Radio edit

{{Short description|Modification of a song for broadcast}}

{{Short description|Modification of a song for broadcast}}

In [[music]], a '''radio edit''', a '''radio mix''', or a "clean version," is a modification, typically a truncated or [[Music censorship|censored]], intended to make a song more suitable for [[airplay]] and [[radio]]. It is adjusted for length that may be censored for [[profanity]], vulgarities, words, or a subject matter; or adjusted for length, instrumentation, or form. Radio edits may also be used for commercial single release radio versions, which may be denoted as the '''7″ version''' (as opposed to the [[Twelve-inch single|12″ version]], which is an extended version of a song). However, not all "radio edit" tracks are played on the radio.

In [[music]], a '''radio edit''', a '''radio mix''', or a "clean version," is a modification, typically a truncated or [[Music censorship|censored]], intended to make a song more suitable for [[airplay]] and [[radio]]. It is adjusted for length that may be censored for [[profanity]], vulgarities, words, aou or a subject matter; or adjusted for length, instrumentation, or form. Radio edits may also be used for commercials, tv shows, movies, events, video games, and single release radio versions, which may be denoted as the '''7″ version''' (as opposed to the [[Twelve-inch single|12″ version]], which is an extended version of a song). However, not all "radio edit" tracks are played on the radio.

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Radio edits often come with any necessary [[censorship]] done to conform to decency standards imposed by government agencies, such as the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in the [[United States]], the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] in [[Canada]], the [[Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas]] in the [[Philippines]], the [[Korea Communications Commission]] in [[South Korea]], the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] in [[Australia]], and the [[Ofcom]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The offending words in many of the songs may be silenced, reversed, distorted, replaced by different words, or replaced by a [[Bleep censor|bleep sound]] or a sound effect. The edits may come from the record label itself, [[mass media|broadcasters]] at the corporate level before the song is sent for airplay to their stations, or in rarer cases, at a radio station itself depending on local standards.

Radio edits often come with any necessary [[censorship]] that is done to conform the decency standards imposed by government agencies, such as the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in the [[United States]], the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] in [[Canada]], the [[Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas]] in the [[Philippines]], the [[Korea Communications Commission]] in [[South Korea]], the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] in [[Australia]], and the [[Ofcom]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The offending words in many of the songs may be silenced, reversed, distorted, replaced by different words, replaced by a [[Bleep censor|bleep sound]] or replaced with a sound effect. The edits may come from the record label itself, [[mass media|broadcasters]] at the corporate level before the song is sent for airplay to their stations, or in rarer cases, at a radio station itself depending on local standards.

Radio edits may have more or fewer words edited than the "'''clean version'''", because of the stations' or agencies' standards. A "dirty" radio edit preserving the sound of the offensive word or words but maintaining the shorter play time may be produced, which may be aimed at club play, nighttime radio, and non-terrestrial radio stations. After two million copies of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[They Don't Care About Us]]" (1996) had already been shipped, the lyrics of the original track with the words "[[Jew]] me" and "[[kike]] me" were replaced with "do me" and "strike me" due to its controversial [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] references. Radio edit versions of the track remained with the original version until the edited version was pressed and released. An example occurs in [[Lady Gaga]]'s song "[[Poker Face (song)|Poker Face]]" (2008), where the line "P-p-p-poker face, f-f-fuck her face" has barely noticeable profanities. Some radio stations repeated the word "poker" from the first part of the line, while others played the original version. A promotional original audio recording studio radio version is available containing both of these versions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lady-Gaga-Poker-Face/release/11549829|title=Lady Gaga - Poker Face|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}} The edited version is also available on the compilation ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! discography|Now That's What I Call Music! 31]]'' in the US.

Radio edits may have more or fewer words edited than the "'''clean version'''", because of the stations' or agencies' standards. A "dirty" radio edit preserving the sound of the offensive word or words but maintaining the shorter play time may be produced, which may be aimed at club play, nighttime radio, and non-terrestrial radio stations. After two million copies of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[They Don't Care About Us]]" (1996) had already been shipped, the lyrics of the original track with the words "[[Jew]] me" and "[[kike]] me" were replaced with "do me" and "strike me" due to its controversial [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] references. Radio edit versions of the track remained with the original version until the edited version was pressed and released. An example occurs in [[Lady Gaga]]'s song "[[Poker Face (song)|Poker Face]]" (2008), where the line "P-p-p-poker face, f-f-fuck her face" has barely noticeable profanities. Some radio stations repeated the word "poker" from the first part of the line, while others played the original version. A promotional original audio recording studio radio version is available containing both of these versions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lady-Gaga-Poker-Face/release/11549829|title=Lady Gaga - Poker Face|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-03-10}} The edited version is also available on the compilation ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! discography|Now That's What I Call Music! 31]]'' in the US, and the whole chorus of [[Cee Lo Green]]'s "Fuck You" substituted the word "Fuck" with "Forget", thus changing the title to "[[Fuck You (Cee Lo Green song)|Forget You]]" on the radio edit.

In an unusual case, [[Lizzo]]'s "[[Truth Hurts (song)|Truth Hurts]]" (2017) was edited locally in June 2019 by the market-leading [[Top 40]] station [[WIXX]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], not because of inappropriate content, but due to Lizzo's reference in a lyric to an unnamed new player on the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. As WIXX is one of three [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship stations]] for the [[Green Bay Packers]]' [[Packers Radio Network|radio network]] and features wraparound content involving the Packers, the station determined that referencing their hometown football team's [[Packers–Vikings rivalry|closest rival]] positively would be jarring to local listeners.{{cite news|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/06/11/lizzos-truth-hurts-gets-wixx-edit-remove-minnesota-vikings-references/1407288001/|title=This is Green Bay, man': WIXX edits Vikings references out of Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts'|last=Meinert|first=Kendra|date=11 June 2019|work=[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]|access-date=17 June 2019}}

In an unusual case, [[Lizzo]]'s "[[Truth Hurts (song)|Truth Hurts]]" (2017) was edited locally in June 2019 by the market-leading [[Top 40]] station [[WIXX]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], not because of inappropriate content, but due to Lizzo's reference in a lyric to an unnamed new player on the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. As WIXX is one of three [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship stations]] for the [[Green Bay Packers]]' [[Packers Radio Network|radio network]] and features wraparound content involving the Packers, the station determined that referencing their hometown football team's [[Packers–Vikings rivalry|closest rival]] positively would be jarring to local listeners.{{cite news|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/06/11/lizzos-truth-hurts-gets-wixx-edit-remove-minnesota-vikings-references/1407288001/|title=This is Green Bay, man': WIXX edits Vikings references out of Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts'|last=Meinert|first=Kendra|date=11 June 2019|work=[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]|access-date=17 June 2019}}