Toyah has released a cover of Grace Jones’ classic hit Slave To The Rhythm.
Having performed the track with husband Robert Fripp and songwriter Simon Darlow as part of ‘Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch’, the punk icon has recorded a studio version.
In a blog post on her website, the hitmaker explained: “Fripp, Simon Darlow and I have been in the studio putting down the main parts of my June single release SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM.
“It sounds amazing, totally different to Grace Jones’ iconic and perfect original, my version will surprise all, it has a connection to the words that suddenly revealed itself as soon as I put the main vocal down and Fripp played… the three of us really are a great musical team, we are very excited.
“It has been a daunting project with all three of us not wanting to trespass on such a perfect track but we have been fuelled by the bravado of our connection to the origin of the song, I was the vocalist on the first demo.”
Slave To The Rhythm follows Toyah’s hit 2021 album ‘Posh Pop‘ and will feature on a new version of Toyah’s 2008 album ‘In The Court of The Crimson Queen’, featuring the new recording plus three remakes of Sensational, Heal Ourselves and Latex Messiah.
‘In The Court of The Crimson Queen’ is out February 10 and available to pre-order now.
