MIAMI SOUND MACHINE - "Bad Boy"

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   Another question for clarity - the version used in the music video for "Bad Boy" (the one with the "Cats" type of cast) - that's the version I'm most familiar with. (Saw it on VH1 on all the time). That's the US remix, right? The Pablo Flores mix? ... which is on "Playlist" and the Promo "Hits" (although unlabeled) and on the import "Greatest Hits" from 1992. BTW, that CD seems to have 2 covers - a much wider, longer picture of the "GH" cover we're familiar with, and one with her in a white dress and white background, right?

And the Shep Pettibone 7" mix is on "Essential" and "Very Best Of"/Europe?

Once this is sorted out I'd like to know if both remixers have a 12" version. According to the credits on "Twelve Inch Mixes" and "The Best Remixes", they do - but they sound identical to me. 

Edited by EdisonLite - 12 hours 53 minutes ago at 2:37am

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EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 hours 55 minutes ago at 2:35am
	Another question for clarity - the version used in the music video for "Bad Boy" (the one with the "Cats" type of cast) - that's the version I'm most familiar with. (Saw it on VH1 on all the time). That's the US remix, right? The Pablo Flores mix? ... which is on "Playlist" and the Promo "Hits" (although unlabeled) and on the import "Greatest Hits" from 1992. BTW, that CD seems to have 2 covers - a much wider, longer picture of the "GH" cover we're familiar with, and one with her in a white dress and white background, right? And the Shep Pettibone 7" mix is on "Essential" and "Very Best Of"/Europe? Once this is sorted out I'd like to know if both remixers have a 12" version. According to the credits on "Twelve Inch Mixes" and "The Best Remixes", they do - but they sound identical to me. Edited by EdisonLite - 12 hours 53 minutes ago at 2:37am

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 102	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 8 hours 59 minutes ago at 6:31am
	The US single version is remixed by Shep Pettibone. It starts with the finger snaps and handclaps (no other drums), and yes, it's the one in the music video with the "cats." The US 12" (also remixed by Shep Pettibone) has an extended version that sounds similar the US single version. The version on Twelve Inch Mixes is the US 12" version. I don't know what's on The Best Remixes. The UK Primitive Love CD from 1985 has a different extended version, which I would assume is what's on the 12" in Europe. Again, I can't confirm for sure, but it's drastically different from the US 12" version.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 39 minutes ago at 1:51pm
	These are the selections I have so far: Pablo Flores remixes: • 6:23 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (12" Version) [Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (EU CD) #12] • 6:04 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (Rubber-Club-Dub-Mix aka Dub Version) [unknown vinyl rip] Shep Pettibone remixes: • 6:13 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (Club Mix) [Gloria Estefan - Twelve Inch Mixes (EU CD) #02] • 6:44 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (Dub Version) [Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (EU 12") #B1] • 3:48 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy [single remix] [Gloria Estefan - Playlist: The Very Best of Gloria Estefan (US CD) #06] Eric Schilling remix (1992): • 3:44 Miami Sound Machine - [Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits (EU CD) #05] Bad Boy [remix] LP version: • 3:55 Miami Sound Machine - [Primitive Love (US CD) #04] Bad Boy IIRC the Eric Schilling remix is sometimes mistakenly credited as a Pablo Flores remix.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 37 minutes ago at 2:53pm
	Mike and Aaron, this is very helpful. But I'm looking at the "Twelve Inch Mixes" CD right now, and inside the CD booklet - for "Bad Boy" it says "Special Remix by Pablo Flores". This is where I get confused. If either of you have this CD, does your booklet say this, too? ... because you're both telling me that this CD has the Shep Pettibone 12" remix of "Bad Boy".

mjb50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 April 2021 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote mjb50 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 minutes ago at 3:04pm
	I don't have the CD in hand, but based on the edit history and comments on Discogs, the booklet does mistakenly say it's the Pablo Flores mix. I can just tell by how it sounds that it's one of Shep's. Mistakes happen. A tape box may well have been mislabeled. Or maybe there was a transcription error by an intern. Who knows. Maybe someone was high as a kite somewhere along the way. There was no penalty for being wrong. Technical personnel are lucky to be getting credited on anything at all. Edited by mjb50 - 21 minutes ago at 3:09pm