"DJ edits" still at large

Attention, fellow Top 40 completists... Allow me to present a new list of radio edits that have appeared on promotional CD releases, but are not mentioned or acknowledged in the 10th Edition of Top 40 Music on Compact Disc. The underlying difference between this listing and the other "DJ edits" message thread is this: I do not own a copy of any of the CDs listed below, but I have determined through extensive research that these discs do exist and contain official Top 40 DJ edits. For each promo CD, I've provided the artist, song title, the radio edit run time(s) as printed or reported on the CD cover, and the catalog number. If a question mark is present within the entry, it means I'm either missing or unsure of a particular bit of information. Again, since I don't have any of these CDs, I cannot guarantee that my information is accurate. If anyone has any of these promo discs and can verify the actual radio edit run times on them, by all means please chime in with your info! Here's the list I've compiled:    

TASMIN ARCHER - SLEEPING SATELLITE (CHR Edit – 3:34; A/C Version - 4:42; Alternative Rock - 4:43; Full CHR Mix - 4:43) (SBK DPRO-04683)

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - MR. WENDAL (Radio Edit – 3:25) (Chrysalis DPRO 05498)

BACKSTREET BOYS - I'LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART (Radio Edit – 4:25?) (Jive JDJ-42528-2)

BACKSTREET BOYS - ALL I HAVE TO GIVE (Radio Edit – 3:48?) (Jive JDJ-42562-2)

BAD ENGLISH - PRICE OF LOVE (Remix Edit – 4:30) (Epic ESK 73094)

BLACK BOX - STRIKE IT UP (Radio Edit – 3:06?) (RCA 2799-2-RDJ) (Note: Joel Whitburn lists the single run time at 3:06, so the Radio Edit might be the 45 version as well)

MARIAH CAREY - I DON'T WANNA CRY (Radio Edit – 4:25) (Columbia CSK 73743)

PHIL COLLINS - BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY (Radio Edit – 5:38) (Atlantic PRCD-5310)

STACY EARL FEATURING THE WILD PAIR - ROMEO AND JULIET (Radio Edit – 3:58) (RCA RDJ62115-2)

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - COME TO MY WINDOW (Radio Edit – 3:34) (Island PRCD6803-2)

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE (Radio Edit – 4:15) (Island PRCD 6790-2)

GERARDO - WE WANT THE FUNK (Radio Edit – 3:56) (Interscope 3846)

GOO GOO DOLLS - NAME (Radio Edit – ?) (Warner Bros. PRO-CD-7805-R)

AMY GRANT - EVERY HEARTBEAT (7" Heart & Soul Mix - 3:49, 7" Piano Mix - 3:30, 12" Body & Soul Mix - 5:21) (A&M 75021 7541 2)

AMY GRANT - THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS FOR (LP Edit - 4:02, Extended Single Mix - 4:53) (A&M 75021 7233 2)

GUNS N' ROSES - SWEET CHILD O' MINE (All Dayparts Remix - 4:18, Edit/Remix - 4:53) (Geffen PRO-CD-3077)

LAURYN HILL - EX-FACTOR (Radio Edit - 4:38) (Columbia/Ruffhouse CSK 41657)

WHITNEY HOUSTON - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (Radio Edit – 3:51) (Arista ASCD-2490)

BILLY IDOL - CRADLE OF LOVE (Radio Edit - 4:05) (Chrysalis DPRO 23509)

MICHAEL JACKSON - IN THE CLOSET (Radio Edit – 4:16) (Epic ESK 4537)

JADE - ONE WOMAN (Radio Edit – 4:07) (Giant PRO-CD-6004)

ELTON JOHN - CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET (Radio Edit – 4:34) (MCA CD45-18303)

ELTON JOHN - BLESSED (Radio Edit A [Vocal Ending] – 4:05; Radio Edit B [Piano Ending] - 4:19) (Rocket PRCD7077-2)

JEREMY JORDAN - WANNAGIRL (Radio Edit - ?) (Giant PRO-CD-6104)

JOURNEY - WHEN YOU LOVE A WOMAN (Radio Edit - 3:55; No Guitar Solo Edit - ?) (Columbia CSK 8688)

LATOUR - PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING SEX – (Radio Edit - ?) (Smash CDP 406)

MADONNA - YOU'LL SEE (Radio Edit – 4:18) (Maverick PRO-CD-7900-R)

RICHARD MARX - HAZARD (Radio Edit – 4:45) (Capitol DPRO-79095)

BRIAN MCKNIGHT - ONE LAST CRY (Radio Edit – 4:01) (Mercury ?)

