The album peaked at number four in the United Kingdom and number 30 in the United States, while becoming the band's only number-one album in Australia. Rapture is a song by the American pop/rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980). Label: Chrysalis - PC 8664 • Format: Vinyl 12 Blondie - Rapture (1981, Vinyl) | Discogs Blondie's four #1 hits on the US Hot 100 were "Heart of Glass" ('79), "Call Me" and "The Tide Is High" ('80), and "Rapture" ('81). 14 in Australia and No. [2] [3]. [6] Much of the video is a one-take scene of Debbie Harry dancing down the street, passing by graffiti artists, Uncle Sam, an American Indian, child ballet dancer, and a goat. Her only boy/girl scenes were done with her then boyfriend Tony Montana, but she did plenty of lesbian flicks to keep everyone happy. Fab Five Freddy and graffiti artists Lee Quinones and Jean-Michel Basquiat make cameo appearances. The forty-seven track compilation contains the A- and B-sides of all singles issued by the band in the U.S. and the UK between the years 1976 and 1982 in chronological order, five demo recordings made before the release of their debut album including an alternative version of "Heart of Glass", as well as two 1994 dance remixes of their hits "Atomic" and "Rapture". The song became their fourth and last single to reach number one on the U.S. "Atomic" is a song by American rock band Blondie from their fourth studio album, Eat to the Beat (1979). 8 in the U.S. The song gained international attention in 1980, when a reggae version by the American band Blondie became a US/UK number one hit. ブロンディ（Blondie）は、アメリカ合衆国出身のロック・バンド。. Video The album track "Live It Up" was also extended and remixed for the B-side of the non-U.S. 12" single. In January 1981, "Rapture" was released as the second and final single from the album. The compilation was part of a 2-disc set called Blondie 4(0) Ever which included their 10th studio album Ghosts of Download and marked the 40th anniversary of the forming of the band. 8 in Australia. Before I get to the song itself, I want to dispel the idea that “Rapture” was any kind of cutting edge song. 1 on the UK album chart in October 1979 and was certified Platinum by the BPI. Peaking at No. Most of the 7" singles had Walk Like Me as the 'b" side, though there were others. In 2005, "Rapture" was "mashed" with The Doors' 1971 single "Riders on the Storm" into "Rapture Riders" by Go Home Productions. The rapture is an eschatological concept held by some Christians, particularly within branches of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all Christian believers who are alive, along with resurrected believers, will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." The Doors – Rapture Riders", Dutchcharts.nl – Blondie vs. https://musicvideo.fandom.com/wiki/Rapture_(Blondie)?oldid=213867. It was also included in the setlist for their 2005 tour, "The Erasure Show". "Rapture" is a combination of disco, funk, and hip hop with the rap section forming an extended coda. 1 for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it became the band's biggest single and second No. It was also sampled by Won-G for his single "Caught Up in the Rapture", and was interpolated by rapper KRS-One on his 1997 single "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)". Other than the original remixes from 1981, the first official remix of "Rapture" can be found on the 1988 compilation album Once More into the Bleach . One-take, Party Originally designed to follow in the footsteps of Young's earlier \"pretty girl\" creations Beautiful Bab and Dumb Dora, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop—a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. The song was featured on their 1979 studio album Eat to the Beat. It was written by Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri and produced by Craig Leon. " Rapture " is a song by the American pop rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980). Blondie rates highly as the single most popular and successful group to emerge from the 1970s New York City punk/New Wave music scene. The song later appeared on Super Eurobeat Volume 1 in 1994. Drummer Clem Burke, bass player Gary Valentine and keyboardist Jimmy Destri joined the band in 1975. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was emphasized by a "Blondie is a group" button campaign by the band in 1979. The song was also sampled by the Jungle Brothers in the song "In Days 2 Come" from the album "Done by the Forces of Nature". It was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. The Best of Blondie is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Blondie. [10] "Rapture Riders" made the top 10 on the U.S. "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt, originally produced by Duke Reid and performed by the Jamaican group The Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. 全世界のアルバム・セールスは4000万枚以上。 It also hit No. The British girl group Atomic Kitten also had a number one hit with their version of the song in 2002, while Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall had a minor hit with his interpretation in 2008. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles including "Heart of Glass", "Call Me", "Rapture" and "The Tide Is High". Blondie – Rapture. Blondie. Like "Rapture," it featured a white female vocalist doing a rap (Tina Weymouth). Elements of "Rapture" were recreated for the Joe Pesci song "Wise Guy", in which he raps in-character as Vincent LaGuardia Gambini from the film My Cousin Vinny . During 1980/81 Rapture was issued as both a 7" and 12" "A" side in varying lengths and mixes. 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Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison, the song was inspired lyrically by Harry's experiences while acting in the 1980 film Union City as well as her New Jersey roots. English synthpop duo Erasure covered "Rapture" in 1997 album (featured as a B-side track in the UK and included on the U.S. version of their album Cowboy ), with Vince Clarke providing the rap. