Song · Grace Jones
“Slave to the Rhythm” by Grace Jones
From the album Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
“Slave to the Rhythm” by Grace Jones appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985 on the album Slave to the Rhythm. Its best result is #4 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 1985.
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Grace Jones's 1985 album Slave to the Rhythm, her seventh and her first in three years, led with its title song, which came out in October. Trevor Horn produced it and wrote it with Bruce Woolley, Stephen Lipson and Simon Darlow, and it very nearly went to someone else: it was first meant as the follow-up to Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax", and that band even cut a demo.
Instead Jones got it, and the album around it holds eight variations of the one song, with the album take billed as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones". It's a grand, stately machine of a groove with Jones commanding it from the center. Jean-Paul Goude directed the video, the single reached number 12 in the UK, and it went all the way to number one on Billboard's dance club chart in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985 | 30 |
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