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BLONDIE Topped US Charts With ‘RAPTURE’ This Day 45 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

28 March 2026

Eternal pop heroes BLONDIE topped the US Singles Chart with
RAPTURE, this day 45 years ago. It was written by Debbie Harry
and Chris Stein, and appeared on their 5th LP, named Autoamerican.

It was the band’s 4th number-one in America and the first No. 1 song
in the US to feature rap and lyrics, notable for name-checking hip-hop
pioneers Fab Five Freddy (a good friend of the band) and Grandmaster Flash.

Rap it up, Debbie.

“Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody’s fly
DJ spinnin’, I said, “My, my”
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c’est pas, flashé no deux
And you don’t stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot”

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BLONDIE Released No. 1 Hit Single ‘THE TIDE IS HIGH’ 45 Years Ago

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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.

BLONDIE Discography

5 Classic Albums Released This Day In…

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

23 September 1970

Band: THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
Southern rock legends from Macon, Georgia.

1969–1976, 1978–1982, 1989–2014

Album: IDLEWILD SOUTH
Their 2nd one. It peaked at #38 in the US.

In 2014 Rolling Stone Magazine listed it among the most
“groundbreaking” LPs, covering its impact on Southern rock.

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23 September 1977

Artist: RANDY NEWMAN
Classic American singer-songwriter.

1961-present.

Album: LITTLE CRIMINALS
His fifth. #9 in the US and Canada.

The New York Times opined that “this is the first Newman album
with a full complement of musical witticisms to match the verbal ones.”

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23 September 1977

Band: STEELY DAN
Renowned jazzy pop rock duo fro NYC featuring Donald Fagen
and Walter Becker who passed away in 2017. Fagen still operates
under the band’s name.

1971–1981, 1993–present

Album: AJA
Their 6th one. #5 in the UK, #3 in the US.

Rolling Stone Magazine said: “Rock has always excelled at embodying adolescent
ache. But it’s rare when rock captures the complications of adult sorrows almost purely
with its sound.”

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23 September 1978

Band: BLONDIE
You know who they are.

1974–1982, 1997–present.

Album: PARALLEL LINES
Their 3rd and by far their best one.
No. 1 in the UK, No. 6 in the US.

Q Magazine (longtime running British music monthly) said: “A crossover
smash with sparkling guitar sounds, terrific hooks and middle-eights more
memorable than some groups’ choruses.”

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23 September 1991

Band: PRIMAL SCREAM
The Scottish rock heroes led by
charismatic frontman Bobby Gillespie.

1982–present

Album: SCREAMADELICA
Their 3rd one. Probably the best LP of the psychedelic ‘E’ era.
No. 8 in the UK, No. 36 in the US.

Pitchfork praised the album saying: “Screamadelica’s atmospheric and
imaginative hybrid of past, present and future captures its moment in vivid
color and splendor.”

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All Albums

BLONDIE’s Guitarist And Songwriter CHRIS STEIN Confirmed The Rumours Of New BLONDIE Album

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20 July 2025

CHRIS STEIN, co-founder, co-songwriter and guitarist of imperishable
pop icons BLONDIE confirmed in a one line message on social media
that the band will have a new album, their final one, out in the last
quarter of the year. It’ll follow 2017’s Pollinator LP.

Drummer Clem Burke last April due to
cancer, aged 70 play on the whole record.

A fan asked if Blondie would tour
the album. Stein replied “don’t know”.

Instagram – All Albums

Happy 80 SUNDAY GIRL

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2 July 2025

Blondie icon DEBBIE HARRY was born,
named Angela Trimble in Miami, Florida
on 1 July 1945.

Happy 80 to the one and only Sunday Girl.

I know a girl from a lonely street
Cold as ice cream, but still as sweet
Dry your eyes, Sunday Girl

Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl
Looks like he’s in another world
Run and hide, Sunday Girl

Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay away all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
What your lovin’ means to me

She can’t catch up with the working crowd
The weekend mood and she’s feeling proud
Live in dreams, Sunday Girl

Baby, I would like to go out tonight
If I go with you my folks will get uptight
Stay at home, Sunday Girl
(Ooh ooh ooh)

26 MAY… This Day Back In Time

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26 May 2025

THE BEATLES released their 8th longplayer, masterpiece
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on 26 May 1967,
today 58 years ago.

The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era’s youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism,
and a sense of optimism and empowerment.

It topped nearly all album charts around the world.


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Goth gods THE CURE released their 7th album
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me today 38 years ago,
on 26 May 1987.

Robert Smith: “It’s like an end to what we’ve been doing for the last 10 years.
This one is taking bits from everything we’ve done, all the bits that I’ve liked. But
there’s a single album’s worth of that and a single album’s worth of stuff we’ve
never really attempted before.”

No. 6 in the UK. No. 4 in Germany and Austria. No. 35 in the US.


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THE ROLLING STONES reached the top seat of the UK Singles Chart
with Paint It, Black on 26 May 1966, today 59 years ago.

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes…

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BLONDIE hit the top spot of the UK Singles Charts on 26 May 1979,
today 46 years ago with pop pearl Sunday Girl. It was part of their
splendid Parallel Lines LP.

The song was written by Chris Stein, inspired by Debbie Harry‘s cat, who was named
Sunday Man. The cat had recently run away, inspiring the song’s “plaintive” nature.

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ANDY BELL And DEBBIE HARRY – Two Glamorous Voices For One Glamorous Pop Gem ‘HEART’S A LIAR’

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New striking strokes

24 April 2025

ANDY BELL, vocalist of British synth-pop duo Erasure with former Depeche Mode/Yazoo keyboardist/songwriter Vince Clarke, go a long way back. Since 1985, they have released 18 LPs.

Both musicians also write/record/release as solo artists.

As announced before Bell has another solo full-length bagged.
He named it Ten Crows, and it will see the light of day on May 2nd.

For taster #4 we get his duet with Blondie‘s icon Debbie Harry for
a fervid break-up pop gem. Two fabulous voices, one fabulous tune.

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TOUR 2025

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