| "Living My Life" | ||||
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| Single by Grace Jones | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 7:34 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Grace Jones | |||
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| "Living My Life" on YouTube | ||||
"Living My Life" is a Grace Jones song released as a single in 1983 by Island Records. It was written by Jones with production handled by both Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin.
The track was originally recorded for the album of the same name. It did not make the final cut as its overall pop and R&B sound differed from the album's reggae direction, [1] it did not make the final cut. It received a scarce 1983 release as a UK white label single and was officially released only in Portugal. However, Jones performed the track on several TV shows and a remixed version was released as the B-side to the UK reissue single of "Love Is the Drug" in 1986. The original and dub versions are yet to be reissued on CD.
The music video for the song was directed by Jean-Paul Goude and famously includes the "suicide" scene, with Grace blowing her brains out. [2] Excerpts from the "Living My Life" video were used in the "Slave to the Rhythm" clip. The music video for "Living My Life" was also included in Jones' concert film, A One Man Show .
During the recording sessions for my album, "Living My Life", the label told me to remove the title track as having listened back to the song with other songs from the album, they felt its pop and R&B sound did not compliment the album's reggae vibe, so it became a stand alone single of such.
