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"The Apple Stretching" was written by Melvin Van Peebles for his 1982 play Waltz of the Stork. The song describes New York City in the early morning. It was included on Jones' sixth album Living My Life and also released as a double A-side single with "Nipple to the Bottle", written by Jones and Sly Dunbar (which also got a separate single release in certain territories). The original 7-minute song's single edit was just the album version, faded out at 3:33. "The Apple Stretching" was simultaneously released as a 12" version, clocking in at 8:40. It included a second verse of the song, which had been omitted on the album version, where Jones sings together with a bass guitar only along with funky percussion. This version remains unreleased on CD.

Van Peebles said of being able to do the song, "I couldn't have done , because people weren't used to music and words simultaneously." He performed the song on his own album, Ghetto Gothic in 1995.

Track listing

U.K. 7" single – WIP 6779
Germany 7" single – 104 706-100
Italy 7" single – WIP 26779
Japan 7" single – 7S-72

A. "The Apple Stretching" (Single version) – 3:27

B. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Single version) – 4:22

U.K. 12" single – 12 WIP 6779
Germany 12" single – 600 687-213
Italy 12" single – WIPX 866

A. "The Apple Stretching" (Long version) – 8:40

B. "Nipple to the Bottle" (Long version) – 6:59

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	50

References

Bessman, Jim (March 4, 1995). "Capitol's Melvin Van Peebles Issues 1st Album in 20 Years". Billboard. 107 (9): 86. ISSN 0006-2510.
Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1995-03-04.
"Grace Jones: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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Discography
Studio albums	Portfolio (1977) Fame (1978) Muse (1979) Warm Leatherette (1980) Nightclubbing (1981) Living My Life (1982) Slave to the Rhythm (1985) Inside Story (1986) Bulletproof Heart (1989) Hurricane (2008)
Compilations	Island Life (1985) The Ultimate (1993) Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998) The Universal Masters Collection (2003) The Grace Jones Story (2006) The Ultimate Collection (2006) Disco (2015)
Singles	"I Need a Man" "Sorry" "La Vie en rose" "Do or Die" "On Your Knees" "A Rolling Stone" "Love Is the Drug" "Private Life" "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" "Breakdown" "Demolition Man" "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" "Pull Up to the Bumper" "Walking in the Rain" "Nipple to the Bottle" "The Apple Stretching" "My Jamaican Guy" "Cry Now, Laugh Later" "Living My Life" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Jones the Rhythm" "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" "Party Girl" "Crush" "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician" "Love on Top of Love" "Amado Mio" "7 Day Weekend" "Evilmainya" "Sex Drive" "Love Bites" "Hurricane (Cradle to the Grave)" "Corporate Cannibal" "Williams' Blood" "Love You to Life"
Other songs	"Charger"
Related	A One Man Show

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Films directed	The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968) Watermelon Man (1970) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) Identity Crisis (1989) Vrooom Vroom Vroooom (1995, short) Gang in Blue (1996) Bellyful (2000) Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2008)
Plays	Don't Play Us Cheap (1970) Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1972) Waltz of the Stork (1982)
Albums	Brer Soul (1969) Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1970) As Serious as a Heart-Attack (1971) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (soundtrack, 1971) What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! (1974) Ghetto Gothic (1995)
Songs	"Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail" "Love, That's America" "The Apple Stretching"
Related articles	La Permission BAADASSSSS! Mario Van Peebles

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