A-side and B-side pirate radio stations operating off the British coast in the 1960s would buy the publishing rights to the B-sides of records they expected to be hits, and then plug the A-sides in the hope of driving up sales and increasing their share of the royalties. Occasionally, the B-side of a single would become the more popular song. This sometimes occurred because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Some examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I
Megamix (Gloria Estefan) Megamix (Gloria Estefan) "Megamix" (also known as "Miami Hit Mix") is a single by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in late 1992 in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Colombia under the title "Miami Hit Mix", and under the title "Megamix" in Australia, Mexico and the B-Side of "Christmas Through Your Eyes", a holiday song, in the Netherlands. The song was released as a B-Side on Gloria's 1993 "I See Your Smile" in the United States and on the 1993 U.S. Maxi-Single "Go Away". The "Megamix", as it was called internationally, also known as the "Miami Hitmix"