I've complained about Record Store Day on this blog before: it's too expensive, too limited and too attractive for scalpers. That...

One band that continues to release albums on a regular basis is Blondie. Their latest release 'Pollinator' is due soon, and this s...

The second single from Blondie's self-titled debut album, 'In the flesh' was written by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein. It was ...

Blondie's 'Heart of glass' was released in January 1979. Almost immediately after its release, it became the subject of controve...

Blondie released 'Atomic' in February 1980 and as such it was their first single of the Eighties. The single reached number 1 in the...

Almost immediately after its release, 'Heart of glass' became the subject of controversy because of its disco sound. At the time, Bl...

'Heart of glass' was originally recorded by Blondie in 1975 under the name 'Once I had a love', and was much slower with a b...

'Rapture' is a combination of New Wave pop, funk, jazz and rap music, with the rap section forming an extended coda. While it was no...

'The tide is high' was written in 1967 by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. The song was popula...

The track 'Atomic' was composed by Jimmy Destri and Debbie Harry. According to Harry, 'He was trying to do something like 'H...

'Call me' was the main theme of the movie 'American gigolo'. Producer Giorgio Moroder originally asked Stevie Nicks and Flee...

'Sunday girl' was the fourth single to be taken from Blondie's album 'Parallel lines'. Two versions of the song were inc...

'Hanging on the telephone' was written by Jack Lee. It was first performed by Lee's short-lived US West Coast power pop trio The...

'Picture this' was a track on Blondie's 1978 album 'Parallel lines', written by Chris Stein, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Dest...

Joe Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty wrote 'I'm gonna love you too', originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. Mauldin ...

'Denis' seemed to be Blondie's debut single when it charted in the Netherlands in 1978, but in reality the band had already been...

'Union city blue' was written by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison and was recorded on Blondie's 1979 album 'Eat to the beat...

While in most of the world 'Union city blue' was released as the second single from Blondie's 1979 album 'Eat to the beat...

In 1988, Blondie's record company released 'Once more into the bleach', an album of remixes of Blondie hits. It also contained m...

'War child' was a song on Blondie's sixth studio album 'The hunter'. It was written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison. ...