On Your Knees (Grace Jones song)

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“On Your Knees”
Single by Grace Jones from the album Muse
B-side	"Don't Mess With the Messer"
Released	1979
Format	7" single and 12" single
Genre	Disco
Length	3:45
Label	Island Records IS 49002
Writer(s)	D.C. LaRue, Jerry Corbetta
Producer	Tom Moulton
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Do Or Die" (1978) "On Your Knees" (1980) "Private Life" (1980)

"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. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 "On Your Knees" 1.2 "Don't Mess With The Messer" 2 References

[edit] Track listings

[edit] "On Your Knees"

• US 7" single (1979) IS49002

1. "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:49
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:10

• US 7" promo (1979) IS49002

1. "On Your Knees" (Stereo Edit) - 3:49
2. "On Your Knees" (Mono Edit) - 3:49

• FR 7" single (1979) 6172 865

1. "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05

• GE 7" single (1979) 100 789

1. "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05

• JP 7" promo (1979) ILR-20630

1. "On Your Knees" (Edit) - 3:47
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:05

• US 12" single (1979) IS8869

1. "On Your Knees" - 6:30
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27

• US 12" promo (1979)

1. "On Your Knees" - 6:30
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27

• UK 12" single (1979) 12X WIP 6511

1. "On Your Knees" - 6:28
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27

• GE 12" single (1979) 600 079-213

1. "On Your Knees" - 6:28
2. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Extended Version) - 6:27

[edit] "Don't Mess With The Messer"

• US 7" single (1979) IS49002RE-1 (double-A sided single)

1. "Don't Mess With The Messer" (Edit) - 4:10
2. "On Your Knees (Edit) - 3:49

[edit] References

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