April 7, 20178 yr dont call it number one hastily. There were sooo many 'sure number one's' like Coldplay vs Chainsmokers or Galway Girl. Shape of you hits right button straight away and is much bigger hit than this one week anomaly Edited April 7, 20178 yr by ankietarrr
April 8, 20178 yr Earth Song only had a 4:58 edit https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Jackson-Ear.../release/700107 Never Forget only had a 5:32 edit https://www.discogs.com/Take-That-Never-For.../release/421020 End Of The Road had 2 radio edits as tracks 1 and 2 https://www.discogs.com/Boyz-II-Men-End-Of-.../release/444839 Edited April 8, 20178 yr by AcerBen
April 8, 20178 yr More single versions: Madonna - Hung Up - 3:23 https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Hung-Up/release/557274 All Saints - Never Ever - 5:15 https://www.discogs.com/All-Saints-Never-Ev...release/1073077 The Prodigy - Breathe - 3:59 https://www.discogs.com/Prodigy-Breathe/release/1330378 Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone - 4:29 https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Jackson-You.../release/776178 Madonna - Like A Prayer - 5:19 https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Like-A-Prayer/release/707008 On the other hand, I believe the CD single of Madonna - Frozen contained the full 6:11 version: https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Frozen/release/35527 Also, the 7:53 version of Meat Loaf was on some versions of the single, but I don't know if the one that sold most in the UK had that or the 5:25 edit. Edit: Meat Loaf's catalogue number on the chart at the time is for a release with the 7:53 version, which I would *guess* reflects the main UK release: http://i.imgur.com/rjjhrkI.png https://www.discogs.com/Meat-Loaf-Id-Do-Any.../release/640894 Yep UK edition of Frozen definitely has the 6:11 version And I'd Do Anything For Love was the 7:53 version. The radio edit was only on comps.
April 8, 20178 yr The CD single version of 'All Around The World' is actually longer than the album version at 9:38. The 7" and cassette versions use the 7-minute "video edit" but in 1998 I would surmise that the CD was the most popular format. The shorter radio edit was only released commercially on New Hits 98. The original single version of 'Hey Jude' is officially 7:11, although since it has such a long fade I suppose that depends how good your hearing is. Some people have claimed it was intentionally on second longer than 'MacArthur Park' (not a UK Number One but an unprecedentedly long pop hit at the time).
April 8, 20178 yr Yep UK edition of Frozen definitely has the 6:11 version And I'd Do Anything For Love was the 7:53 version. The radio edit was only on comps. Agreed - I bought both of these and the versions on the CD singles were exactly as AcerBen states.
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