| "Do or Die" | ||||
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| Single by Grace Jones | ||||
| from the album Fame | ||||
| B-side | "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole" | |||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1] | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 6:47 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Composer(s) | James Bolden | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Jack Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Moulton | |||
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"Do or Die" is a single by Grace Jones, released in 1978, promoting her album Fame .
"Do or Die" was the first and in most parts of the world the only single release from Jones' Fame , 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". "Do or Die" reached number 3 on the US Billboard dance chart.
In 1985 the 7" edit of "Do or Die" was included as one of three disco tracks on the career retrospective Island Life , the other being the album versions of "I Need a Man" and "La Vie en rose" (1977).
A music video was shot as a part of an Italian TV show Stryx , for which Jones made several more clips. It uses the Stryx studio set and sees Jones dancing with a surreal scenography in the background. [2]
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [7] | 6 |
| Spain (AFYVE) [8] | 13 |
| US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 3 |
Eartha Kitt recorded a cover of the song for her 1989 album I'm Still Here . [10]
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