METALLICA - ONE (Radio Edit – 4:58) (Elektra - PRCD 8044-2)

METALLICA - ENTER SANDMAN (Radio Edit – 3:59) (Elektra PRCD 8421-1)

METALLICA - THE UNFORGIVEN (Radio Edit - 4:59) (Elektra PRCD 8479-2)

GEORGE MICHAEL - JESUS TO A CHILD (Radio Edit - 6:04) (Dreamworks PRO-CD-4786)

GEORGE MICHAEL - FASTLOVE (Radio Edit: 4:39) (Dreamworks PRO-CD-4867)

GEORGE MICHAEL - FASTLOVE (Radio Edit - Clean: 4:42) (Dreamworks PRO-CD-4895)

MONIFAH - TOUCH IT (Clean Radio Edit – 3:44; Clean LP Version - 4:45) (Universal 1328)

SHAWN MULLINS - LULLABY (Single Edit – 4:13; Single Version - 4:32) (Columbia CSK41499)

STEVIE NICKS - ROOMS ON FIRE (Radio Edit - 4:19) (Modern PR2691-2)

STEVIE NICKS - ROOMS ON FIRE (Radio Edits: 7" Remixed Edit – 4:24; 7" Remix - 4:29) (Modern PR2744-2)

NIRVANA - SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT (Radio Edit – 4:30) (DGC PRO-CD-4308)

OZZY OSBOURNE - MAMA, I'M COMING HOME (Radio Edit – 3:23) (Epic ZSK74093)

QUEENSRYCHE - SILENT LUCIDITY (DJ edit – 4:59) (EMI DPRO 4700)

R.E.M. – MAN ON THE MOON (Radio Edit – 4:42) (Warner Bros. PRO-CD-5894)

R.E.M. – EVERYBODY HURTS (Radio Edit – 4:46) (Warner Bros. PRO-CD-5900)

ROXETTE - LISTEN TO YOUR HEART (Single Remix - 4:54; Short Remix Edit - 4:31) (EMI DPRO 04417)

SAVAGE GARDEN - I WANT YOU (Radio Edit – 3:37) (Columbia CSK 9435)

SAVAGE GARDEN - TO THE MOON AND BACK (Short Edit – 4:13; Long Edit - 4:32) (Columbia CSK 41072)

SKID ROW - I REMEMBER YOU (Radio Edit - ?) (Warner Brothers PR2748)

SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE FEATURING TRINA AND TAMARA - MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! (Radio Edit – 4:19) (Warner Brothers WB 8877)

SPIN DOCTORS - TWO PRINCES (Radio Edit - ?) (Epic ESK 74804)

STEELHEART - I'll NEVER LET YOU GO (Radio Edit – 4:32) (MCA ?)

STING - BE STILL MY BEATING HEART (Radio Edit – 3:59) (A&M CD-17529)

38 SPECIAL - THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE (Radio Edit - 4:30) (Charisma PRCD046)

RALPH TRESVANT - SENSITIVITY (Radio Edit - 5:52) (MCA CD45-1097)

RALPH TRESVANT - STONE COLD GENTLEMAN (Radio Edit – 4:28) (MCA CD45-1310)

U2 – HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KILL ME (Radio Edit – 4:35) (Island PRCD 6237-2 or Island PRCD 6266)

VAN HALEN - CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU (Radio Remix - 4:08) (Warner Brothers PRO-CD-7514-R)

BARRY WHITE - PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH (Radio Edit – 3:59) (A&M 31458-8337-2)

BARRY WHITE - PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH (Mainstreet Pop Edit - ?) (A&M 31458-8388)

WHITESNAKE - FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING (CHR Edit - ?) (Geffen PRO-CD-3808 or Geffen PRO-CD-3828)

WHITESNAKE - THE DEEPER THE LOVE (Radio Edit – 3:54) (Geffen PRO-CD-3887)

Edited by Todd Ireland

I own a few of those, Todd:

Amy Grant - That's What Love is For (A&M 75021 7233 2) (picture card sleeve)
1. Single Mix (actual 4:20) [45 version]
2. LP Edit (actual 4:00)
3. Extended Single Mix (actual 4:51)
4. LP Version

Amy Grant - I Will Remember You (A&M 75021 7339 2) (picture card sleeve)
1. Rhythm Remix (actual 5:05) [45 version]
2. Album Remix (actual 5:04)
3. Album Version

Amy Grant - Good for Me (A&M 75021 7264 2) (picture card sleeve)
1. 7" Good for You Mix (actual 4:02) [45 version]
2. 7" You Like to Dance Mix (actual 3:48) [45 B-side]
3. LP Version
4. 12" You Like to Dance Mix (actual 5:42)

NOTE: The A-side of ALL the singles from Amy Grant's "Heart in Motion" album, with the exception of "Baby Baby," were remixes. The B-side of the cassette single of "Baby Baby" contained the 7" Heart in Motion Mix, which was the version that was probably most popular on radio. It was commercially released several years later on a reissue CD single of "Baby Baby," which contained it, the 12" Heart in Motion Mix, and Lead Me On (A&M 75021 2397 2).

