9:43pm
	A point of clarification regarding Hanson's "MMMBop"... The database currently indicates that the actual cassette single running time is (3:50). As Ed reported previously, the cassette single has an actual run time of (3:58), not (3:50) as stated on the label. The 3:58 run time is right in line with the two database CD appearances of the single version to date.

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: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 June 2013 at 10:08pm
	By the way, I have since picked up a copy of the rare promo CD with remixes. If anyone wants timings for the above tracks, I'll be happy to pull it out and time them.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 June 2013 at 10:35am
	Yes, Aaron please do. Thanks.