Jones the Rhythm

Infobox Single
Name = Jones the Rhythm


Artist = Grace Jones
from Album = Slave to the Rhythm
B-side = "Junkyard"
Released = 1985
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded =
Genre = Disco
Length = 4:00
Label = Island Records, Manhattan Records
Writer = Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn
Producer = Trevor Horn
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Slave to the Rhythm" (1985)
This single = "Jones the Rhythm" (1985)
Next single = "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" (1986)
Misc =

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

"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 rock-influenced and dramatic than the hit single version, featuring the Ambrosian Singers and symphonic orchestration, effectively serving as the ouverture to the audio-biography.

The song was edited for the 7" single and extended for the 12" release, both mixes remain unreleased on CD.

The B-side was the non-album track "Junkyard" - another interpretation of the same song, mainly instrumental. The title "Jones the Rhythm" had - in the spirit of ZTT Records - 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".

Track listings

* US 7" single (1985)
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version) - 4:00
#"Junkyard" - 5:20

* EU 7" single (1985) 1A 006-20 1058 7
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version) - 4:00
#"Junkyard" - 5:20

* SP 7" single (1985) 5452010587
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version) - 4:00
#"Junkyard" - 5:20

* AU 7" single (1985) CP 654
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version) - 4:00
#"Junkyard" - 5:20

* GE 12" single (1985) K0602010596
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Long Version) - 5:30
#"The Frog And The Princess"
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version)

* NE 12" single (1985) 1A K060-20 1059 6
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Long Version) - 5:30
#"The Frog And The Princess"
#"Jones The Rhythm"

* AU 12" single (1985) ED 165
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Long Version) - 5:30
#"The Frog And The Princess"
#"Jones The Rhythm"

* NZ 12" single (1985) GOOD 104
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Long Version) - 5:30
#"The Frog And The Princess"
#"Jones The Rhythm"

* US 12" promo (1985)
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Long Version) - 5:30
#"Jones The Rhythm" (Edited Version) - 3:58