[kingu]

Having now listened to both versions, neither are ones that should really have been on sale right now for singles. Far too hurried, relatively poorly mixed and overall both of these songs will hurt their future careers.

RCA did do a better job than Arista on putting it all together, but digital purchases of the RCA single is haywire on both Yahoo Music Engine and on Adelphia Music Pack - both list the single price as being over $8, vs Carrie's which is 79 cents on Yahoo and 1.29 on Adelphia.

If it wasn't $8, I would have bought Bo's single. As it is, I subscribed to both through my subscription service and will have to wander on down to my local music store and see if someone's dusted them recently.

[Wolfstar]

Having now listened to both versions, neither are ones that should really have been on sale right now for singles. Far too hurried, relatively poorly mixed and overall both of these songs will hurt their future careers.

I totally agree. The song is crappy, the production values on the CD's are crappy, and both the winner and runner up were forced to release the same song. That's a recipe for disaster. It's especially terrible for new artists who, above all, need to establish their credibility to fans and industry insiders alike.