O/T Dan Seals - "Bop"

Seals' only Hot 100 (BB 42, CB 48) entry after shifting to
country. The song was a #1 Country (BB, CB, RR) and AC hit
(10 BB, 11 RR) as well. Were there different versions of
this song? I originally had the song on 45, but thought
the version included on some subsequent compilations
differed in how he sang the second chorus and in the length
of the ending fade. Any thoughts?

I have come across a couple instances where the song fades
later on some vs. others but it's the same receording.

A lot of Dan Seals' solo output is criminally overlooked.
Very interesting mix of material on those 80s albums.

What's unique about Dan is that he played guitar left-
handed but didn't switch around the strings so he was
essentially fingering all the chords upside-down which
sometimes made for more interesting voicings than what a
standard strung guitar might have had.

AutumnAarilyn wrote: Country isn't usually known for alternate mixes or even edits with exception of Alabama.

I worked in country radio in the '90s and there were many edits and
even a few alternate mixes. I'd say edits were as common there as
they were in pop music.

As for "Bop", I'm not aware of any official alternate versions. When it
was a current, one of my local stations played a custom version with
Dan Seals singing "I wanna bop with the Q Zoo all morning long" . The
ending choruses were rearranged a bit as well. But again, I'm sure it
was a custom version and not an official release.

Dan did issue In a Quiet Room cd in 1995 on Intersound and
did a subsequent volume in 1997. It appears these are re-
recordings that don't exactly hide the fact that they are
that. "Bop" was issued on the first volume.

Edited by AutumnAarilyn