Culture Beat – Got To Get It

A good energy filled song, and a solid eurodance track. My second favorite of the singles from Culture Beat's second album "Serenity".
In my opinion, the "Raw Deal Mix" and "Club Mix" versions could be omitted from the single as they are just fillers.

Got To Get It (Raw Deal Mix) - What a pointless filler version of the song. Instead of starting with the pad intro and Tania singing the chorus, it starts with some FX sound and the main synth riff playing. It also has the same differences from the album version that the "Radio Mix" has.

Got To Get It (Club Mix) - Again, Like the "Raw Deal Mix", this is just a different arranged version from the album version. But, this version of the song actually has a different synth riff that plays in the beginning of the song. This new riff also comes in for a short time in the middle of the song and it also has a needle drop sound after the "here's some tea yall, it's real hot" part. But other than the new riff and needle drop part, this so called "Club Mix" is nothing more than a lazy re-arrangement of the album version.

Got To Get It (Extended Album Mix) - This version is as the name says, an extended version of the album mix. It has a longer pad intro, that starts of with a deep sustained pad sound and some FX sounds, before Tania's voice and the pad from the album version comes in. It also has an extended instrumental part at the end.
The album version is already 5.21 long, so in a way, this version is pointless, as it brings nothing new to the album version, except from the deep pad at the start. But overall I like this version, and the longer pad intro with the FX sounds gives it a new atmosphere.

Got To Get It (Hypnotic Mix) - Now this is a cool version of the song. It starts of with a bell sound, deep pad, a lots of FX sounds and sounds of a dog barking and a scissor cutting. There is also a sine peep riff that plays through out the song, a male choir pad sound that comes in, a bell riff, and a creepy female voice that comes in here and there. This version of the song really has an eerie feeling to it, as it is darker in atmosphere. This is by far my favorite version of this song on this single. An awesome remix

Got To Get It (Radio Mix) - As the name says, this is the "Radio Mix" of the song. It's just a shortened-down-for-radio version of the album version, but there is actually some differences from the album version.
1. Between the chorus and the second verse there is a different synth sound and melody from the album version. It is a brief riff, but still, not on the album version.
2. On the album version, there is a stab synth that is playing during the second verse and the "here's some tea yall, it's real hot" part. On the "Radio Mix", that synth part is gone.
3. The pad that plays in the opening of the song, under Tania's voice, sounds more crisp. Like it has more high end, or the filter is a tad more open than on the album version. But that could just be me

Overall. I do like the "Extended Album Mix", "Radio Mix" and "Hypnotic Mix" and those three mixes is a good enough reason to add this single to your collection. I would even say that the "Hypnotic Mix" is a good enough reason to get a hold of this single