"See the Lights" - Simple Minds

Though Simple Minds' wistful hit "See the Light" only peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1991 and isn't listed in the database presumably due to weaker performance on other music charts, I think it's a terrific song nonetheless! While cleaning out my e-mail last night, I've run across some pertinent info Jim and Ed reported to me a while back regarding "See the Lights" and I thought I'd pass it along here...

Jim's promo CD single on A&M 75021 7546-2 (run times are actual):

1) 7" Mix Edit - 3:55
2) 7" Mix (No Guitar Solo) - 3:55
3) 7" Mix Full Length - 4:26
4) LP Edit - 3:52
5) Extended Mix - 6:59

According to Ed, the commercial cassette single runs 4:23 and I believe it's identical to the CD/LP version.

Though I'm not familiar with this song at all, can the 7"
Mix Edit be recreated from the 7" Full Mix Length (which I
presume is the LP version)?

eriejwg wrote: Though I'm not familiar with this song at all, can the 7" Mix Edit be recreated from the 7" Full Mix Length (which I presume is the LP version)?

The LP version is not featured on the promo CD. Except
for the LP edit, the rest of the tracks are remixed,
the most obvious way to tell is the LP version has a
stronger snare. You can't accurately recreate the 7"
Mix Edit from the 7" Full Length Mix since the
latter's beats kick in as a fade in whereas the 7" mix
has a "cold" beat start, if that explanation makes
sense, tried my best :)

Being the shortest of the remixes and the lead track on
the disc, your guess makes perfect sense to me :)Thanks
John!

I also wish Jim was still here for those details. I have Jim's promo CD in front of me, and there is no indication that says "play cut 2" or something like that. IF his former station played the song at all, it would've been the 7" Mix Edit. Given the very low peak of #35 on the R&R pop chart, it really wasn't much of an airplay hit at all.

I also acquired a second promo CD for "See The Lights":

75021 7540 2
1. non-described version (listed & actual 4:22)

This is likely the LP version, but I don't have the full-length album to compare. I'd say this is the official "single version" and "hit version" given that the cassette single also contains the LP version. Perhaps the hope was that by providing new single remixes to top 40, the song would do better on the charts. As it stalled out at #35 in R&R, perhaps plans were scrapped to issue the 7" remix commercially.