"Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
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Topic: "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
Posted By: sriv94
Subject: "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
Date Posted: 03 November 2015 at 7:05pm
OK, I'm the first to admit my knowledge of 90s music is sorely lacking. But I'm pulling some 1990s hits from Pop Music 1976-1999: The Modern Era (on loan from
my public library since I seem to have mislaid my actual copy) into iTunes, and one of the tunes was Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)." So unbeknownst to me, it
turns out I had pulled it into iTunes from the 1999 Grammy Nominees CD, and both run about four minutes. So I was about to remove one when I noticed that the
opening is different on each of the CDs. The Sony Pop Music opens with Hill singing "girls you know you better watch out," while the 1999 Grammy CD opens
with Hill rapping.
So while my 90s knowledge is lacking, it is pretty apparent that both of these can't be the 45 version as stated in the database (unless there were two 45 versions).
So that's the question--were there two different 45 versions, or is one a "neither" (or maybe both are)?
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Doug
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 03 November 2015 at 10:51pm
The version that starts with Lauryn singing "girls you know you better watch out" over a piano is the "Radio Edit," which is the lead track on the commercial CD maxi single. The version with the chatter on the intro is the album version.
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 03 November 2015 at 11:07pm
Cool. Now the question remains--because both versions time out to
about four minutes, the Grammy CD can't be the radio edit nor is it long
enough to be the LP version. And I don't remember if it's faded (I'm on
my phone and not at my desktop).
So is it a "neither"?
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Doug
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 04 November 2015 at 8:36am
I think this might be a case where the LP track has a skit tacked onto
the end of the song. I'll have to listen to my Miseducation CD to be
sure, but I'm betting the Grammy CD is the LP version without the skit
at the end.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 04 November 2015 at 8:45am
Confirmed. The track on Miseducation fades out by 3:58, and then a "classroom" skit is tacked onto the end. A more accurate description for the Grammy CD would probably be "LP version, but missing the skit at the end."
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 04 November 2015 at 10:07am
Thanks, Aaron!
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Doug
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 21 March 2016 at 8:01am
The database does not currently have promo CD details entered, so here's what I have:
CSK 41015
1. Radio Edit (listed & actual 4:00)
2. Gordon's Dub (listed & actual 4:00)
3. A Cappella (listed 4:00; actual 3:59)
4. Instrumental (listed & actual 4:00)
About a year ago, I purchased an official Columbia 1-track CD-R promo without a catalog number:
1. Rapless Edit w/Intro (actual 4:09)
This version is a bit misleading, though, and it would be better described as "Radio Edit w/Intro." All they have done is taken the first :04.8 of the instrumental (where the piano is by itself), looped it once to make it :09.5, and tacked it in front of the Radio Edit. This would give the DJ an intro to talk over, since the normal Radio Edit starts cold. Nothing else is different about this version.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 21 May 2019 at 8:14pm
When I was doing my intense research for the 1998 top 10 recently I thought I would mention this concerning this song:
The song does indeed have a radio edit that censors the language. However when you go back to the 5:20 on the CD, guess what, it removes the language also.
So that led to me questioning where the explicit version of this song is (I am big on having the clean/explicit where at all possible as most of you know when I assemble my cover art and collection). There was no "warning label" on any CD printings showing an explicit CD.
That led me to youtube where there is an explicit version, but timing is the same as the radio edit. That leads me to believe that the explicit version can be found on the 12 inch vinyl version of the song, since all CD promos mention clean radio edits.
Unless anyone can direct me to an explicit copy of the song on her CD or CD single, that is the only place it could have possibly come from. This is a great mystery since most artists always get the explicit version on their albums and the radio edits are there so they can be played.
It appears that B1 on this 1998 US release is the only place to find the explicit:
https://www.discogs.com/Lauryn-Hill-Doo-Wop-That-Thing/release/722466 - https://www.discogs.com/Lauryn-Hill-Doo-Wop-That-Thing/relea se/722466
My hope is that someone has this and can confirm or has the explicit digitally.
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 22 May 2019 at 10:13am
I think I figured it out.
The various artist CD on Amazon called Platinum Hits 2000 indicates explicit. If anyone has it can they check?
https://www.amazon.com/Doo-That-Thing-Edit-Explicit/dp/B073HLMXS2/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=that+thing+lauryn+hill&qid=1558545061&s=dmusic&sr=1-6 - https://www.amazon.com/Doo-That-Thing-Edit-Explicit/dp/B073H LMXS2/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=that+thing+lauryn+hill&qid=1558545 061&s=dmusic&sr=1-6
Okay forget it, its edited. Geez...
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 28 November 2019 at 12:26pm
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Still looking for a CD quality copy of the explicit 4:00 of the 12 inch...
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 28 November 2019 at 1:35pm
I sent this to you a while back, Rich. I can resend if you no longer have
it.
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Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 29 November 2019 at 9:25am
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