"A Rolling Stone" is a song recorded by Grace Jones

Grace Jones

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 on her 1980 album Warm Leatherette, her first post-disco album. The track was released as the first single from the album in the U.K., but didn't garner much attention. It was quickly followed by "Love Is The Drug

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" and "Private Life

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". Unlike the majority of the Warm Leatherette album's material the song wasn't a cover version but a new composition co-written by Jones herself, Deniece Williams

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 and Fritz Baskett. The 7" single featured the opening track "Sinning" 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 U.K. and still remains unreleased on CD.

Track listing

• UK 7" single (1980)

1. "A Rolling Stone" - 3:30
2. "Sinning" - 4:08

• UK 7" promo (1980)

1. "A Rolling Stone" - 3:30
2. "Sinning" - 4:08

• UK 12" single (1980) 12WIP 6591

1. "A Rolling Stone" (Extended ) 5:39
2. "Sinning" - 5:05