Slave to the Rhythm

"Slave to the Rhythm"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Slave to the Rhythm
B-side	"G.I. Blues" (aka "Annihilated Rhythm")
Released	1985
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:57
Label	Island Records ISP 206B, Manhattan Records 006-20 0889 7
Writer(s)	Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn
Producer	Trevor Horn
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Cry Now, Laugh Later" (1983) "My Jamaican Guy" (1985) "Jones the Rhythm" (1985)
Alternate cover Manhattan Records edition

"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 was written by Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn and was produced by Horn. This 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). The single became one of her greatest commercial successes and counts as one of Jones' signature tunes.

On the Slave to the Rhythm album the hit single version of the track is confusingly re-titled "Ladies & Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones". The track called "Slave to the Rhythm" on the album is in turn an entirely different interpretation of the song - a well-known fact that somehow managed to elude the producers of a recent hits compilation - which lead to record company Universal Music issuing the wrong version of one of Jones' greatest hits on one of their many best of packages, see The Ultimate Collection.

CD single releases

Two single CDs have been re-released with multiple remixes of the song. The first includes the long version of the original, co-titled "Hot Blooded".

Chart

The song peaked at #12 on the UK singles chart in 1985, and became a new #28 hit in 1994 (in remix form). The original version of the single, and its remixes, also topped the American dance chart in February of 1986. It also became her biggest Hit in Germany where it peaked at #4 and stay in the Top 10 for eight weeks. In The Netherlands, 'Slave to the rhythm' reached number 3 in November 1985, staying on the chart for 12 weeks.

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)