Baz Luhrmann - "Everybody’s Free (To..."

From wiki:

It was released in some territories in 1997, with the speech (including its opening words, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of '97") completely intact. This version appeared in the Triple J Hottest 100 of that year at number 16 in the countdown, and was released on the subsequent CD in early 1998. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on May 31, 1999. Also known as "The Sunscreen Song", it sampled Luhrmann's remixed version of the song "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" by Rozalla, and opened with the words, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of '99" (instead of "'97", as in the original column). It was later released as a single in 1999, appearing at the end and during the credits of the 1999 movie, "The Big Kahuna."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, If I could offer you only one tip for the future..."

Is how the HitDisc version on 293-A begins. It doesn't reference the class year at all. This one is also 4:57 in length and is probably the previously mentioned
"Lossy" version, with the class year completely removed. There is also a 5+ minute version on a GoldDisc, but I haven't found that one yet. It may have a class,
year included.

I was doing a number of school functions back then. I didn't notice the class year was edited off the copy.

LunarLaugh wrote: From wiki: It was released in some territories in 1997, with the speech (including its opening words, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of '97") completely intact. This version appeared in the Triple J Hottest 100 of that year at number 16 in the countdown, and was released on the subsequent CD in early 1998. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on May 31, 1999. Also known as "The Sunscreen Song", it sampled Luhrmann's remixed version of the song "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" by Rozalla, and opened with the words, "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of '99" (instead of "'97", as in the original column). It was later released as a single in 1999, appearing at the end and during the credits of the 1999 movie, "The Big Kahuna."

The original column by Mary Schmich:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/chi-schmich-sunscreen -column-column.html

The UK CD single with the 1999 "Edit" version has the first 17 seconds lossless with no sound quality issues, but the remainder is lossy and from vinyl. It's likely the US promo CD is the same way, and I'll retrieve my copy when time permits to find out.