‘Reconsider Me’ – a hit or not in 1986?

[greendaze5]

If Stevie had swallowed her pride and allowed ‘Reconsider Me’ to be put on RAL, do you think it would have been a radio hit? Perhaps as the single after ‘I Can’t Wait’ (instead of ‘Has Anyone Ever…’)?

Don’t know how well it would have done, but I really like the song. What strikes me is how different sounding it is from the rest of RAL, which (except for ‘Has Anyone Ever…’) is so dated in its 1980’s-ness.

But I do have to wonder though if the version on ‘Enchanted’ was the final product, or did Jimmy Iovine intend to add production to it (drum machines and synthesizers) to make it more compatible with the rest of the songs on RAL. Back in 1986, it would‘ve stuck out like a sore thumb if left as it was.

Is there a version out there sung by Warren Zevon?

Roland