On Your Knees (Grace Jones song)
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"On Your Knees" was the first and in most parts of the world the only single release from Grace Jones
' third album Muse in 1979, in most territories credited as a double A-side with "Don't Mess With The Messer" as the second track. The 7" single featured edited versions of both tracks while the 12" included a very slightly different mix of "On Your Knees" and an extended remix of "Don't Mess With The Messer". None of these mixes and edits have been re-issued on CD, just like the Muse album itself, originally released in the year of the so called anti-disco backlash.
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...
' third album Muse in 1979, in most territories credited as a double A-side with "Don't Mess With The Messer" as the second track. The 7" single featured edited versions of both tracks while the 12" included a very slightly different mix of "On Your Knees" and an extended remix of "Don't Mess With The Messer". None of these mixes and edits have been re-issued on CD, just like the Muse album itself, originally released in the year of the so called anti-disco backlash.
"On Your Knees"
- US 7" single (1979) IS49002
- "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:49
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:10
- US 7" promo (1979) IS49002
- "On Your Knees" (Stereo Edit) - 3:49
- "On Your Knees" (Mono Edit) - 3:49
- FR 7" single (1979) 6172 865
- "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05
- GE 7" single (1979) 100 789
- "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05
- JP 7" promo (1979) ILR-20630
- "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05
- US 12" single (1979) IS8869
- "On Your Knees" - 6:30
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27
- US 12" promo (1979)
- "On Your Knees" - 6:30
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27
- UK 12" single (1979) 12X WIP 6511
- "On Your Knees" - 6:28
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27
- GE 12" single (1979) 600 079-213
- "On Your Knees" - 6:28
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27
"Don't Mess With The Messer"
- US 7" single (1979) IS49002RE-1 (double-A sided single)
- "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:10
- "On Your Knees (Edit) - 3:49