Radio Edit

A Radio Edit ( German Radio Edit ) is the sound technology reduction of a musical work, with the aim to make the title for a radio broadcasting appropriate. Normally, the playing time of a radio edits shorter ( 2.5 to about 4 minutes) as the original title is, has a higher loudness level and might not contain offensive text passages.

Radio Edits are used in broadcasting to get more time for commercials, voice posts or messages. The Radio Edits are already manufactured during music production and are only available on single rule.

Method

The simplest form to shorten a song is to hide him prematurely. Ornate is designed to cut songs to shorten it. So instrumental passages, solos, choruses of repetitions or even entire verses are cut out to give the song a broadcast- length. In some cases, a song is also played just a bit faster than the normal version. Thus, the consequences of an increasing pace, such as a higher voice than in other versions are not too flashy, only small increases are made mostly.

History

The first radio edits emerged already in the 1960s, they were popular in the late 1970s. So a shorter radio edit was from the original version of the song Heroes by David Bowie, which on the eponymous album has a length of over six minutes cut from 3:32 minutes. With the removal of the first two stanzas is an essential part of the tempo and tension building was lost in both the music and the text. The devaluation of the artistic quality is a possible explanation for the song upon its release in October 1977 in the charts at first was not successful and gained historical significance of music in later years.

In rare cases, longer titles are sent uncut, such as Hey Jew by The Beatles ( 7:11 ) or Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen ( 5:55 ).

Synonyms

• Radio Version
• Single Version
• Radio Mix
• 7 "Mix
• Single Edit

In the field of EDM

• Mix Edit
• Original Mix Edit
• Short Edit