Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl
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Topic: Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 11:52am
| My promo CD of "Rich Girl" contains two mixes: Radio Edit #1 (4:06) and Radio Edit #2 (3:46). These are both different lengths than the album version and are not currently noted in the database. |
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 25 May 2017 at 2:18pm
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aaron,
does the promo cd single actually run the stated times on the insert? what makes the radio edit 0:10 LONGER than the cd album version.. ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 25 May 2017 at 6:06pm
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I'm trying to find out for sure, but it APPEARS that the stand-alone digital single for "Rich Girl" may indeed have been Radio Edit #1 that runs longer than the album version.
Because I see one review of the import CD single on Amazon from 2005 that says, "The radio mix is available on a separate version of the single and also on iTunes -- it's longer than the album version and is just plain better." If that's so, then the "45 version" of the song is longer than the album version. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 25 May 2017 at 6:57pm
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My copy, from TM Studios, is Radio Edit #1 and runs
4:06. |
Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 26 May 2017 at 3:42pm
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john was kind enough to send me the version from his TM
studios promo cd and it is clearly a different mix.....the lp/cd version doesn't have eve doing the rap...in addition there is heavy piano or organ beats all through the intro of the 'radio edit' NOT found on the lp/cd version......pat this info need to be added to the db... ------------- edtop40 |
Posted By: AaronsAmazing
Date Posted: 09 November 2025 at 12:14am
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I own the Australian CD single for this song. Track 1 is the album version of "Rich Girl", clocking in at 3:58 (including silence). The other two tracks are live songs. The music video, which uses a slight edit of the U.S. Radio Edit #1 (also known as the Get Rich Mix) is also included as a low-res QuickTime video. Nothing of real interest, but it proves that the "hit version" varied from country-to-country, as the U.S. promo edits weren't released commercially here in Oz.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 09 November 2025 at 9:45am
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Doing a comparison between the LP version and the "Radio Edit #1" (aka Get Rich Mix), the latter is the same mix as the LP version with two main differences. First, the "na na na" intro has been shortened (removing 0:00.6 to 0:10.4). Secondly, Eve's part from 2:22 to 2:41 of the LP version has been copied and inserted at the 10-second mark of Radio Edit #1. I couldn't quite replicate the edit, because there is one piano note in Radio Edit #1 that is needed to bridge Eve's rap into Gwen's first verse. That note was likely borrowed from the instrumental. Anyhow, the reason Radio Edit #1 is longer than the album version is due to the out-of-sequence edit that repeats part of Eve's rap. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: AaronsAmazing
Date Posted: 09 November 2025 at 11:23pm
That same note also appears later into the LP version, at roughly 3:05 (right before the final chorus). When I did a custom edit a while ago, I just grabbed it from there.
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aaronk wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 November 2025 at 11:21am
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I spotted that note yesterday, but it’s not exactly the same. At 3:05, there’s also an orchestral sounding synth note layered with the piano, which is not how the official Radio Edit sounds. That’s what led me to think they used the instrumental. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |