Benson Boone - Mystical Magical

While I do not listen to much of current radio, I was surprised to hear one of my current favorite songs with a different intro on the radio this morning.

I am quite sure that this is the version that I heard of "Mystical Magical" by Benson Boone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIIHlhpqPn4&list=RDwIIHlhpqPn4&start_radio=1

It's listed as Powerhitz Radio Edit. Does anyone know if this is available digitally? I am guessing that it is promo only. Thanks.

Interesting, John. Could be. Thanks for checking. For the record, I heard this on a local radio station, Mix 95.7 West Michigan, here in the Grand Rapids area.

Cristian, I think that it was an issue of airplay and streaming peaking at different times. Despite only hitting #17 on the Hot 100, it peaked at #6 Airplay. The new single, "Mr Electric Blue", is a favorite as well.

Quite a few CHR stations replace the original song intros with pieces of the instrumental. This is not unique to the Benson Boone song, as I've heard hundreds of "intro edit" versions on various stations. Often times it's to add an instrumental intro to a song that otherwise starts with vocals. I know that's not the case here, but perhaps the "Powerhitz" program director thought it sounded better to have a more "powerful" intro?