Top singles from the past
1 November 2025
Pop icons BLONDIE scored one of their many hit
singles with a cover of a 1967 song, titled TIDE IS HIGH.
It came out on 1 November 1980, today 45 years ago.
It topped the charts both in the USA and the UK.
The song was written by Jamaican artist John Holt in
1967 and performed by The Paragons, with Holt as
lead singer.
It featured on Blondie‘s 5th LP Autoamerican.
BLONDIE
THE PARAGONS
John Holt in the middle.


