Grip Like a Vice

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"Grip Like a Vice"
GripVice.jpg
Single by The Go! Team
from the album Proof of Youth
B-side
  • "Version of Myself"
  • "Bull in the Heather"
Released2007
Genre Indie rock, dance, hip hop
Length4:01
Label Memphis Industries
Songwriter(s) Charles Hearndon, McKinley Jackson, Melvin Griffin, Ruth Copeland / Ronald Greene, Taharqa Aleem, Tunde Aleem
The Go! Team singles chronology
"Ladyflash"
(2006)
"Grip Like a Vice"
(2007)
"Doing It Right"
(2007)
Alternative cover
GripVice2.jpg
Vinyl 7" single cover

"Grip Like a Vice" is a single from the album Proof of Youth by The Go! Team. It was released on July 9, 2007 on Memphis Industries. It was released as a CD single and was also released on two limited edition coloured vinyl singles. [1] It reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart and ranked at number 58 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [2] This song was also included in the game FIFA Street 3.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Grip Like a Vice"
  2. "A Version of Myself"
  1. "Grip Like a Vice"
  2. "Bull in the Heather"
  1. "Grip Like a Vice"
  2. "Grip Like a Vice (Black Affair Remix)"

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References

  1. "Grip Like a Vice singles on Greedbag".
  2. No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21