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version would get heard WAY more than the album version. Because unless you specifically bought that album, you were hearing the radio/video edited version. And hearing it again and again. When I was a kid I might buy 2-3 albums a month. That’s a lot of albums not getting bought and a lot of singles that I only knew the edited version of.
So then when you’re hearing the album version 20-30 years later, but your nostalgic memory is the edit, there’s a disconnect on what you might enjoy more.