Listening to the latest Sugababes song and watching the video on YouTube, I noticed that the radio edit is about 30 seconds shorter, due to a sloppy cut of the first verse in the song. Okay, so they wanted the song to be around the 3 minute mark. But then why is Leona Lewis' new smash hit almost 4 minutes, even the radio version? What is the point of awkwardly halving the first verse of the Sugababes song to get the radio edit so short?

 

This seems to happen with somewhat frequency, especially in the UK. The radio edit of DJ Sammy's Heaven around the world was nearly 4 minutes but the UK radio edit was sloppily and awkwardly cut up to manage under 3 minutes.

 

Is there a reason???

 

It is reported that Jim Steinman sobbed when radio insisted that he edit his 12:00 minute Meat Loaf anthem I'd Do Anything for Love. I don't blame him - why must radio edits, especially in the UK, be so short??

Its just the way it is here...people are impatient and will stop listening if a song is too long...I do quite regularly hear Take That's Never Forget on the radio though and that's about 6 mins

To me it just sounds like they added a pointless and unecessary part to the first verse for 'About You Now's video.

I wouldn't call the radio edit of AYN sloppy, I didn't notice it until I heard the album version.

 

Some radio edits work well IMO, like the UK radio edit of All Good Things is better than the album version except for the missed lines at the end. I also prefer the Maneater radio edit too, the extra bit on the album version seems a bit pointless.

 

However, the Hips Don't Lie radio edit where they cut out Wyclef's rap, now that is sloppy. The transition is really bad.

i find i can switch between the two versions ok. i never thought i sounded sloppy tho

Listening to the latest Sugababes song and watching the video on YouTube, I noticed that the radio edit is about 30 seconds shorter, due to a sloppy cut of the first verse in the song. Okay, so they wanted the song to be around the 3 minute mark. But then why is Leona Lewis' new smash hit almost 4 minutes, even the radio version? What is the point of awkwardly halving the first verse of the Sugababes song to get the radio edit so short?

 

This seems to happen with somewhat frequency, especially in the UK. The radio edit of DJ Sammy's Heaven around the world was nearly 4 minutes but the UK radio edit was sloppily and awkwardly cut up to manage under 3 minutes.

 

Is there a reason???

 

well i suppose it will be like cinema, they like 90 mins films as they can show so many per day and maybe its due to the same thing as they can fit in x amount of tracks before the commercial breaks (which airtime will be sold for set times and more imporatnt part of commercial radio ops)

You'll find the vast majority of radio edits for dance tracks don't even come near the 3 minute mark this day in age. Not so much a ful track, more of a snippit!

You've more chance of the song being sneaked in at the end of a show if it's shorter, that's why. Especially when producers have to change the playlist at short notice cos the likes of Chris Moyles or Scott Mills have over-run their alloted time for 'wacky' chat.