Category: Grace Jones

November 16, 2022

Grace Jones – Sex Drive (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1993

“Sex Drive” is a 1993 single by Grace Jones.

“Sex Drive” is a cover version of the Sheep on Drugs 1992 song “Track X”. It was written by band members themselves and produced for Grace Jones by Mark Pistel and Philip Steir. It was released on 23 September 1993 by Island Records with a cover of the Consolidated song “Typical Male” as the B-side. The single met with considerable success, topping the US dance chart.

Both songs were to be featured on Jones’ then-forthcoming Black Marilyn album, planned for a 1994 release, but eventually shelved due to an unknown reason.

SIDE A:
Sex Drive (Hard Drive Mix) 5:07
Mixed By – Mindless, Groucho*

Sex Drive (Sex Pitch Mix) 7:16
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Joey “The Don” Donatello
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Maurice Joshua

SIDE B:
Sex Drive (Dominatrix Mix) 5:35
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – H. Beno, Critter

Typical Male (The Real Mix) 5:48
Mixed By – Mindless, Groucho*
Written-By – Consolidated

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	Sex Drive	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1993	Sex Drive	U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Maxi-Singles sales	#31

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Red Label – 162-535 500-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Techno

CREDITS:
Design – Richard Bernstein
Mastered By –cg*
Producer – Mark Pistel, Philip Steir
Written-By – Sheep On Drugs (tracks: A1 to B1)

NOTES:
Sex Drive was previously recorded by Sheep On Drugs as”Track X“.

A1, A2, B1. Produced for Mindless Productions

A2. Additional Production and Remix for Vibe Music Productions

B1. Additional Production and Remix for Grace Productions

Made in the U.S.A.

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July 14, 2022

Grace Jones – Re-Mix Re-Mask (UK 12″)

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Originally posted October 5, 2011

“Re-mix Re-mask” is a UK only Limited Edition 12″ released in 1986. The A-side is a Grace Jones Megamix backed with My Jamaican Guy & the Paul ‘Groucho remix of Private Life. This single was released to promote the Island Life greatest hits compilation.

SIDE A:
Re-Mix Re-Mask 5:56
Edited By [Re-edit] – Froggy, K.C. (3), Simon Harris

a)Slave To The Rhythm
b)My Jamaican Guy
c)La Vie En Rose
d)Private Life

SIDE B:
Private Life (Paul ‘Groucho’ Smykle Remix) 7:01
Remix – Paul “Groucho” Smykle

My Jamaican Guy 5:58
Mixed By –Steven Stanley

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records – 12 ISX 273
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Lacquer Cut By – GD*

NOTES:
Track A – A Froggy Production, edited by Froggy, Simon Harris, K.C.
Track B1 – remixed by Paul ‘Groucho’ Smykle at the Fallout Shelter.

Matrix Runout: ‘GD’ is etched. The rest is stamped.

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January 6, 2022

Grace Jones – Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (US 12″)

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“Love on Top of Love” is a song by Grace Jones released in 1989 as the first single from Jones’ ninth studio album Bulletproof Heart.

“Love on Top of Love”, subtitled “Killer Kiss” on single releases, was produced by C+C Music Factory’s David Cole and Robert Clivilles. The song met with considerable success and reached #1 on the Billboard HotDance/Club Play chart for two weeks in December 1989.

SIDE A:
Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (The Funky Dred Club Mix) 6:21
Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) 6:27

SIDE B:
Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (Grace’s Swing Mix) 7:29
Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) 7:44

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss)	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records – V-15508
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Garage House, RnB/Swing

CREDITS:
Composed By [Lyrics] – Cole, Jones
Composed By [Music] –Cole*
Edited By – Roger Pauletta
Engineer [Mix Engineer] – Bob Rosa
Engineer [Overdub Engineer] – Rob Paustian, Steve “Griff” Griffin
Painting [Front Cover Painting] –Richard Bernstein
Producer, Arranged By, Remix – Robert Clivilles And David Cole
Vocals –Grace Jones
Rap [Uncredited] – Freedom Williams

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June 15, 2021

Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper (Remix) (UK 12″)

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Originally posted May 21, 2011

“Pull Up to the Bumper” was the second single released by Grace Jones from her critically-acclaimed 1981 album Nightclubbing. The song has since come to be one of Jones’ signature tunes. The song was co-written by Jones herself, Sly Dunbar, Dana Mano, and Robbie Shakespeare.

Upon its release, “Pull Up to the Bumper” spent seven weeks at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, as well as becoming a Top-5 single on the U.S. R&B chart.

In 1985 the track was remixed and re-released to promote the Island Life compilation, the Extended Remix includes additional keyboard overdubs and remix by Paul “Groucho” Smykle. This 1985 remix peaked at #12 on the UK pop chart in early 1986.

Jones’ genre-hopping artistry earned her a diehard LGBTQ+ fan base from day one, largely because of her very uncommon divadom. By gleefully toying with masculine and feminine conventions, she offered her queer audience a constantly evolving performance in which they could recognize their own sexual fluidity. “Bumper” succinctly captures Jones’ protean mix of playfulness and aggression, simultaneously tongue-in-cheek and deadly serious. It’s a masterstroke of double entendre that, with its sinuous reggae-disco backdrop and Jones’ snarled vehicular puns, really only demands one thing from you: that you move.

SIDE A:
Pull Up To The Bumper (Extended Remix) 6:25
Remix – Paul “Groucho” Smykle
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Chris Blackwell
Written-By – Dana Mano, Grace Jones, Koo Koo Baya

SIDE B:
La Vie En Rose 7:20
Arranged By – Duke Williams
Producer – Tom Moulton
Written-By – E. Piaf*, Louiguy

Nipple To The Bottle 5:50
Producer – Alex Sadkin, Chris Blackwell
Written-By – Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Island Records ‎– 12 IS 240
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Downtempo, Disco

CREDITS:
Mastered By – GD* (tracks: B1, B2), Jonz* (tracks: A)

NOTES:
Pull Up To The Bumper
A version of this song appears on the Grace Jones album ‘Island Life’
Rydim Music Ltd.
(P) 1985 Original sound recording made by Island Records Inc.

La Vie En Rose
Produced for Beam Junction Productions
Taken from the album ‘Island Life’
Noel Gay Music-MPCS
(P) 1977 Island Records Inc.

Nipple To The Bottle
Taken from the album ‘Living My Life’
Rydim Music Ltd.
(P) 1982 Island Records Inc.

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