Sugar Ray - Fly

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   My copy of Floored contains two versions of "Fly"--one with and one without Super Cat.  My CD is the edited version with catalog number 83034-2.  The "featuring Super Cat" version is track 4, while the other is track 13.

Pat already lists details of the promo CD in the database, but for those curious...

PRCD-8149

1. Fly - Radio Edit 3:58; actual 4:04

2. Fly - Pop Edit 3:58; actual 4:04

3. Fly - Rock Edit 3:58; actual 4:04

- Radio Edit is an edit of the LP version with Super Cat

- Pop Edit is the same, but it replaces the heavy guitar section in the middle with the intro music

- Rock Edit is the LP version without Super Cat

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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Sugar Ray - Fly Posted: 08 July 2010 at 11:19pm
	My copy of Floored contains two versions of "Fly"--one with and one without Super Cat. My CD is the edited version with catalog number 83034-2. The "featuring Super Cat" version is track 4, while the other is track 13. Pat already lists details of the promo CD in the database, but for those curious... PRCD-8149 1. Fly - Radio Edit 3:58; actual 4:04 2. Fly - Pop Edit 3:58; actual 4:04 3. Fly - Rock Edit 3:58; actual 4:04 - Radio Edit is an edit of the LP version with Super Cat - Pop Edit is the same, but it replaces the heavy guitar section in the middle with the intro music - Rock Edit is the LP version without Super Cat

Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 July 2010 at 5:17am
	Is "Super Cat" that annoying "wah-uh-wuh-uh-wuh-uh" in the chorus? The Hot AC I do engineering work for plays a version of this with that part mixed out. The current PD didn't work there when the song was dubbed into the automation and doesn't know where it came from. Not sure I've heard this mix anywhere else.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 July 2010 at 7:20am
	Yeah, Super Cat is the Jamaican guy who ad-libs throughout the song. The "Rock Mix" on the promo CD and my copy of the full-length album doesn't have Super Cat.

Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 June 2020 at 6:35am
	The database does not currently incorporate Aaron's info that there are two versions of "Fly" on the Floored CD, a (4:51) version that features Super Cat and a (4:04) version (identical to the 'Rock Mix' on the promo CD although not identified as such) that does not feature Super Cat (and is the only version that does not feature him). The "Radio Edit" was issued on European CD singles and on the Canadian compilation, Pop 2000, but does not appear to have ever been commercially released in the US. Edited by Paul C

LunarLaugh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 February 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote LunarLaugh Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 June 2020 at 4:16pm
	I moved across the country from New Jersey to Houston, Texas while this song was running its course to becoming a radio hit. Upon initially hearing it played on radio in New Jersey before it was considered a hit, it was definitely the pop edit being played. The song began climbing the charts and getting blanket exposure right when I arrived in Houston. I heard the Edit of the LP version mostly (I remember being taken aback when I first heard the heavy middle section and more of the Super Cat rapping than I'd heard on Jersey radio). I don't remember if it was an in-house edit or the one that was serviced to stations already. 104.1 KRBE (pop top 40) played the pop edit mostly, pitched up to a faster tempo as was all of their music. The other stations that played it seemed to mostly cycle through the edits with and without the rap (depending on the time of day, it seems... rarely heard the rap one in the morning). It's one of my first conscious memories of witnessing a song taking off. And it was played A LOT. Eventually, "Fly", like pretty much every hit from this era, was overplayed to death. Luckily, they were able to avoid being stuck in the one-hit-wonder bin by sticking to their newfound hit formula and issuing "Every Morning" (and their follow-up album which featured equally catchy "Every Morning" sound-alikes).
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