Sing

1413-A Sing 45
(Joe Raposo) Jonico Music, Inc. ASCAP 3:20

A&M 1413 Single released: 1/30/73
Billboard #3, 2/24/73
b/w Druscilla Penny

Original album mix:
NOW AND THEN LP and all CDs of this title
– A&M GOLD SERIES VOL 1
– A&M NEW GOLD SERIES VOL 2
ANTHOLOGY (89)
THE BEST OF CARPENTERS (Brazil)
– CARPENTERS BEST VOL. 2
CARPENTERS COLLECTED
– THE CARPENTERS COLLECTION (THEIR GREATEST HITS)
CARPENTERS COLLECTION (Time-Life)
CARPENTERS-THE COMPLETE SINGLES
CLASSICS VOL 2 and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (85)
JAPANESE SINGLE BOX
MAGICAL MEMORIES OF THE CARPENTERS
THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS (UK)
REMINISCING
THE SINGLES 1969-1973 (all versions)
ULTIMATE COLLECTION (NL)
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (UK)
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (84)

The mono single mix exists as a folddown of this mix on promo 45.

Original album mix, reversed stereo:
O MELHOR DE CARPENTERS-ONLY YESTERDAY (BRZ)
A ARTE DE CARPENTERS

Original album mix, Spanish language, as “Canta”:
FROM THE TOP

The Mexican single 45 of “Canta” has full Spanish lyrics, where the FROM THE TOP version has some English. Many Spanish-speaking countries issued a single with “Canta” on the label, but it is usually the English version.

1994 remix: stereo piano, added reverb, punchier bass and drums
– 40/40 BEST SELECTION (JP)
– 40/40 (US)
ANTHOLOGY (97)
BY REQUEST
– ESSENTIAL COLLECTION
GOLD (JP)
GOLD (UK)
GOLD (US)
INTERPRETATIONS (UK)
THE SINGLES 1969-1981
THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on SACD stereo layer and CD Audio layer
SWEET MEMORY all at once
THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest)
TWENTY TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS
ULTIMATE COLLECTION (UK)
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (98)
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (NL)

Karaoke mix:
ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE-YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (22 HITS version)*

SACD 5.1 surround mix:
THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on surround layer

Quad mix:
NOW AND THEN Quad LP and 8-track
THE SINGLES 1969-1973 Quad LP

Live mix:
LIVE IN JAPAN

Chris May says:
Regarding the SACD surround mix: The center channel isolates all of the Carpenters backing vocal harmonies, very tight, dry and clean (along with Karen’s lead/bass/drums of course). The children’s choir tracks are a bit more reverberated than in previous mixes, at least audibly speaking. Additional instrumentation from ’94 throughout.

*The karaoke version of “Sing” was first issued as an extra on a Japanese CD single in 2003 issued for “Top Of The World.” Both songs were presented on that single, followed by both in their karaoke versions. Two years later, the karaoke “Sing” was placed on the newly-issued Original Master Karaoke which was the bonus disc in the tenth anniversary issue of 22 HITS OF THE CARPENTERS .

Original promotional ad for this single:

Billboard Sing Ad Feb 17 1973