prince 1999

need some help here on this one.....billboard magazine from the time had the reissue of prince's 1982 hit "1999" re-released in 1999 and peaked at number 40 on 1-16-99 for one week on warner 21881.....question is, in what format (ie; cd single, vinyl 7", or vinyl 12") was this single released as...i have the backtrax cd single issued as warner 21881 and it contains the below tracks....

1-1999 (3:37 listed & actual)
2-little red corvette (3:08 listed & actual)

the thing is, that whitburns books list the run time for the single as 6:22....there may have been a 12" released at that time.....paul haney...can you shed any light on this question?

also....the 1982 commercial 45 was released as titled "**1999**" and the 1999 cd single was released as titled "1999".....

Edited by edtop40

Aaron's right; there wasn't just a remix, it was a remake, released on Prince's NPH label (I think), not Warner.

Wikipedia claims they were the original tracks with extra instrumentation, but that's not accurate; Prince didn't own the original track, which is why he had to re-record it after his split from Warner.

Here's the press release from the time of release.

IF Billboard is right and it was the Warner release, than the CD you have is clearly the re-charting original single... I wasn't aware 1999 recharted, but it doesn't surprise me; our local AC was pounding it all year.

FYI, I don't think I EVER heard Prince's remake air on any station, CHR or AC.

yes...i had the cd single version on prince npg label but it wasn't on the warner 21881 catalog number.....so it's not the as release as documented in billboard magazine...