paul young "what become of brokenhearted"

prisdeej wrote: AndrewChouffi wrote: Is it taken from a cassingle, a 45 donut, or did you find a digital source? It's an immaculate vinyl restoration.

You're welcome.

Edited by aaronk

I cannot find any evidence that “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted”
was issued as a single in any country other than the United States. The
song appears to have been a hit only in the US and Canada. (Both
Canadian trade publications at the time, The Record and
RPM, published separate airplay and sales charts, and in each
publication the song charted only on the airplay chart. I was unable to
find a cassette single in my local record store when this song was a hit,
so instead ordered a 7-inch US single via mail order. Canadian promo
CD singles were usually not produced for individual songs; labels
usually sent radio stations promo CDs with 10-25 songs. “What
Becomes Of The Brokenhearted” was issued by MCA Records Canada
on “CD Compilation #1 - January. 1992” (MCAD-9201). According to
Discogs, the version on this CD runs 3:50, making it the same version
as on the US promo CD single. This appears to be the only other place
this version was ever issued.)

I don’t know if the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack was even
issued outside of North America. “What Becomes Of The
Brokenhearted” was issued in the UK and continental Europe in 1993
as Track 3 on the 4-track CD single of “Hope In A Hopeless World”.
According to Discogs, the track runs 4:35, making it the LP version.

On January 25 of this year, CBS in the UK released the 20-CD Paul
Young box set, The CBS Singles Collection 1982-1994. Disc 18 of
this box set consists of the same four tracks as on the “Hope In A
Hopeless World” CD single, with “What Becomes Of The
Brokenhearted” as Track 3. In the descriptions of this box set that I
have seen, I could not find any indication of what version it is, but it is
most likely also the LP version. There do not appear to be any plans to
release this box set in North America.

So there is still no evidence that the commercial single version of “What
Becomes Of The Brokenhearted” has ever appeared on any CD
(commercial or promo) anywhere on planet earth.

Okay so here is my understanding:

1) The 3:42 TM Century is 6 seconds short of the 3:48 on the CD Promo actual running time
2) The 45 version is 4:06, as Aaron restored from the 45.
3) There is a version that is a 4:32 but this does not appear on the 1990 Paul Young album. So where did it first originate. Ron has it as Spotlight on Hits Vol. 4.

So since this is 1992, is the hit version the CD Promo or the 45? I tend to favor the 45 I seem to remember this version on the radio....

This is what I've gotten from the thread so far. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

1 - The TM Century 3:42 is the same as what's on the promo CD Single, and there is about 6 seconds of silence after the music
fades out which brings the total track time to about 3:48. So apparently there is no version where the music actually runs 3:48
before fading out completely.

2 - The true 45 version has only ever appeared on the US Vinyl 45 and Cassette Single and nowhere else. Its main difference is
the sax solo which mirrors the chorus of the song, like Ringmaster previously mentioned.

3- The song was only on the "Fried Green Tomatoes" soundtrack when first released in 1992 and not on any of Paul Young's regular
studio albums. I have the FGT soundtrack and can vouch for the running time of about 4 1/2 minutes.

As for which is the Hit Version, I'd go with the Promo CD version. I can honestly say I never heard the 45 version with the
different sax solo on the radio at all, and in fact didn't even know one existed until I read about it here on this thread.

I looked up the listing on Discogs for the import Paul
Young CBS Singles collection and the listed time on Discogs
would indicate that it's the Fried Green Tomatoes version.

https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Young-The-CBS-Singles-
Collection-1982-1994/release/13203953