"Do or Die" was the first and in most parts of the world the only single release from Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...

' album Fame

Fame (album)

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, her second disco album. On Fame it made up the first part of the A-side non-stop medley "Do or Die"/"Pride"/"Fame". The 7" single featured a heavily edited version ( - 3:22) with the French-language non-album track "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" as the B-side, included as a bonus track on the Canadian edition of the Fame album. The 12" single featured a slightly shorter mix of the album version with a cold end, and the B-side an extended mix of "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole". The "Do or Die"/"Pride"/"Fame" side reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard dance club play chart.

In 1985 the 7" edit of "Do or Die" was included as one of three disco tracks on the career retrospective Island Life

Island Life

Island Life was Grace Jones' 1985 compilation album, featuring songs from her Island Records albums Portfolio, Fame, Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, Living My Life, and Slave to the Rhythm. No tracks from Muse were included...

, the other being the album versions of "I Need a Man" (1975) and "La vie en rose" (1977).

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...

 recorded a cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

of the song for her 1989 album I'm Still Here.

Track listing

• US 7" single (1978)

1. "Do or Die" (7" Version) - 3:22
2. "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" (7" Version) - 3:10

• US 12" single (1978)IS1008

1. "Do or Die" (12" Mix) - 6:15
2. "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" - 4:30

• UK 12" single (1978)

1. "Do or Die" (12" Mix) - 6:15
2. "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" - 4:30

• FR 12" single (1978)

1. "Do or Die" (12" Mix) - 6:15
2. "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" - 4:30