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Radio edits are, for the most part, a necessary evil.
For the most part, thats fine.
Enter abcdefu, Gayles burn-it-all-down kiss-off anthem currently sitting at No.
3 on theBillboardHot 100.
Or, more accurately, enter abc, the version that Top 40 radio is playing.
when you expect her to say F-G next.
Without the alphabetical punch line, the A-B-C-D-E that leads up to it is simply pointless lyrical filler.
Making matters worse is that F-U!is already radio-friendly.
abc deliberately wrecks the gag of its own chorus.
Shes in fine company.
Here is a not remotely exhaustive list of some of the more egregious (non-)offenders.
If You Seek Amy, Britney Spears
The older student that abc cribbed its notes from.
Britneys winking single is built around an innuendo that the radio edit dismantles; no innuendo, no song.
Besides, filth is the entireraison detreof WAP.
Bonus demerits for wet and gushy not even matching the songs title.
(And repeat.)
Not at all bafflingly incoherent!
8 on the Hot 100, though, which shows how much we know.
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Short edited version:
Get Low (feat.
As a result, Lil Jon skeet skeets all over the place.
It almost makes the original sound like a model of restraint.
And once youve got a Rihanna song without attitude, what are we even doing here?
