Grace Jones - Pull Up to The Bumper (1981)

Pull Up to the Bumper was co-written by Grace Jones herself. The song's instrumental path was originally recorded in 1980 during the Warm Leatherette sessions, however, it didn't make the album as Chris Blackwell found its R&B sound not fitting in the rest of the material. It was finally completed for the 1981 critically acclaimed album Nightclubbing and became a single in June 1981. The original 1981 release peaked at no.53 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 1985 the track was again remixed and re-released to promote the Island Life compilation, and was released in two different 12" mixes, one an extended mix with additional keyboard overdubs and remix by Paul "Groucho" Smykle, which can be found on both the Rodeo Media 2011 Dance Classics - Pop Edition Vol. 4 2CD Compilation and the very rare EVA Records 1986 Now Dance compilation CD. The other, an eight-minute megamix entitled Musclemix, which included excerpts from tracks like Warm Leatherette, Walking in the Rain, Use Me, "Love Is the Drug" and "Slave to the Rhythm", remains unreleased on CD. With that re-release, with the 1977 recording of La Vie En Rose as the B-side, it reached no.12 on the UK pop chart in early 1986. The song then finally charted in Ireland and Germany, becoming the singer's best-seller. In the States, it reached no.5 on the R&B/Soul & no.2  on the Dance charts.

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