Songs with aggressive rerecords/edits for radio

[-SNS-]

I’ve heard Rolling In The Deep by Adele some times have an edit for the “lay your ship bare” line. It seems it has been misheard as “lay your shit bare” which is fair enough as that was my first thought too, but it’s interesting that some leave it unedited

 

[TurnItIntoLove]

Wynter Gordon’s Dirty Talk was vastly different lyrically for the radio edit.

 

[letuinmybackdoor]

Wynter Gordon’s Dirty Talk was vastly different lyrically for the radio edit.

I never need to hear that.

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

Kylie's Wow, had a faster radio edit with slightly different vocal ad libs too:

 

[FrogSipTea.Gif]

This will always be inferior to the album version. I get the reason why it was cut down for radio, but they could have just used the video edit.

Try is such a beautiful song.

 

[davearama]

The US promo of Geri Halliwell's "Look At Me" removes the middle jazzy part and I live for it. I think it is so much better without it. It was fine for the album version, but the UK singles should have included the edit, too.

 

[Sexbox]

The US promo of Geri Halliwell's "Look At Me" removes the middle jazzy part and I live for it. I think it is so much better without it. It was fine for the album version, but the UK singles should have included the edit, too.

The US actually got multiple edits cutting out various parts or the entire middle-8.

 

[Angeleyes]

I'd be interested to hear the UK single mix of this, because the CD single describes it as "Radio Edit w/o Waltz" and I wonder what that sounds like.



Also, I wouldn't describe this an aggressive edit, but Hilary Duff's "With Love" has a radio edit under 2:30 when the full track is only 3:00, still on the short side for radio in 2007. Ahead of her time!

 

[AcerBenII]

I'd be interested to hear the UK single mix of this, because the CD single describes it as "Radio Edit w/o Waltz" and I wonder what that sounds like.



Also, I wouldn't describe this an aggressive edit, but Hilary Duff's "With Love" has a radio edit under 2:30 when the full track is only 3:00, still on the short side for radio in 2007. Ahead of her time!

It just removes the dance break from the middle

 

[Iggypig]

I don't know if it was ever played on radio, but the 'Scooby Doo' edit of Things That Go Bump In The Night by allSTARS* was a bit unnecessary, cutting out the Thriller-esque intro.

 

[Harmonia]

David Guetta & Akon - Sexy Bitch/Sexy Chick

In the same vein:

 

[bcmuk]

There probably needs to be an anti-thread to this - "Songs That Needed A Better Radio Edit"!

Donna Summer - Melody Of Love
Bucks Fizz - I Hear Talk

Just off the top of my head!

 

[AcerBenII]

There probably needs to be an anti-thread to this - "Songs That Needed A Better Radio Edit"!

Donna Summer - Melody Of Love
Bucks Fizz - I Hear Talk

Just off the top of my head!

It's rapidly becoming that

 

[bcmuk]

Oh dear have I put my foot in it again.

Must try harder.

 

[AcerBenII]

I don't think it matters though, let's keep talking radio edits

 

[Nicky]

One of the worst radio edits I’ve ever heard. They made the song sound like a butchered throwaway demo.

 

[V3RYP05H]

Not censored but definitely aggressively changed up; my favorite single version:


God bless the people who bought the album expecting to get anything close to this version. “6 Undergound” and “Post-Modern Sleaze” at least sounded like beefed up versions/edits of the original album mix but the only thing the “Spin Spin Sugar” versions had in common are Kelli’s vocals.

Kelli Ali had this happen again during her debut era with a more electro-rock version of “Teardrop Hittin’ The Ground” (superior version) released as the single (remixed by Nellee Hooper!).

 

[davearama]

There probably needs to be an anti-thread to this - "Songs That Needed A Better Radio Edit"!

Donna Summer - Melody Of Love
Bucks Fizz - I Hear Talk

Just off the top of my head!

"About You Now" by Sugababes has a terrible radio edit.