"Turn the Beat Around" - Gloria Estefan

I just wanted to pass along that cassette single copies of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" contains the following track listing and actual run times:

Side A:
Single Version - 3:51

Side B:
7" Remix - 4:05

The single version is identical to the album version and should be considered the official hit version. However, I should note that the 7" Remix appears on my Promo Only Mainstream Radio DJ CD subscription series and did indeed get some airplay on Top 40 radio stations.

I also have a 6-track commercial maxi-CD single of "Turn the Beat Around" where the first two tracks and their corresponding actual run times are as follows:

1) Single Version - 3:51 (printed time: 3:52)
2) 7" Remix - 4:05 (not 3:55 as stated on the label)

The remaining four tracks on the maxi-CD single consist of radically different remixes, which I don't believe were ever serviced to radio stations:

3) Def Radio Mix - 3:46
4) Damien's Radio Edit - 4:19
5) Def Conga Mix - 7:42
6) Turn the Bass Around Mix - 6:07

My 45 Epic 34 77756 (which does not identify which version) contains the "single version" (b/w "Everlasting Love"). Was there ever a vinyl single with the "7 inch remix" on it? Kind of a misnomer if this version never existed on a 45.

I don't recall there being any real consensus on what the hit version was...I seemed to hear both versions about equally. We played the single version initially, then switched to the 7" remix about in the middle of the song's chart run.

The "Original Version" (4:06) is the only one I've heard played on Adult Contemporary radio stations, not the 3:51 album/single version with the Hi-NRG-style synthesizer intro.

Whatever mix was used in the music video is the only one I
recall hearing.