Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician

"Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Inside Story
B-side "Crush"
Released 1986
Format 7" single, 12" single
Genre Jazz
Length 4:42
Label Manhattan
Writer(s) Grace Jones, Bruce Woolley
Producer Nile Rodgers, Grace Jones
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Party Girl"
(1986)
"Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"
(1986)
"Crush"
(1987)

"Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" is the third single from Grace Jones' 1986 album Inside Story, co-produced by Jones and Nile Rodgers. As the song title suggests, it saw Jones exploring new musical territories and the spoken opening line even refers to one of the late and greats of jazz: "I went to a concert, to see Nina Simone...". The horns on the track were played by Lenny Pickett, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson, and Mac Gollehon under the collective name The Borneo Horns.

The 12" singles released in the United Kingdom and the United States in late 1986 and early 1987 featured different extended remixes of the track by Ben Liebrand, all of which remain unreleased on CD.

Track listing

  1. "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" – 4:42
  2. "Crush" – 3:27
  1. "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" (The JAZZclubmillionminuteMIX) – 6:58
  2. "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" (The C + V.I. Minimix) – 6:48
  1. "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" – 4:42
  2. "Crush" – 3:27
  1. "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" – 4:42

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