When was rapture by blondie

Toe to toe, dancing very close Body breathing, almost comatose Wall to wall, people hypnotized And they're stepping lightly Hang each night, in Rapture Back to back, sacroiliac Spineless movement and a wild attack Face to face, sightless solitude And it's finger popping Twenty four hour shopping in Rapture Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly D. V 'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the T. V's on And now he's gone, back up to space Where he won't have a hassle with the human race And you hip hop, and you don't stop Just blast off, sure shot 'Cause the man from Mars stopped eating cars And eating bars, and now he only eats guitars, get up.

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Angels On the Balcony 2. Yet Flash said that Blondie helped introduce hip-hop — and it — to a wider audience. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Recover your password. Home Entertainment. Getty Images. Related Articles. While Blondie may not have invented rap music, they were instrumental in facilitating its transition from the periphery to the mainstream.

By bridging genres and styles, Blondie carved out a space and an audience for rap music in the American mainstream music scene, laying the groundwork for the hip hop revolution in the later s. Apr 14, Louise Flatley. Photo by Getty Images. Blondie, In January , "Rapture" was released as the second and final single from the album. The song became their fourth and last single to reach No.

Billboard Hot chart, where it stayed for two weeks. It was the first No. The song peaked at No. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mids. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although 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 Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles including "Call Me", "Atomic" and "Heart of Glass" and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco,pop,rap, and reggae, while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.

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