OT: Roxette "Crash Boom Bang" Question

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   Does anyone have details on the U.S. single version?  Discogs 

indicates a listed time of 4:08, which would be between 50 and 60 secs 

shorter than the LP Version.  Wondering if it's an early fade or an actual 

edit or remix.  Thanks for any information. 

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EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: OT: Roxette "Crash Boom Bang" Question Posted: 29 May 2021 at 11:19am
	Does anyone have details on the U.S. single version? Discogs indicates a listed time of 4:08, which would be between 50 and 60 secs shorter than the LP Version. Wondering if it's an early fade or an actual edit or remix. Thanks for any information.

Bellenger1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bellenger1981 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 June 2021 at 4:37pm
	I believe that the 4:08 on the U.S. promo CD is a misprint. (I do not have the promo CD to confirm, however). On the U.S. promo CD page, someone noted that it actually runs 4:27, which is approximately the length of the single version/radio edit on international pressings.
	Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA

jebsib Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 April 2006 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote jebsib Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 June 2021 at 7:14pm
	Wasn’t aware this was released in the U. S. Did it chart on anything domestically?

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2021 at 4:51am
	@Jason: Thanks for the info! With that being the case, the version I have on their hits compilation, which runs around 4:25, is likely the right one. @jebsib: It did not make the Billbord Hot 100. I don't know if it may have reached the lower rungs of an A/C chart... I heard it on our local Top 40 station just once or twice. They were very slow to let go of that late '80s/early '90s pop sound.

thecdguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 August 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote thecdguy Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2021 at 5:38am
	I checked Wikipedia and my Billboard AC book, and the song didn't chart at all on the AC Chart. It charted in several other countries, though. It looks like it reached its highest position in Finland, where it peaked at #16. According to Discogs, there was a Cassette Single, a Vinyl "For Jukeboxes Only" 45 and 2 Promo CD Singles with the same catalog no. released in the US. I bought the Cassette Single because it had an unplugged version of "Joyride" as its B-Side.
	Dan In Philly

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2021 at 2:59pm
	Hi Dan! Yeah, Roxette had stumbled hard here with their previous album Tourism, and they didn't recover. Like most people, I thought it was a live album and didn't pay it any mind. That being said, I was and am a huge fan of the first single off of Crash! Boom! Bang!, "Sleeping in My Car". Should have been huge.

Bellenger1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bellenger1981 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2021 at 6:53pm
	"Sleeping in My Car" is one of my favorite Roxette songs and agree that it should have been a huge smash. I remember hearing it on the radio quite a bit for a short time. I recall hearing "Crash! Boom! Bang!" on the radio maybe once or twice, but it's difficult having a hit follow up when the first single stalled at No. 50 (interestingly peaked at No. 30 in Cashbox, however). Roxette's U.S. success really started slipping with "Spending My Time", but Per Gessle blames that on EMI USA and it cutting the promotion department. Edited by Bellenger1981
	Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA

jebsib Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 06 April 2006 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote jebsib Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 June 2021 at 7:39am
	C! B! B! was one of my favorites when I lived in Europe - fascinating that it was released as a Cassingle domestically. Regarding Roxette falling off, it was also when the music was changing and by 1994 if you were in any way linked to the late 80s (Paula, Bobby Brown, Phil Collins, New Kids, Taylor Dayne, etc) you were considered passe. Only the real superstars survived. A little. Makes you realize how quickly trends, styles and sounds changed in the first 5 decades of the rock era. And how stagnant today's sounds are...

Bellenger1981 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 July 2019 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bellenger1981 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 June 2021 at 12:25pm
	I, too, was surprised at the cassette single release of "Crash! Boom! Bang!" in the U.S. I never knew until years later. You make a great point jebsib, as all those artists had struggled to have anywhere close to the same success by the mid '90s.
	Jason Bellenger Byron Center, Michigan, USA

radiofan16 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 March 2016 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote radiofan16 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 June 2021 at 5:41pm
	The album itself was never released in the US. The version that got released was an edited "Favorites From Crash Bang Boom" that was sold exclusively at McDonalds with the proceeds benefited the Ronald McDonald House. It reportedly sold a million here, but Billboard had a policy that forbade albums that sold at an exclusive retailer to chart. The original album did sell about 46,000 copies as an import.