Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night (Friction Re-edit/re-work)

Some songs stay fresh even after years. Corey Harts 1983 hit "Sunglasses at Night" is such one. Although it's implementing synths and drum machine it never gets taggy like other eighties hits in retrospect (...at least not in the verse - the bridge and the chorus are a bit taggy, Mr. Hart). It must be the simplicity of the track that does it.
This K.I.S.S. approach (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is also key in making a good re-edit, and german producer/DJ Friction knows his KISSes!
His re-edit starts out with a solo Oberheim DMX kick-part that I don't remember from the original. Then filtered synth and a little 808 percussion and we're off! 
The bridge gets a delay-treatment of the "s" in "she's deceiving me", and DJ Friction saves us the embarresement of the original bridge and takes us back to the verse instead. Fabulous!
To top things off, he adds a synth that pushes things a bit forward. (OK, I've got some rules here: "No new melody or elements must be added" -  read up on the rules in the "About This Blog" - but this really fits the track).
A+ Edit!

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Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night (Friction Re-edit/re-work) by DJ Friction

Wham! - Club Tropicana (Todd Terje Re-edit)

Todd Terje Week - Wednesday
Classic!
Wham!'s Club Tropicana is instant party: "Let me take you to the place,
where membership's a smiling face..."

Todd Terje's edit is actually an extended instrumental of this hit. He doesn't utilize reverbs, delays or filters the way he usually does. The intro crowd that originally fades in is gained and looped, clearly repeating voices and cheers. Great idea!

Re-editing a hit like this isn't easy, and IMO this edit is like a foreplay without climax. Maybe because these lyrics are classic, fun and essential for the feel of the song. It's easier to do a re-edit of this one, because the arrangement isn't that well-known and thus people are more open to changes. "But don't worry, you can sun tan!"

Wham! - Club Tropicana (Todd Terje re-edit) - Youtube link

This release is Unofficial - the cover shown is off the UK 7" picture disc - nice.

On The Grid (Copicat Re-edit) - Lime

Now, I'm was never a big fan of Mr. and Mrs. LePage clean euro-disco. But I was very much into the covers, which matched the airbrush style of my teenage room. Here I'm not talking about the covers with the official faces of Lime, Joy Dorris and Chris Marsh, but the likes of e.g. the album Lime 3 (1983).
That album includes "On The Grid" which is a full fledged apreggiator-driven electronic disco anthem.
Copicat re-edited it on his 2003 release "#02" and made the arrangement a little more varied.

That 12" also features an instrumental speed-down edit of Grace Jones "Pull Up To The Bumper" and my personal favorite Afro Cuban Band's "Something's Got To Give".

Of course a bootleg, so nowhere to be found on any streaming. Go buy it here: "On The Grid (Copicat re-edit) - Lime