How many different versions of the song “Slow Motion” exist?
At least three; all of which saw release on various incarnations of Blue worldwide. The original, vocal version was released intact on the European release of the album (Elektra 7559-62415-2); even though the booklet references it as an instrumental song. Original U.S. releases (with “RE-1” in the matrix) contained a “semi-instrumental” mix of the song that retained the chorus but no other lyrics. The master for the Blue album was modified again by 2000, in which the track listing was shuffled to shunt “Slow Motion” to the end and yet another version of the song was unveiled. In addition to being a full instrumental, this “RE-2” version of the song features some notable mix differences as well; namely, the entire song is monaural through the 1:26 point.
