Safe from Harm (song)

"Safe from Harm"
Single by Massive Attack
from the album Blue Lines
Released27 May 1991 (1991-05-27)[1]
Length5:18
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Daddy G, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Shara Nelson, Billy Cobham
Producer(s)Massive Attack, Jonny Dollar
Massive Attack singles chronology
"Unfinished Sympathy"
(1991)
"Safe from Harm"
(1991)
"'Massive Attack EP'"
(1992)
Shara Nelson singles chronology
"Unfinished Sympathy"
(1991)
"Safe from Harm"
(1991)
"Down That Road"
(1993)
Audio sample
Massive Attack with Shara Nelson - Safe From Harm (7-inch version) (1991)

"Safe from Harm" is the third single and opening track from Blue Lines, the 1991 debut album from British trip hop collective Massive Attack, with vocals by Shara Nelson and Robert Del Naja. It was released in May 1991 by Virgin Records. The bass, guitar, and drums are sampled from the song "Stratus" by Billy Cobham, from his album Spectrum (with guitar by Tommy Bolin). Additional drums are sampled from "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic. Other samples come from Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon", and some of the background vocals are based on Johnny "Guitar" Watson's 1961 song Looking Back.

"Safe from Harm" (Perfecto Mix) is featured at the end of the Michael Mann-directed movie The Insider.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 May 1991. p. 21.