"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Police
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Topic: "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Police
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - Police
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:35am
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Pat:
The database currently states that commercial 45 copies of the Police's "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" all run 4:09. However, abagon has reported to me that his commercial copy actually runs 4:05, not 4:09 as stated on the record label. If you have a commercial 45 in your possession, would you mind re-timing it and letting us know if your results are in agreement with abagon? |
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Posted By: Moderator
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 3:33pm
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The timing for this song came from one of Joel Whitburn's books and was not timed by myself so I am sure that Abagon is correct with his stop watch timing of (4:05). ------------- Top 40 Music On Compact Disc Moderator |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 9:31pm
| Anyone know how to create the 3:12 DJ version? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 8:04am
| I'll have to check to be sure, but I believe it's just one edit on the intro (cutting it in half) and an early fade. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 16 May 2009 at 9:46am
| Aaron: You were correct. |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 18 May 2009 at 7:15am
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Was there not a release of this song that had the first chorus cut in half, as well as the intro half-time as well?
I can send Aaron what I recreated. ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 18 May 2009 at 8:39pm
| Jody, the version you have is not the DJ edit. The true DJ edit has the full first chorus in tact, and it fades before the last chorus is done, completely removing the instrumental ending. |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 19 May 2009 at 8:38am
Ouch - I would have found such a version a great disappointment, especially with the end missing. No one ever played that version here in Southern Ontario or Western New York. (I actually prefer my edit...lol). But thanks for the info Aaron. I realize that the true objective is to find genuine radio edits, not custom made ones. ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 11 December 2012 at 2:56pm
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I just came across an interesting promo of this song...one
side is in Spanish, the other side Japanese. It's on the red and black "target" A&M label, (P) 1980, catalog # 25000...I'm guessing a promo-only release since at the time A&M was using 4-digit catalog numbers on their singles. Listed time 4:00. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/hykker/dddddd- j.jpg (watch the wrap) |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 11 December 2012 at 4:01pm
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Nice find, Hykker! That's pretty uncommon, and even moreso
since it was left off the 1993 box set. I have this on vinyl, but I don't think it looks like yours. (I'm going from memory here.) I'm pretty sure it's a foreign pressing, since I think it has a picture sleeve and the silver label. (From Canada, maybe?) My notes aren't helpful, except that they indicate that there are needledrops of both sides on the 1998 promo CD B.L.A.S.T. #34. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 05 September 2017 at 5:38pm
Does anyone know the time the DJ Edit begins to fade from the LP Version? |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 13 April 2019 at 8:09pm
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On a side note, does anyone know where to find the unreleased De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86 version in lossless? If I recall it was on a rare SACD that was issued a few decades ago but I can't confirm.
Huge Police fan, just looking to add it to my collection. |
Posted By: anthology123
Date Posted: 25 April 2019 at 12:35pm
I bought this 45 when it first came out. It may have been a promo, but it was sold at record stores in a normal fashion (I bought mine at Tower Records). All copies I saw had the picture sleeve:  8yI/AAAAAAAABpM/HE6_2gWF3f4/s1600/DDDDDDDD+Picture+sleeve+-
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 25 April 2019 at 1:57pm
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In the event Gary is still part of the discussion from
2017, once you make the edit in the intro simply fade from 3:00 to 3:12. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 7:22pm
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The Spanish Version is somewhat rare, but it was issued on CD format back in 1995 via Polydor Records and only in North America and Japan (and in a handful of South / Central American countries), "Stars In Spanish":
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stars-In-Spanish/release/1819636 - https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stars-In-Spanish/release/181 9636 Many of the songs included in this compilation originally appeared as the English-version's single's B-side. I am still waiting for The Jets' "Allá Tú" to appear on CD format. Grrrr! |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 17 October 2020 at 2:28pm
I was just thinking about the '86 version myself and looked on Discogs. It seems that all the SACD listings of the "Every Breath You Take - The Classics" compilation just list the regular title of the song, with no indication that it's the '86 version. Does anyone have the SACD and can let us know what version is on there? ------------- Dan In Philly |
Posted By: lbangs
Date Posted: 17 October 2020 at 3:21pm
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I’m not sure what version it is, but if you play the 5.1 layer of the
Every Breath You Take: The Classics SACD, you definitely hear a unique version of the song. I don’t remember it being on any other layer of the disc... Shalom, y’all! L. Bangs |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 17 October 2020 at 6:02pm
Yes that's the 86 version on the SACD.... ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |