The Apple Stretching

Infobox Single
Name = The Apple Stretching/Nipple to the Bottle


Artist = Grace Jones
from Album = Living My Life
Double A-side = "Nipple to the Bottle"
Released = 1982
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Disco, Funk/Soul
Length = 3:33
Label = Island Records
Writer = Melvin Van Peebles (TAS), Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar (NTTB)
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Nipple to the Bottle" (1981)
This single = "The Apple Stretching/Nipple to the Bottle" (1982)
Next single = "Living My Life" (1982)
Misc =

"The Apple Stretching/Nipple to the Bottle" is the second and last single from Grace Jones' album "Living My Life". Her 3rd and last album recorded in the famous Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas.

The song were released as a double A with "Nipple to the Bottle", both songs taken first credit in various countries. The single edit of "The Apple Stretching" was rather uninspired - the album version, just faded out at 3:33 - and the result was total exclusion from the world's music charts."The Apple Stretching" was simultaneously released in a 12" version, clocking in at 8:40. It included an omitted (on the album) second verse of the song, where Grace sings together with a bass guitar only along with funky percussion. This version remains unreleased on CD.

Chart performance

Track listing

UK Vinyl, 7" (WIP 6779) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/27791 Grace Jones - The Apple Stretching ] ]
# The Apple Stretching
# Nipple to the Bottle

UK Vinyl, 7", Picture Disc (PWIP 6779) [http://www.]
# The Apple Stretching
# Nipple to the Bottle (Club Cut)

GE Vinyl, 12" (600 687) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/616307 Grace Jones - The Apple Stretching / Nipple To The Bottle ] ]
# The Apple Stretching (8:40)
# Nipple to the Bottle (6:59)

UK Vinyl, 12" (12WIP 6779) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/721722 Grace Jones - The Apple Stretching / Nipple To The Bottle ] ]
# The Apple Stretching (8:40)
# Nipple to the Bottle (6:59)

UK Vinyl, 12" (12WIP 6779) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/69133 Grace Jones - Nipple To The Bottle (Club Cut) / The Apple Stretching ] ]
# Nipple to the Bottle (Club Cut) (6:59)
# The Apple Stretching (8:40)

Netherlands Vinyl, 12" (600.687) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/611521 Grace Jones - Nipple To The Bottle / The Apple Stretching ] ]
# Nipple to the Bottle (6:59)
# The Apple Stretching (8:40)

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