CeCe Peniston- Finally
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Topic: CeCe Peniston- Finally
Posted By: PopArchivist
Subject: CeCe Peniston- Finally
Date Posted: 17 September 2020 at 7:20pm
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So which got more airplay, the 7 inch or the 7 inch without rap? Anyone remember? ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 17 September 2020 at 7:32pm
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Our station played the “without rap” version, as did Jim’s old station. ------------- 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: BSharp
Date Posted: 18 September 2020 at 8:31am
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Without a doubt, the "without rap" version. This is
also the version used in the music video. |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 18 September 2020 at 6:21pm
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That's the "7 inch Choice mix" that is in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3JLqrnGDck The "7 inch mix" starts out like the album version in the beginning and then in the instrumental bridge before the rap has elements of the "7 inch Choice mix" much like what was done on the version versions of Janet's "Alright". Honestly, this is the first I've heard the rap break and I listened mostly to Black radio in NYC. That parent album got as much airplay as the debuts of Toni Braxton or Mary J. Blige which soon followed. |
Posted By: AdvprosD
Date Posted: 18 September 2020 at 6:53pm
I remember hearing the "Without Rap" version on the local pop station regularly. The R&B station may have played the Rap version, but I didn't tune-in much. Also, just when I thought I had just about heard enough of this single, I caught up with this "7 inch Choice Mix" that AutumAarilyn provided the link to. From there, I had to give it a few more listens because I liked the mix much better than the original. ------------- <Dave> Someone please tell I-Heart Radio that St. Louis is not known as The Loo! |
AutumnAarilyn wrote:Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 18 September 2020 at 7:47pm
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The two 12 inches versions (original and choice) pull
second half of "Finally" in a more instrumental direction. Steve 'Silk' Hurley had produced several key singles including later ones for Tene' Williams and Chantay Savage that were big in NYC. Cece's follow-up, "We've got a love thang" continued the infectious flow of "Finally" but retains its own charm with the help of Hurley. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 18 September 2020 at 11:54pm
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Apparently there are two videos for "Finally," because I had never seen the one with the 7" Choice Mix before. The original video can be found here and definitely uses the 7" Without Rap mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8mm1Qmt-Y - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8mm1Qmt-Y ------------- 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: BSharp
Date Posted: 19 September 2020 at 9:37am
There are at least three versions of the video that were released at the time; the version using the 7" Without Rap was the most-played version. The 7" Choice Mix version was serviced to nightclubs and appears on a Telegenics VHS compilation; there's also a 12" Choice Mix version of the video that RockAmerica (a similar pool) serviced. |
Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 19 September 2020 at 11:41am
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My reaction when reading the first post in this thread:
"There was a rap in that song??!!" I suppose all I have ever heard is the no rap mix. ------------- https://thelunarlaugh.bandcamp.com/ - Listen to The Lunar Laugh! |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 19 September 2020 at 7:20pm
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The 7" rap version was A side on the cassette single
and also featured and the end of side A on the maxi- cassette single. Yesterday was the first I heard the rap bridge. The 7" mix without rap is also known as the version on the album and it's one with the percussion upfront in the intro. |
Posted By: EternalStatic
Date Posted: 20 September 2020 at 8:15am
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Just to further confirm, I never heard the “with rap” version on
broadcast radio. I didn’t know it existed until I bought the promo years later. |