When I was talking Sunday about artists doing remixes on their big hits, I hadn't reckoned on Robert Palmer. Now, I hate to pick on a guy who's not around to defend himself, but his greatest hits sets (he's got four of them -- a single, a double, and a two-parter) feature about 50 percent remixes. This makes me crazy in the case of "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)," a perfect song on the original album Secrets -- but he didn't like the original mix, so now it sounds like a cross between "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistable," and it sounds that way on every greatest hits set it's on. The only way to get it in its original form is to find Secrets on CD (I have it on vinyl) -- which I may have to do soon. "Every Kinda People," "Can We Still Be Friends," and even "Addicted to Love" are also remixed on Best of Both Worlds, his double-CD greatest set. Aargh! Put the original and the remix alongside one another and let us decide! You're not seeing Chicago release any greatest hits sets with the remake of "25 or 6 to 4" but not the original, are you?

EDIT: Island Records, his first label, has released a Very Best of Robert Palmer set with the original mix. I'm inclined just to download it from Amazon.