Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
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Topic: Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 11:06am
Presumably due to limited availability as a single in the U.S., "Pretty Fly (For A
White Guy)" only peaked at #53 on the Hot 100. It did much better in
CHR/Top 40 airplay, though, making it to #19 (Radio & Records). The album
version is the indisputable official 45/LP version, as it was issued as the A-
side of a 7" single in the US. (I'm not sure if a cassette single was issued here
or not.)
My question, though, is which version you recall hearing most often on top
40 radio. The station I worked for at the time alternated between the album
version and the "Baka Boyz Low Rider Remix." We received the latter version
on a CD-R promo from Columbia, and I've never seen a factory-pressed US
promo with this remix. Some import CD singles, however, do contain this
mix.
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Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 3:26pm
I just checked my promo of this and it's also just the album
version, which is what we played where I worked at the time.
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Posted By: DJghr1
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 8:44pm
In the Tampa, FL area, I remember most of the Top 40
stations playing the Low Rider remix. Album Rock stuck to
the regular LP version...from my recollection.
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Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 9:57pm
In Philly, I heard this song on at three stations, Y100 the modern rock station,
Q102 the Top 40/Rhythmic station, and Max 95.7 the Modern AC. All three
played the LP version. However, when Y100 would broadcast from the late
Philly club Maui on Saturday nights, they would play the "Low Rider Remix".
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 10:07pm
Thanks for your recollections, gentlemen! It looks like there was a pretty even split between the remix and the LP version on top 40 radio, depending the market and daypart.
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Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 26 March 2016 at 10:52pm
The single was not released commercially. I believe the single charted lower because it peaked before the Hot 100 changed its rules to allow non-singles. The song had already peaked
by the time it was allowed to chart on The Hot 100.
Starting in the early 1990s, in order to chart on The Hot 100, a single needed to be available in any commercial single configuration other than a vinyl single (aka 7"). This is the
reason why "Something In Common" was ineligible to chart.
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Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 27 March 2016 at 3:30am
Loveland is correct, the single was available commercially(I used to look for it).
What was made available was a sound-alike version by a group called The
Obscure(Which I did see in stores, and certainly confused this 10 year old),
however nobody bought so it didn't chart.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 27 March 2016 at 7:33am
Ah, so the 7" was not eligible to chart either. Good to know.
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Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 28 March 2016 at 5:17pm
The "Obscure" version did make #68 on the singles
sales chart for what it's worth (which is not much
really).
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