Iyaz - Solo

So this is rather interesting. Everyone knows the radio version times in at 3:21 and matches the album version which is on Replay.

I was comparing times to Whitburn's annual and he has a 3:13 running time. Considering that is an 8 second difference I did further research:

https://www.discogs.com/Iyaz-Solo/release/3582823

Apparently this promo has a 3:14 but it is not the album version. It is a radio edit. After checking the promo disc, the 3:14 listed in Whitburn's book is correct, it is a radio edit that got played. It leaves off the 6 seconds of the instrumental found on the album version at the intro.

Edited by PopArchivist

3:01? Not aware such a version exists....no the 3:14 is on a CD promo.

"Solo" was a hit during the era when we were getting a lot
of promo CD singles. Yes, the time is taken from that
promo CD as it was the version I was hearing on the radio
at the time.

The 3:14 single is available on Amazon.

We collect everything that makes the Hot 100 and Bubbling
Under charts. Nowadays, of course, that means digital
downloads. I actually time each and every song every
single week. I don't go by the time of the file, as
there can be a second or two (or more) of silence at the
end. I time from the time the song actually starts and
ends (that may account for the 1 or 2 second
differences).

Back in the day, if we got an official promo CD single, I
would use that as the "official" piece in our collection.
That's what happened with "Solo". As you probably know,
sometimes only a 12" single was commercially available
and often times that would have an extended version, so
the CD promo would always trump that. Basically, I just
used my judgement on which version was the correct one.
I think I did a pretty good job of it. Of course, I'm
always open to fixing any errors that may be discovered.
Thanks to this board, I've corrected a lot of times in
the Pop Annual over the years!

Edited by Paul Haney