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IHeart "Replacing" Taylor Swift Songs

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Barry

While tuning around, I heard Taylor's new version of "Delicate" on WKTU. At the conclusion of the song, the DJ said that IHeart Radio is "replacing" the original versions of her songs when she re-records them. She said that IHeart is doing this because they support the artists they play. The singer has been issuing new versions of many of her albums, in a bid to reassert ownership of their masters.
This seems to be a shrewd move on the part of IHeart, as it can help generate goodwill. Is this unusual?
 
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At iHeartRadio, It's Out With The Old, In With The New Taylor Swift Recordings.

As Taylor Swift rolls out the re-recordings of her first six albums, iHeartMedia is playing the new “Taylor’s Version” tracks on its stations in place of the originals. "Whenever Taylor
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Note some of this is because Taylor Swift was in a label dispute with Big Machine records management a few years ago.
As Taylor Swift rolls out the re-recordings of her first six albums, iHeartMedia is playing the new “Taylor’s Version” tracks on its stations in place of the originals. That includes those from the just-released re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” such as “Message in a Bottle,” which in its first week of release has racked up more than 850 spins on more than 100 CHR stations.

"Whenever Taylor re-records a new track, we immediately replace the old versions," iHeartMedia Chief Programming Officer Tom Poleman says in an article that appears on iHeartRadio's website.
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In the meantime, Taylor's new record label has released "Taylor's version" of "I Bet You Think About Me" to country radio, and it's getting a ton of airplay. It even debuted in the Billboard Top 30 this week.

www.billboard.com

Taylor Swift Calls ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ the ‘Drinking Song’ of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’

Taylor Swift’s ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ is meant to be a drinking song, she revealed in a new interview about the ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ track.
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This song was originally written when TS was still a country artist. This new version features the current CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton. So she has new versions of different songs being played in two formats.
 
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Barry said:
While tuning around, I heard Taylor's new version of "Delicate" on WKTU. At the conclusion of the song, the DJ said that IHeart Radio is "replacing" the original versions of her songs when she re-records them. She said that IHeart is doing this because they support the artists they play. The singer has been issuing new versions of many of her albums, in a bid to reassert ownership of their masters.
This seems to be a shrewd move on the part of IHeart, as it can help generate goodwill. Is this unusual?
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Are you sure you heard right? To my knowledge Taylor has not released a new version of Delicate yet.
 
TheBigA said:
In the meantime, Taylor's new record label has released "Taylor's version" of "I Bet You Think About Me" to country radio, and it's getting a ton of airplay. It even debuted in the Billboard Top 30 this week.

www.billboard.com

Taylor Swift Calls ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ the ‘Drinking Song’ of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’

Taylor Swift’s ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ is meant to be a drinking song, she revealed in a new interview about the ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ track.
www.billboard.com www.billboard.com

This song was originally written when TS was still a country artist. This new version features the current CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton. So she has new versions of different songs being played in two formats.
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More Stapleton: Adele's "Easy on Me" has been sent to country radio with Chris doing harmony vocals.
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Adele Will Make Country Radio Debut With ‘Easy On Me’ Chris Stapleton Duet

iHeartMedia said the new ‘Easy On Me’ duet with Adele and Stapleton would be featured every hour on its country radio stations the day the song is released.
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I suppose listeners to Stapleton's CMA Album of the Year "Starting Over" had an inkling that he was looking to become more than a country artist from the lyrics to "Nashville, TN" (Hoping this is a small enough excerpt not to fall afoul of "fair use"):

You showed me how to write a song
We wrote some right, we wrote some wrong
I was down and out, you let me in
At times, you were my only friend
So long, Nashville, Tennessee
You can't have what's left of me
And as far as I can tell
It's high time I wish you well
You built me up, you set me free
And you tore down my memories
So you be you, and I'll be me
So long, Nashville, Tennessee
 
CTListener said:
I suppose listeners to Stapleton's CMA Album of the Year "Starting Over" had an inkling that he was looking to become more than a country artist from the lyrics to "Nashville, TN"
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He was asked about that song in an interview, and he said the city has changed. He still likes the old Nashville, but they've torn down a lot of the things he used to like. So it's not him leaving Nashville, but rather Nashville leaving him.
 
TheBigA said:
In the meantime, Taylor's new record label has released "Taylor's version" of "I Bet You Think About Me" to country radio, and it's getting a ton of airplay. It even debuted in the Billboard Top 30 this week.

www.billboard.com

Taylor Swift Calls ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ the ‘Drinking Song’ of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’

Taylor Swift’s ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ is meant to be a drinking song, she revealed in a new interview about the ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ track.
www.billboard.com www.billboard.com

This song was originally written when TS was still a country artist. This new version features the current CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton. So she has new versions of different songs being played in two formats.
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I imagine there are a lot of Country fans who listen to Adele, so it’ll be interesting to see how high this one goes on Country radio.

It’ll get some help, since iHeart will be playing it hourly on all of their stations, according to the article.
 
robertg1202 said:
Are you sure you heard right? To my knowledge Taylor has not released a new version of Delicate yet.
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A check online indicates Robert is correct.
After Delicate was played on 'KTU the DJ mentioned they are "replacing" Taylor's original songs with her newly rerecorded ones. So I thought they were airing a new version of it.
 
Barry said:
A check online indicates Robert is correct.
After Delicate was played on 'KTU the DJ mentioned they are "replacing" Taylor's original songs with her newly rerecorded ones. So I thought they were airing a new version of it.
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Maybe not a new version... He was just reporting the news about Taylor
 
It would seemingly by definition be unusual in that there is seldom an artist of Swift’s stature who is doing what she is vis a vis rereleasing so much content following that ugly dispute.

There’s not a heck of a lot of precedent for the full set of circumstances in this case. Individual elements, but this puts them together in a different context.
 
chrocket87 said:
I imagine there are a lot of Country fans who listen to Adele, so it’ll be interesting to see how high this one goes on Country radio.

It’ll get some help, since iHeart will be playing it hourly on all of their stations, according to the article.
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Right now, the only places where you can hear the country version of "Easy on Me" are on the iHeart-owned country stations and on the CD of 30 that is sold exclusively in Target. In the country version, Adele and Chris Stapleton sing together throughout the song, with no additional instruments. I enjoyed listening to it on Lexington's WBUL-FM via the iHeart app.
 
Barry said:
The singer has been issuing new versions of many of her albums, in a bid to reassert ownership of their masters.
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She's a whiner, IMO. She removed her content from Spotify for the same reason. Taylor Swift just isn't rich enough!
 
Taylor's Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) is number one on the UK's Official Albums Chart.

On the UK's Official Singles Chart, Taylor has three songs from Red (Taylor's Version), including "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)," which is at number three. Yes, The Official Chart, BBC Radio 1's countdown show, played the entire 10-minute song because, as host Scott Mills put it, "we're the chart, that's what we do."
 
Marcos_C said:
Taylor's Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) is number one on the UK's Official Albums Chart.

On the UK's Official Singles Chart, Taylor has three songs from Red (Taylor's Version), including "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)," which is at number three. Yes, The Official Chart, BBC Radio 1's countdown show, played the entire 10-minute song because, as host Scott Mills put it, "we're the chart, that's what we do."
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There are no ads to fit programming elements like songs around on the BBC. I'd be surprised if any of the UK's commercial pop stations play the long "All Too Well."
 
I know that she wants to own all her masters, but re-records are almost always never better than the original recordings.
 
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