A Rolling Stone
"A Rolling Stone" | ||||
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Single by Grace Jones | ||||
from the album Warm Leatherette | ||||
B-side | "Sinning" | |||
Released | April 18, 1980 | |||
Length | 3:31 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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"A Rolling Stone" is a 1980 single by Jamaican singer Grace Jones.
Background
The song was recorded for Jones' 1980 album Warm Leatherette, her first post-disco album, and was released as the first single from the album in the UK. It did not garner much attention and was quickly followed by "Love Is the Drug" and "Private Life". Unlike the majority of the material on Warm Leatherette, the song was not a cover version but a new composition co-written by Jones herself, Deniece Williams and Fritz Baskett. In the lyrics Jones complains to her lover about something missing in their relationship, which is affection.[citation needed] The 7" single featured an edited version of "Sinning", the opening track from the previous disco album Muse as the B-side. The 12" single included an extended remix of "A Rolling Stone", which was only released in the UK and remained unreleased on CD until it was included on the 2016 Remastered edition of Warm Leatherette.
Track listing
- 7" single
- A. "A Rolling Stone" – 3:31
- B. "Sinning" – 4:08
- 12" single
- A. "A Rolling Stone" – 5:39
- B. "Sinning" – 5:05
References
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- Portfolio (1977)
- Fame (1978)
- Muse (1979)
- Warm Leatherette (1980)
- Nightclubbing (1981)
- Living My Life (1982)
- Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
- Inside Story (1986)
- Bulletproof Heart (1989)
- Hurricane (2008)
- Island Life (1985)
- The Ultimate (1993)
- Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998)
- The Universal Masters Collection (2003)
- The Grace Jones Story (2006)
- The Ultimate Collection (2006)
- Disco (2015)
- "I Need a Man"
- "Sorry"
- "La Vie en rose"
- "Do or Die"
- "On Your Knees"
- "A Rolling Stone"
- "Love Is the Drug"
- "Private Life"
- "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
- "Breakdown"
- "Demolition Man"
- "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
- "Pull Up to the Bumper"
- "Walking in the Rain"
- "Nipple to the Bottle"
- "The Apple Stretching"
- "My Jamaican Guy"
- "Cry Now, Laugh Later"
- "Living My Life"
- "Slave to the Rhythm"
- "Jones the Rhythm"
- "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
- "Party Girl"
- "Crush"
- "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"
- "Love on Top of Love"
- "Amado Mio"
- "7 Day Weekend"
- "Evilmainya"
- "Sex Drive"
- "Love Bites"
- "Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)"
- "Corporate Cannibal"
- "Williams' Blood"
- "Love You to Life"
- "Charger"