Corporate Cannibal
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| "Corporate Cannibal" | ||||
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| Single by Grace Jones | ||||
| from the album Hurricane | ||||
| Released | 24 August 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2007 | |||
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| Length | 6:34 | |||
| Label | Wall of Sound | |||
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| Producer | Ivor Guest | |||
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| "Corporate Cannibal" on YouTube | ||||
"Corporate Cannibal" is a song by Grace Jones, released in 2008 as the lead single from her tenth studio album, Hurricane.
"Corporate Cannibal", written by Grace Jones, Ivor Guest, Adam Green and Marc van Eyck, is a song which sonically blends the industrial,[1][2] trip hop,[2] funk[3] and thrash rock[4] genres, and lyrically exploiting the issue of corporate capitalism. Explaining what led her to write "Corporate Cannibal", Jones said that she was "very obsessed with the subject" and penned the lyrics with Marc van Eyck.[5] The song received flattering reviews from a number of independent blogs, having been described by them as "quite relevant to the times we live in now, with the whole occupy movement and corporate greed" and that it "pretty much sums up the scene in America that has defined our era".[6]
Originally planned to be the title track of the new album, whose title was later changed to Hurricane,[7] the song eventually became its lead single. 12" vinyl pressings of "Corporate Cannibal" were released in a limited number as well as a promo-only CD. Commercially, the single was primarily available as a digital download. The song was remixed by Atticus Ross and Kevin "The Bug" Martin, among others.