Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night

I was able to re-create the 45 version from the LP on this classic Whodini track, but it was VERY tricky. There are sections from the middle of the song pasted onto the beginning to make the 45, and there are lots of edits. I'll give you the run time when I get home, but it's in the neighborhood of 3 1/2 minutes.

           -Your resident classic hip-hop expert

Since this is another "below the top 40" question, I thought I might tag it on here:

Billboard listed Whodini as hitting the Hot 100 with "Friends / Five Minutes Of Funk."

When I go to Discogs, I see "Five Minutes Of Funk" was the "A" side and "Friends" was the "B" side.

(I also found ONE 7" with "Friends" on the "A" side and "Friends (instrumental)" on the "B" side.)

Did BOTH sides chart, was Billboard confused, or...? What happened here, and if I wanted to play the charting single(s), which side(s) would I play?

Thanks for the info, Andy. Am I right that if hit radio played either side, they played "Friends" more?

BTW, the 7" edit is an easy creation from the album version:

Chop off the opening 16 seconds so the song starts on the bass downbeat of "1."

Then, chop it right before the word "further" (leave "before we go any...") at 3:53.

My copy seems to have about a 16 second fade, so start your fade about 3:36 for an exact match.

Aaron's right; this one appears deceptively easy at first but ends up with copying the first chorus into the intro and chopping at the end of a word instead of on a beat at one point.

My edit is based on the VEVO YouTube video, which appears to match the single version:

Delete 0:04 to 0:18 (on the beat)

Remove 0:06 to 0:13 (on the beat)

Paste first chorus at 0:52 (first the first beat after the first "freaks come out at night")

Remove 2:27 to 2:37 (On the cymbal crash before the beat)

Remove 2:37 to 2:46 (starting with "Get loose, y'all..." and ending with "...let it all hang out.") (This one's especially tricky because you have to trim at the cymbal beat tightly at the end of "out" and on "Get." It is an awkward sounding cut, to me.)

Remove 2:41 to 2:46 ("..hoyt?" Not sure what the word is, to "...deserve to be a..." but it's on the beat)

Remove 3:00 to 3:05 (on the beat)

Remove 3:10 to 3:19 (on the beat)

Delete 3:29 to end and fade to taste.

I hope this helps somebody!

Edited by NightAire