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for two weeks. Rapture (Blondie song) - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia. The Doors. The liner notes contain extensive interviews with band members Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Frank Infante and Gary Valentine. This is the discography of American new wave band Blondie.Since 1976 they have released 11 studio albums, 4 live albums, 14 compilation albums, 3 remix albums and 38 singles.The band has sold an estimated 40 million albums. 1 on the U.S. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie is a compilation album of recordings by the band Blondie released by EMI/Chrysalis Records in the UK and the rest of Europe in late 1998, at the time when the band reunited and shortly before the beginning of Blondie's successful comeback tour. Rapture (Blondie) It was also included on Blondie's 2005 Greatest Hits: Sight + Sound compilation. In 1981, "Harper's Bazaar" named her to their 10 Most Beautiful Women in America list. 17, it was one of Billboard's top 10 albums of 1980. "Maria" is a song by American band Blondie. The song peaked at number four in Australia and number five in the United Kingdom. Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. Grandmaster Flash scratch mixed "Rapture" on his single "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" and also included the track on his 2002 DJ mix album Essential Mix: Classic Edition , editing out all the rap parts. In January 1981, "Rapture" was released as the second and final single from the album. Blondie 's video for their hit song "Rapture" featured a cameo appearance New York artist/ Andy Warhol disciple Jean Michel Basquiat, whose life was portrayed in the film Basquiat (1996). 1. Blondie was founded by singer/songwriter Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein in 1974. Label: Chrysalis - VV 58277,EMI - VV 58277 • Format: 2x, Vinyl 12 Blondie - Rapture (1994, Vinyl) | Discogs The Special Disco Mix has a different introduction and a longer instrumental break with new percussion overdubbed, and includes the extra verse, making it 10 minutes long. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for two weeks. A slightly different edit with the extra verse (5:33) appeared on the band's first "greatest hits" compilation The Best of Blondie in 1981. Written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the album's third single. Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1981 Vinyl release of Rapture = Rapto on Discogs. 7 in the US, and No. Fab Five Freddy and graffiti artists Lee Quiñones and Jean-Michel Basquiat make cameo appearances. It also reached No. 女性ボーカリスト デボラ・ハリーが在籍し、1970年代末から隆盛した「ニュー・ウェイヴ」の代表的グループとして知られる。 1982年に一度解散したが、1997年に再結成。. This 8-minute version was included on the 1994 UK CD edition of Autoamerican and was reissued as part of EMI's 15-disc Blondie Singles Box in 2004. The band were pioneers in the American punk and then the new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1981 Vinyl release of Rapture on Discogs. The album was certified Platinum in the US, where it spent a year on the Billboard album chart. It differs from a commune in that it is u… Eat to the Beat is the fourth studio album by American band Blondie. This buxom temptress gave her all to every film she was in. Label: Chrysalis - CHSC 2485 • Format: Vinyl 12 Blondie - Rapture = Rapto (1981, Vinyl) | Discogs [12] [13], ^shipments figures based on certification alone. Genre: Disco, hip hop, New Wave, Album: Autoamerican, Peak: 1 (2/14/81 - 5/16/81, 14 weeks), Chart Run: 32 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 7 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 6 - 14 - 31 Rapture was the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV. 1 single and RPM magazine's No. Hot Dance Club Play chart and was a top-40 hit in Australia and Europe. WikiMili. "Heart of Glass" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Set in the Upper East Side, the "Man from Mars" or "voodoo god" (dancer William Barnes in the white suit and top hat, who choreographed the video) is the introductory and central figure. In 2000, it was sampled once more by Glamma Kid on his single "Bills 2 Pay". Keef It was released in November 1980 and reached No. The 13-track compilation contains remixes of Blondie songs and material from Debbie Harry's solo career. The 'b' sides of the 7" include: The 12" version had either Live It Up or Walk Like Me, both available in various mixes. The track was remixed again and reissued as a single in both the UK and the US in 1994 this time peaking at No. [9] This remix was included on compilations The Platinum Collection , Beautiful: The Remix Album and Remixed Remade Remodeled: The Remix Project . 1 in the UK and Canada, where it became their fourth and second chart-topper, respectively. The US 7" single, also issued with a different cover picture, used the Autoamerican album version and the US 12" single used a version with an additional verse, making it just 40 seconds longer. Rapture. A Blondie amerikai rockegyüttes, amely az 1970-es évek második felében vált híressé, és világszerte több mint 60 millió albumot adott el. Produced and co-written by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder and released in the US in early 1980 as a single, "Call Me" was No. Music Video Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Barnes also choreographed the piece. The picture of Debbie Harry used for the UK editions of the original 7" and 12" "Rapture" singles was later used for the cover of 1995 compilation Beautiful: The Remix Album . "One Way or Another" is a song by American new wave band Blondie from their 1978 album Parallel Lines. Theme / Concept The Platinum Collection is a two disc compilation album of recordings by Blondie released by EMI/Chrysalis in 1994. Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. "Denise" is a song written by Neil Levenson. No Exit is the seventh studio album by American rock band Blondie.It was released on February 15, 1999, by Beyond Music. Blondie, Soundtrack: Ready Player One. Blondie re-recorded the song for their 2014 compilation album Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux. Has admitted to getting a face lift. 3 in Canada. Beginning with her debut performance in Cheerleader Academy (1986), Blondi demonstrated a fiery passion in each role she undertook. 