World Party - Ship Of Fools

I have a European commercial CD single for this song. I'm certain it's from Europe, even though no countries are listed. And I'm certain it's commercial because it's got a barcode.

Chrysalis SCD 1, copyright 1987, four tracks:

1. Ship Of Fools
2. Private Revolution
3. Trouble Down Here
4. World Groove (Do The Mind Guerrilla) [sic]

The odd part for me is that it's got a 32-beat fade from the downbeat at 3:20 to the downbeat at 3:36. I checked - it's an early fade of the LP version.

That puts it significantly shorter than the 4:27 version on Private Revolution and on the commercial 45.

Anyone know if this early fade released on a UK 45 or on a US promo 45? Or if this was the hit in Europe?

Edited by crapfromthepast

I do have a US promo 45 with the regular 4:27 version on one side and a (listed) 3:32 version (plays 3:30) on the other.

Was it ever determined if the 3:33 promo version was just
an early fade?

I can now answer my own question: the short promo edit side IS just an early fade of the full length version starting at approximately 3:19 and fading over the next 17 or 18 seconds.

I'm now wondering if most stations played the full length version since that was the A side, or flipped to the B side to play the early fade...