OT: UK singles w/ different mixes

This is off topic, but the folks who post here would be more likely to know than any other group of people.

Over the years I've bought a lot of UK-only hits on CD (mostly '70s and '80s songs). By that I mean, hits that did not chart in the US. And not having owned the original 45s, I have absolutely no idea if I have an album mix of a song when there very well may be a single mix that exists.

Since we've had off-topic threads here, like non-top 40 single vs. album mixes; Non-top 100 single vs. album mixes; and extended 12" mix versions including songs that didn't make the top 40 - I figured why not start a thread for UK hits that had single versions.

So if any of you know of any UK-only hit single mixes or edits - can you add the info to this post here?

(To be clear I'm not referring to songs that were hits on both sides of the Atlantic and had different mixes, like David Dundas' "Jeans On". But songs that were only hits in the UK.)

So there may be very few people that would be able to to contribute to this thread. But I'm hoping some people might be fans of UK music like me.

To put all this in another perspective, I wish there was an equivalent of Pat Downey's book and chatroom for the UK - where they discuss the same things we do. As far as I know, there's no such website.

EdisonLite, I have followed UK charts since the 70s
and for the last 10 years I have compiled something
similar to Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual book for the UK
Top 40 starting in 1960, with the information taken
from the weekly Top 40 Charts, now available in the
Official Chart Company webpage . I update this
information every friday when new chart is published.
For each song listed by highest position I started
adding the listed time. As you might know UK vinyl
singles do not show this information in label which
makes this task really difficult. I do have thousands
of Uk singles though, so I am able to time 45s myself.
Since 1987 until approx. 2010, almost all UK hits were
available as CD singles which has helped me a lot to
try to complete my work. As per your specific
question there are too many cases of hits where album
version is different from the single version (as there
are differences between the vinyl single and cd
single), this is for the period where both formats
were available (aprox. 1987-1994): I could mention
all Shakatak (very popular jazz pop group from the
80s) or Swing out Sister where singles are unique
mixes. I could guess probably 70% of all top 20 hits
starting in the 80s have mixes for the single version.
It's just a guess. Let me know and I can provide you
with the information I've been able to compile.

The official UK charts can be viewed in
www.officialcharts.com. You can view all historical
weekly UK charts which changed over the years (top 75 or
Top 100, or Top 50 or whatever was published at the time.
My personal email is rnell@fibertel.com.ar. I send you
back a few files (excel files per year) to see if they
serve your purpose.

rnell wrote: EdisonLite, I have followed UK charts since the 70s and for the last 10 years I have compiled something similar to Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual book for the UK Top 40 starting in 1960, with the information taken from the weekly Top 40 Charts, now available in the Official Chart Company webpage . I update this information every friday when new chart is published. For each song listed by highest position I started adding the listed time. As you might know UK vinyl singles do not show this information in label which makes this task really difficult. I do have thousands of Uk singles though, so I am able to time 45s myself. Since 1987 until approx. 2010, almost all UK hits were available as CD singles which has helped me a lot to try to complete my work. As per your specific question there are too many cases of hits where album version is different from the single version (as there are differences between the vinyl single and cd single), this is for the period where both formats were available (aprox. 1987-1994): I could mention all Shakatak (very popular jazz pop group from the 80s) or Swing out Sister where singles are unique mixes. I could guess probably 70% of all top 20 hits starting in the 80s have mixes for the single version. It's just a guess. Let me know and I can provide you with the information I've been able to compile.

I would be curious to know if you have the two Guns and Roses UK edits in your collection from 1989 (Specifically Paradise City and Patience I think)are available on CD or UK CD singles or comps. They dont appear to have made it to CD and I think they only appear on the UK 45 versions....

On the radio show, I did essentially an entire episode of singles that had different versions in the US and UK. Here are highlights from the playlist:

PUMP UP THE VOLUME [UK version] - M|A|R|R|S (1987)
KISS [UK edit] - Art of Noise and Tom Jones (1988)
I NEED A LOVER [UK single version] - John Cougar Mellencamp (1979)
GIVE ME THE NIGHT [UK 12 inch single version] - George Benson (1980)
ON BROADWAY [UK single version] - George Benson (1978)
OUR HOUSE [UK 12 inch single version] - Madness (1983)
CRY FOR HELP [UK single version] - Rick Astley (1991)
PROMISES PROMISES [UK version] - Naked Eyes (1983)
THE POWER OF LOVE [UK Fore version] - Huey Lewis And The News (1985)
WHO ARE YOU [UK 45 version] - The Who (1978)
THRILLER [UK 45 version] - Michael Jackson (1984)
OFF THE WALL [UK single version] - Michael Jackson (1980)
WHISPER TO A SCREAM (BIRDS FLY) [UK version] - Icicle Works (1984)
SMOOTH OPERATOR [non-hit UK LP version] - Sade (1985)
SITUATION [B-side of UK Only You 45] - Yazoo (1982)
(HOW TO BE A) MILLIONAIRE [UK single version] - ABC (1984)
DREAM ON DREAMER [UK single version] - Brand New Heavies (1994)
LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME [UK single version] - Thompson Twins (1985)
SULTANS OF SWING [UK version edit] - Dire Straits (1979)
MARY'S PRAYER [UK hit version] - Danny Wilson (1987)

You might find the whole show interesting (https://archive.org/details/cftp-2019-04-26).