"Turn the Beat Around" - Gloria Estefan
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Topic: "Turn the Beat Around" - Gloria Estefan
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Turn the Beat Around" - Gloria Estefan
Date Posted: 01 January 2012 at 8:24pm
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I just wanted to pass along that cassette single copies of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" contains the following track listing and actual run times:
Side A: Single Version - 3:51 Side B: 7" Remix - 4:05 The single version is identical to the album version and should be considered the official hit version. However, I should note that the 7" Remix appears on my Promo Only Mainstream Radio DJ CD subscription series and did indeed get some airplay on Top 40 radio stations. I also have a 6-track commercial maxi-CD single of "Turn the Beat Around" where the first two tracks and their corresponding actual run times are as follows: 1) Single Version - 3:51 (printed time: 3:52) 2) 7" Remix - 4:05 (not 3:55 as stated on the label) The remaining four tracks on the maxi-CD single consist of radically different remixes, which I don't believe were ever serviced to radio stations: 3) Def Radio Mix - 3:46 4) Damien's Radio Edit - 4:19 5) Def Conga Mix - 7:42 6) Turn the Bass Around Mix - 6:07 |
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 02 January 2012 at 10:48am
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According to my research, there was a promo CD single issued for Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" on Crescent Moon/Epic ESK 77630 with the following track listing and listed run times:
1) Single Version - 3:52 2) 7" Remix - 3:55 3) Original Version - 4:06 The listed times for Tracks 1 and 2 are the same as what's printed on the maxi-CD single, so I wouldn't be surprised if the actual run times I reported in my previous post match up as well. But if someone who has a copy of this promo single could please report back with the actual run times, that would be fantastic. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 02 January 2012 at 3:51pm
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My 45 Epic 34 77756 (which does not identify which version) contains the "single version" (b/w "Everlasting Love"). Was there ever a vinyl single with the "7 inch remix" on it? Kind of a misnomer if this version never existed on a 45.
I don't recall there being any real consensus on what the hit version was...I seemed to hear both versions about equally. We played the single version initially, then switched to the 7" remix about in the middle of the song's chart run. |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 03 January 2012 at 2:49am
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WPLJ in NY played the 7" remix. (Hot AC)
WALK on long island played the single/album version (AC). Make of this what you will. :-) I guess it was random. MM |
Posted By: VWestlife
Date Posted: 09 January 2022 at 10:40am
| The "Original Version" (4:06) is the only one I've heard played on Adult Contemporary radio stations, not the 3:51 album/single version with the Hi-NRG-style synthesizer intro. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 09 January 2022 at 3:34pm
WKTU in NY also played the 7'' remix upon its debut in the market in 1996. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
MMathews wrote:Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 09 January 2022 at 7:26pm
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Whatever mix was used in the music video is the only one I
recall hearing. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 12:12pm
| If, as Todd said, the single version (3:51) is identical to the album version, then I'm not clear about the "Original version" which clocks in at 4:08. Does it only exist on the promo CD single mentioned above? And how does it differ from the album version (other than the Hi-NRG synthesizer intro mentioned above)? |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 4:26pm
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Checked out the video for this song and it's the single version. Can't say I ever heard the original version on the radio upon it's release back in 1994. Checked the Top Hits U.S.A site and they only issued the 7" remix. TM Century issued the single version, 7" remix and the original version. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 4:32pm
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Since the single version was on Side A of the cassette single, is that considered the hit version? ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 6:38pm
Gordon, here is the original version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABX2e81hwQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABX2e81hwQ ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |