Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones song)

"Slave to the Rhythm"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Slave to the Rhythm
ReleasedOctober 1985
RecordedDecember 1984
GenreR&B
Length
  • 4:20 (7" radio edit)
  • 6:35 (album version)
  • 8:26 (12" (Hot) Blooded version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Living My Life"
(1983) 		"Slave to the Rhythm"
(1985) 		"Jones the Rhythm"
(1985)
Official audio
"Slave to the Rhythm" on YouTube

"Slave to the Rhythm" is a song by the Jamaican singer, model and actress Grace Jones. It was released in October 1985 from Jones' seventh album, Slave to the Rhythm (1985), on which it is titled "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones". It was produced by Trevor Horn and written by Horn, Bruce Woolley, Stephen Lipson and Simon Darlow. The song reached number 12 on the UK singles chart and number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Its music video was directed by Jean-Paul Goude.

Background

"Slave to the Rhythm" was the first single from Grace Jones' album of the same name, which was released in 1985. The song and the album were written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn, and was produced by Horn. It was Jones' first album in three years, and it contained eight variations of the same song (the single's B-side is another variation, yet to be released on CD).

"Slave to the Rhythm" was originally intended for Frankie Goes to Hollywood as a follow-up to their hit debut single "Relax".[1] A demo version of the song was recorded by the band.[2] The song was assembled and produced by Horn after "Two Tribes", but the project was ultimately given to Jones. Paul Morley says Horn worked on the song endlessly and had hoped it would become one of his biggest and most successful creations.[3]

Release

"Slave to the Rhythm" was released in autumn 1985. The single became one of Jones' greatest commercial successes and is considered to be one of her signature tunes. It became one of the biggest chart successes for the singer in the UK (number 12, next to "Pull Up to the Bumper"). The track proved exceptionally popular in Belgium, New Zealand, Italy and German speaking countries, where it made it to the top 10. The original version of the single, and its remixes, also topped the American dance chart in February 1986, despite not entering the mainstream Billboard Hot 100 ranking. "Slave to the Rhythm" was proclaimed the best single of 1985 by The Face magazine.[4] In 1994 a newly remixed version of the song reached the top 40 in the UK charts.

The single was titled "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones" on the Slave to the Rhythm album.[5] The track "Slave to the Rhythm" on the album is in turn a different interpretation of the song—a fact which apparently eluded Universal Music when they included this version in one of their many best-of packages The Ultimate Collection.

In 2012, Jones performed the song at Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Concert, in which she hula-hooped for the entire song. In 2022, Toyah Wilcox, Robert Fripp and Simon Darlow performed “Slave to the Rhythm” as part of “Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch” in which Toyah provided the vocals and Fripp and Darlow played the guitars.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Slave to the Rhythm" features the hit single version of the song, billed as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones" in the album track listing. It largely consists of previously seen footage, using excerpts from Jones' previously released music videos, "My Jamaican Guy" and "Living My Life", as well as the live concert performance video A One Man Show. Included are also still pictures of some of the singer's most iconic looks and the Citroën CX TV advertisement.[6] No new footage of Jones herself was filmed for the video, which features a spoken voice-over from actor Ian McShane, extracted from tracks "Jones the Rhythm" and "Operattack". The video, of which there are several versions, was directed by Jean-Paul Goude, Jones' boyfriend at the time.[7]

The video was nominated for the Best Female Video at 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, eventually losing to Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know".[8] It was included as a bonus on the re-release of the A One Man Show video.[9]

The video starts with dialogue from Ian McShane and shows how the cover art of Slave to the Rhythm was made, a before and after of the cover art image, then it shows a series of clips from archived music videos including "My Jamaican Guy", "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" and the suicide scene from "Living My Life" edited to towards the end to when Jones collapsed and dies.

Track listing

Grace Jones performing "Slave to the Rhythm", with gilded cat mask and hula-hoop, on her Hurricane Tour
  • 7" single (1985)
A. "Slave to the Rhythm" – 4:20
B. "G.I. Blues" – 3:37
  • 12" single (1985)
A. "Slave to the Rhythm" (Blooded) – 8:26
B1. "Junk Yard" – 5:17
B2. "Annihilated Rhythm" – 3:37
  • CD maxi single (1994)
  1. "Slave to the Rhythm" – 4:22
  2. "Slave to the Rhythm" (Blooded) – 8:26
  3. "Slave to the Rhythm" (D Monster Mix) – 9:51
  4. "Slave to the Rhythm" (D's Vocal Dub) – 5:24
  5. "Slave to the Rhythm" (D Beatsappella) – 5:22

Personnel

Charts

References

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  2. ^ "Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Slave To The Rhythm" (1984/85)". YouTube. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ Paul Morley: Liner notes for Zang Tumb Tuum: The ZTT Box Set (2008).
  4. ^ "The Face Selection: Best of '85". The Face. 69. EMAP: 40. 1986.
  5. ^ Joey Michaels. "3342. "Slave To The Rhythm" by Grace Jones". sadclownrep.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  6. ^ "Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm - Video Dailymotion". www.dailymotion.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  7. ^ "Grace Jones - "Slave to the rhythm"". www.mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  8. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1986 Highlights, Winners, Performers and Photos from the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  9. ^ "Live In NYC & London: 1981 DVD 2010 Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Grace Jones: Film & TV". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 160. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ^ "Grace Jones – Slave to the Rhythm" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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  14. ^ "European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 48. December 2, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
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