Michael Jackson - In the Closet (ESK 74266) (steel blue back insert)
1. Radio Edit (actual 4:46 - artwork says 4:29) [45 version]
2. Club Edit (actual 4:08) (actually, this was on the commercial maxi-single)
3. The Mission Radio Edit (actual 4:28) [45 B-side]
4. Club Mix (actual 8:00 - artwork says 7:55)
5. KI's 12" (actual 7:14 - artwork says 6:57)


Michael Jackson - In the Closet (ESK 4537) (dark green back insert)
1. Radio Edit (actual 4:36 -- artwork says 4:16) [edit of Newark Mix]
2. 7" Edit (actual 4:46) [45 version]
3. The Mission Radio Edit (actual 4:28) [45 B-side]
4. KI's 12" (actual 7:14 - artwork says 6:57)
5. The Newark Mix (actual 7:06 - artwork says 6:51)
6. Freestyle Mix (actual 6:32)
7. The Mission (actual 9:23 - artwork says 9:20)

I think I used to have the "Club at the End of the Street" promo, but I think I sold it on Ebay... I seem remember it having a yellow spine with bold black lettering and no front insert. I don't see it around, so I don't think I have it anymore.

All these versions I've listed, with the possible exception of Amy's "Good for Me," were available commercially on import CD singles.

Oh, let's see... how would I describe the Radio Edit [aka Newark Mix edit]? It omits the spoken intro, as does the 45 version (though it's present on the extended Newark Mix), and it's a little sparser and smoother than the 45 version, less "popping" and jolting -- know what I mean? It's also got an added deep "bassy" synthesizer line running through the whole thing. (How can you describe these instruments that aren't actual instruments?)

Pleasure Principle -- I'm pretty sure the 4:12 LP edit that's on "Design of a Decade" is the official radio edit. To my knowledge, no remixes were supplied to radio, but...

The US cassette single and the UK 45 both used the 7" Vocal mix, which was a short remix similar to the video mix and extended dance remix. It sadly had NEVER been on CD, and as I said was NOT on the promo 45. (There was no promo CD single, to my knowledge -- strange, since there was for "Diamonds," released about the same time.)

A French Janet Jackson collector told me the 7" Vocal was issued on a Japanese CD3, but I've never seen it, and he didn't own it, so I think he's wrong. I do have a Japan CD3 maxi with Pleasure Principle and two other songs from "Control," so that may be what he's thinking of -- but it's the LP version. (The US 45 used the full-length LP vesion as well.)

Thanks for the info, aaronk. Do you have a copy of the "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo" radio edit? I know edtop40 has been searching intensively for it for quite some time.

Brian K: I have a question about the Amy Grant "Every Heartbeat" promo CD single that maybe you can answer. I don't have this promo disc, but I do know the track listing and printed run times:

AMY GRANT - EVERY HEARTBEAT (A&M 75021 7541 2)
1) 7" HEART & SOUL MIX - 3:49
2) 7" BODY & SOUL MIX - 3:50
3) 7" PIANO MIX - 3:30
4) LP VERSION - 3:31
5) 12" BODY & SOUL MIX - 5:21

Am I correct that the 7" Heart & Soul Mix is the 45 version, and the 7" Body & Soul Mix is the 45 B-side and radio edit? I seem to remember the LP version getting a lot of airplay as well.

You are correct about what version is which, Todd, though I don't have the promo CD. I got the UK commercial CD single for that one (UPC 0 8283907832 0), which contains:

1. 7" Heart and Soul Mix (actual 3:40)
2. 7" Body and Soul Mix (actual 3:45)
3. 7" Piano Mix (actual 3:22)
4. 12" Body and Soul Mix (actual 5:20, cold ending)

Strangely, the artwork on the import also lists the exact running times you did, some of them ten seconds off what's on the disc!

Now... it's POSSIBLE the running times are different on the promo CD single, because what sometimes happened in the UK and Europe in the early days of CD singles was that they would manufacture what was basically a 5-inch CD3 -- it was full size, but only had a 20-minute playable area. I have at least two UK CD singles where the dance mixes were actually FADED EARLY to accomodate the 20-minute limit. (They are Paula Abdul "Straight Up" and a killer disc of Janet Jackson "Alright" remixes.)

But the "Every Heartbeat" UK CD only runs a little over 16 minutes, so I doubt if that is the case here.

I never did get the promo for "Baby Baby," either. I got the UK CD for that one, too, and it's mislabeled. It claims it contains the No Getting Over You Mix, the Heart In Motion Mix, and Lead Me On (UPC 0 8283906262 6). It actually contains:

1. No Getting Over You Mix (actual 3:59)
2. LP Version [45 version]
3. Lead Me On

A lot of people wouldn't know the difference between the No Getting Over You Mix and the LP Version. They're very similar, but NGOY mix has got some added instrumentation, including an added drum track running through the whole song, and the instrumental break is totally different. The LP version sounds sparser.