1981 single by Blondie. For the UK and other market single releases, producer Mike Chapman remixed the track completely. The song was inspired by his childhood friend, Denise Lefrak. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry's experience with a stalker in the early 1970s, an incident which forced her to move away from New Jersey. The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music. Blondi, Actress: Lucy Makes It Big. 3 in the UK charts, No. It was the first number-one song in the U.S. to feature rap vocals. Taken from their album No Exit (1999), it was the band's first new release since 1982. Released in 1981, it was taken from her gold-selling debut solo album KooKoo. A cover version by the American new wave group Blondie, re-titled "Denis", reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1978. [5] Set in the East Village section of Manhattan, the "Man from Mars" or "voodoo god" (dancer William Barnes in the white suit and top hat) is the introductory and central figure. "Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film American Gigolo. Neither act knew the other was working on a rap song - Blondie was recording in New … Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The UK 7" version (4:59) was an edit of this Special Disco Mix without the extra verse. Rapture, a 2012 album by Romeo's Daughter; The Rapture, by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1995; Songs and instrumental works "Rapture" (Blondie song), 1980 "Rapture" (iiO song), 2001 "Rapture" (Hurt song), 2006 "Rapture" (Morbid Angel song), 1993; Rapture (composition), a 2000 orchestral composition by Christopher Rouse Rapture (Blondie song) Last updated June 29, 2020. In 2004 at VH1's annual Diva's Live concert, Debbie Harry performed "Rapture" with rapper Eve, who performed her own original rap. 75 in the United Kingdom. Musically, the song features a drum part composed by drummer Clem Burke. The next solitary was the rap-oriented “Rapture,” which topped … Basquiat was hired when Grandmaster Flash did not show for the filming. The final shot is a one-take scene of Debbie Harry dancing along the street, passing by graffiti artists, Uncle Sam, a Native American and a goat. It was the band's first album in 17 years and features the UK number-one single "Maria".As of March 2006, the album had sold two million copies worldwide. Year Curious for a New York band, they did even better on the UK charts, scoring additional #1s on the UK Singles charts with "Sunday Girl" ('79), and "Atomic" ('81). Blondie YouTube. Certainly the group was aware of Gil Scott-Heron (“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”) if not “The Last Poets” and similar groups. In 1963, the song became a popular top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, when recorded by the American doo-wop group Randy & the Rainbows. Written by Chris Stein, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri, the song features evocative lyrics that producer Mike Chapman surmised were written by Harry about Stein. Her recordings with the band reached No. Like Blondie, Tom Tom Club was immersed in the New York music scene and influenced by hip-hop. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although highly successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. Blondie - Rapture Rapture was the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 Vinyl release of Rapture on Discogs. This unofficial mashup remix was later approved by both bands and released as a single credited to Blondie vs. "Union City Blue" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. In the year-end chart of 1980, it was Billboard's No. A Blondie classic is hard to characterize. [7] [8] The UK 7" version of the song is used in the video. The crew investigates the 1982 death of a young talented graffiti artist who died from a fatal dose of spray paint down his throat. Once More into the Bleach is a remix album released in December 1988 by the band Blondie and Debbie Harry. Director The Doors – Rapture Riders", Ultratop.be – Blondie vs. Artist "Rapture" is a song by the American pop/rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980). Meanwhile, Miller meets her ex's new wife and Lilly continues following Moe. Label 1 song in the U.S. to feature rap. Released in 2003, it was the only single to be released from their eighth studio album The Curse of Blondie. It was released on October 31, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. "Picture This" is a 1978 song by the American rock band Blondie, released on their third album, Parallel Lines. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. The group has produced both hits and experiments in multiple musical genres to dizzying and dazzling effect - raw punk gems; goofy homages to girl groups, comics, and B films; hard, fast rock; and gorgeous melanges of disco, rap and techno pop. The song's music was composed by bassist Nigel Harrison, who introduced the Ventures-influenced track to keyboardist Jimmy Destri. –. Az együttes az amerikai punk rock és new wave zene elterjedésének egyik úttörője volt. The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie is a greatest hits album released on March 4, 1991, by Chrysalis Records. [23] Label: Chrysalis - 7243 8 58277 2 3,Chrysalis - F2 58277 • Format: CD Maxi-Single • Country: US • Genre: Electronic, Rock • Style: New Wave, Pop Rock, House, Disco Blondie did not invent rap, or for that matter, “white rap,” whatever that might be. Andrew Ryan named his city after the goal he set in mind: To create a paradise free from all the people he saw as \"Parasites\", a place of true rapture.In terms of its philosophical underpinnings, Rapture can best be described as a \"gulch\", (a term derived from Galt's Gulch in the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged), which is a localized underground economic and social community of free-minded individuals. Unknown ; No Label specified year 1981 theme / Concept One-take, Party video.... 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