"Jones the Rhythm" is the second single from Grace Jones' album '' Slave to the Rhythm'', which was released in 1985.

Background

"Jones the Rhythm" was the opening track on the album and was one of the eight variations on the "Slave to the Rhythm" theme, this one more

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-influenced and dramatic than the hit single version, featuring the Ambrosian Singers and symphonic

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tion, effectively serving as the overture to the audio-biography. The song includes a spoken introduction by

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, reciting a passage from

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's biography ''Jungle Fever'', which was in parts used for the "Slave to the Rhythm" music video. The song was released as the second and the last single from the ''Slave to the Rhythm'' album and was edited from its original form, exceeding 6 minutes, to a 4-minute track. The B-side on most of 7" releases was the non-album track "Junkyard", another interpretation of the same song, mainly instrumental. A remix of "Jones the Rhythm" had—in the spirit of

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—been used for one of the B-sides of the previous single "Slave to the Rhythm", on certain editions it was instead named "G.I. Blues". "Jones the Rhythm" was not a charting success, having been somewhat overshadowed by the huge success of the lead single, and partially due to lack of promotion.

Track listing

*7" single :A. "Jones the Rhythm" – 4:00 :B. "Junkyard" – 5:20 *7" UK single :A. "Jones the Rhythm" – 4:06 :B. " Slave to the Rhythm" – 4:20 *12" single :A. "Jones the Rhythm" (long version) - 5:30 :B1. "The Frog and the Princess" (LP version) :B2. "Jones the Rhythm" - 4:00 *12" UK single :A. "Jones the Rhythm" – 6:09 :B1. "Slave to the Rhythm" – 8:22 :B2. "Annihilated Rhythm" – 3:34 *12" US promotional single :A. "Jones the Rhythm" (long version) – 5:30 :B. "Jones the Rhythm" (edited version) – 3:58

References

{{authority control 1985 singles Grace Jones songs Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn Songs written by Bruce Woolley Songs written by Trevor Horn Songs written by Stephen Lipson 1985 songs Island Records singles Manhattan Records singles Songs written by Simon Darlow Go-go songs