Lionel Richie – Se La
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Topic: Lionel Richie – Se La
Posted By: jebsib
Subject: Lionel Richie – Se La
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 9:50am
I was reminded of this while listening to AT40 from April 1987 yesterday:
The 45 version of Lionel’s “Se La” opened with an a-capella female chant : “Se La, Se La”, absent from the LP version. Does this version appear on any greatest hits or compilation out there?
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 10:31am
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Motown Year By Year 1987 has the single version. There may be import CDs, too, but that is the only domestic CD with the version you're looking for.
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Posted By: jebsib
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 2:32pm
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Awesome, thanks! - Now to hunt that comp. down!
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 8:53pm
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My promo 45 has the listed (4:29), actual (4:27) version, same as the commercial 45, on one side - this is the one jebsib refers to in this thread's opening post, with the "acappella female chant" intro. But the other side of my promo 45 includes a version with a :31 second, mostly-keyboard intro, has a listed time of (4:20) and an actual time of (4:21). And, unlike the stock 45v, this side of my promo 45 was produced by Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael.
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 10:06pm
Bizarre... on iTunes right now, you can find a copy of the album version of "Se La" on the remastered edition of Dancing On The Ceiling, running the expected 5:53. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-on-ceiling-remastered/id1287003 - See it here.
You can ALSO purchase Lionel Richie singing "Sela" from Dancing On The Ceiling, not listed as remastered, running 3:38. (???) http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dancing-on-the-ceiling/id294635 - See that oddity here.
What gives? Anybody know? Is this a simple time misprint on the older version, or do they really have a chopped version of the song which doesn't match the 7"?
I'd love to know... but not enough to purchase it! :-D
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Gene Savage
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Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 23 March 2011 at 5:04pm
The iTunes track labeled "Sela" is actually "Ballerina Girl" (which explains the time listed). The very next track is the LP version of "Se La" but it's labeled "Ballerina Girl."
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Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 23 March 2011 at 10:52pm
rotfl... that makes more sense. Thanks, Santi!
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Gene Savage
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Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
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Posted By: abagon
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 9:48am
"Se La" on the vinyl LP "Dancing On The Ceiling" ran (5:21), the listed time is "5:22" on the LP record label. (Motown 6158ML)
The reason I post is because 2 CD entries of "Dancing On The Ceiling" on the database indicates (5:49) and (5:53) each.
--abagon
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Posted By: elcoleccionista
Date Posted: 25 December 2014 at 10:42pm
I attempted to buy this 45 version from the Motown Year by
Year 1987 album on iTunes but it is only available in the US
iTunes store. If anybody is able to help me get it, please PM
me. Happy Holidays!
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Posted By: JL328
Date Posted: 19 May 2016 at 3:52pm
Listening to the version on the "Dancing On the Ceiling" CD vs. the
vinyl LP
version. The CD version does indeed run about 29 seconds longer but
the
vinyl LP version is not just a faded version of what's on the CD. There's
definitely an edit.
I removed 4:27.613 through 4:56.920 from the version on the "Dancing
On
the Ceiling" CD version and it sounds like the vinyl LP version and runs
the
correct time. There are many many people who are better at edits than
I am,
so if somebody wants to double check my work, I'd appreciate it.
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Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 25 January 2025 at 10:21am
If anyone is interested in the other 45 version, i.e. the "Unedited DJ Version" that does not open with acapella voices, it is a simple edit of the original mix. To
recreate from the original U.S. Dancin' on the Ceiling CD, you must edit ~1:27.92125 seconds from 3:29.22807 to 4:57.14932. The edit should be right on the vocal
("Se..."). No additional fade necessary, as the resulting file will run to approximately 4:22 plus outro silence.
I don't see that this version was released commercially in the U.S. but it did turn up (as noted upthread) as the B-side of the promo 45 and as B1 of the promo 12" single.
Looking worldwide via Discogs, it appears to have been used as B1 on several commercial 12" singles as well and appears on the German CD single as "Edited Version".
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