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Artist: Grace Jones
Track: Private Life (Long Version)
Label: Island
Catalog#: 12W1P 6629
Format: Vinyl, 12”
Released: 1980
Country: US
Credits: Produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin with legends Sly and Robbie on bass/drums.
‘Private Life’ was originally written by Chrissie Hynde and included on The Pretenders' self-titled 1979 debut album. The following year, the track was covered by Grace Jones on her first post-disco album, Warm Leatherette. In the liner notes to Island Records' 1998 compilation, Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions, Hynde is quoted as saying; “Like all the other London punks, I wanted to do reggae, and I wrote Private Life. When I first heard Grace's version I thought, now that's how it's supposed to sound!” Private Life marked a new era in Jones' career as she left her disco persona behind her and began exploring genres like reggae and rock, combined with an entirely different image. The original video for 'Private Life' presented the famous Grace Jones mask for the very first time.
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