Take That - Back For Good

As there are no promo CD details in the database, here's what I have:

ASCD-2848
1. non-described version (listed & actual 4:00)

ASCD-2881
1. Remix (listed & actual 4:02)
2. Urban Mix (listed & actual 4:02)
3. Album Version (listed & actual 4:00)

It took me a while to find the remix promo, and I just finally obtained a copy a few weeks ago.

We played only the album version at the station where I worked, and it wasn't until a few years ago that I even knew a remix CD existed. It's not a radical remix, and it retains many elements of the original. The biggest differences are the drum track and keyboard bass line. There are other small overdubs, too, but it's pretty faithful to the original. My guess is that the remix was aimed at Rhythmic CHR stations who needed it to sound a little more "urban" to fit in with the other songs on their playlists.

The "Urban Mix" is not quite as close to the original. There is yet another new drum track, and most of the instrumentation has been changed on this mix.

The US 3-track CD single has a non-described version as the lead track, which is presumably the album version. The US maxi CD single has the "Album Version" as the lead track, and it looks like it also includes the two remixes found on the promo CD.

There are two US stock CD singles:

Arista 12849-2
1. Back For Good
2. Love Ain't Here Anymore
3. Back For Good (Live)

Arista 12880-2
1. Back For Good (Album Version)
2. Love Ain't Here Anymore
3. Back For Good (Remix)
4. Back For Good (Urban Mix)
5. Back For Good (Live)

If you search iTunes, the album Nobody Else has two versions on it, and neither one has a version labeled. Track 13, though, is the Urban Mix. The main "Remix" version is much more faithful to the original.

Shortly after Aaron's last post, I bought the "Back For Good" single:

ASCD-2881
1. Remix (listed & actual 4:02)
2. Urban Mix (listed & actual 4:02)
3. Album Version (listed & actual 4:00)

The Remix is quite different from the album version but I quite like it (though I prefer the original more).

That said, there seems to be a version someone shared called "radio mix". I'm not sure if it came from Promo Only, Hit Discs or one of those type things. I listened to it and it sounds the same as the album mix to me. (I thought maybe the background vocals were louder, but I'm not sure and think it's more likely an EQ thing). However, with this mix being labeled "radio mix" and not "remix" like the CD single that Aaron and I have, does anyone know if this apparent "radio mix" is really any different from the album mix? Whoever originally shared it labeled it {Hot Hits Pop Vol. 39} - but that could be their own terminology for CDRs they compile.

Can anyone confirm that there is a "radio mix" different from the others?