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About This Track
“Heart of Glass” is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. Featured on the band’s third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, most notably in the United Kingdom and United States.
Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
History
“Heart of Glass” was originally recorded in 1975 under the name “Once I Had a Love,” and was much slower with a blues/reggae vibe to it. The song was frequently performed on tours, then was re-recorded with the same title in 1978, when the song was made a bit more rock-oriented. When Blondie recorded the album Parallel Lines, disco was big on the music scene, and producer Mike Chapman decided to give the song the disco twist that made the song what it is today, and one of the best-known Blondie recordings. For the single release the track was remixed by Chapman with the double-tracked bass drum even more accentuated.
The song was released in January 1979, and reached number one in both the US and the UK. The UK B-side was “Rifle Range”, from Blondie’s self titled debut album while the US single used the Parallel Lines track “11:59”. The accompanying music video for “Heart of Glass” was filmed at Studio 54 in New York City.
Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
History
“Heart of Glass” was originally recorded in 1975 under the name “Once I Had a Love,” and was much slower with a blues/reggae vibe to it. The song was frequently performed on tours, then was re-recorded with the same title in 1978, when the song was made a bit more rock-oriented. When Blondie recorded the album Parallel Lines, disco was big on the music scene, and producer Mike Chapman decided to give the song the disco twist that made the song what it is today, and one of the best-known Blondie recordings. For the single release the track was remixed by Chapman with the double-tracked bass drum even more accentuated.
The song was released in January 1979, and reached number one in both the US and the UK. The UK B-side was “Rifle Range”, from Blondie’s self titled debut album while the US single used the Parallel Lines track “11:59”. The accompanying music video for “Heart of Glass” was filmed at Studio 54 in New York City.
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Shouts
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shoegazefan wrote:
<3
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Franky___Turton wrote:
A Moroderish classik.
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Poops_McGee wrote:
"Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind." <3
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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
...bought this when it came out on 12" for myself on my 18th birthday together with King Rocker on pink vinyl....(showing my age now!).......lol ......Debbie was hot circa 1978/9.........
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Daniel_Green wrote:
Once I had a love and it was a gas Soon turned out, I had a heart of glass
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greene1994 wrote:
jamming to this forever JAMMING TO THIS FOREVER
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Argon64 wrote:
wtf? is this the Yoko cover? certain that's NOT Ms Harry's voice and the band sounds like a casio program, musak, or some such other kind of elevator music reproduction. yuck.
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TheMaster9000 wrote:
Love this one.
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Sidnea wrote:
Nossa! Viajei no tempo.....tempo em que curti muito, dancei muito! Nenhuma época foi melhor que os anos 80! Quem viveu sabe do que estou falando, tudo tinha uma certa magia, um toque de inocência!
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linkntinks wrote:
Heart of glass.... funky,kool,disco-e,new age.... what else can I say! very colorful...
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davidgeorgea wrote:
I love the Blondie songs ....you have to turn up the volume ......(*_*)....
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starfloka wrote:
this version sounds like my mom doing karaoke [3]
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toesgirl wrote:
This always makes me think of when I was backpacking through rural georgia in the late 70's. such good times but all my poor friends are now dead from a strain of swine flu engineered by the CIA. Now I just console myself with Moet and blondie. night after night.
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farfafarf wrote:
this version sounds like my mom doing karaoke [2]
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nicolepje wrote:
this version sounds like my mom doing karaoke
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claudia1927 wrote:
my like
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MarkLepe wrote:
New Wave Club, Vertigos in Downtown L.A
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mrsongbird wrote:
This was their best ! I love Debbie Harry"s voice !
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rainy-dog wrote:
"purely 80s-I don't think there is a better song song to represent those years than this." - actually, it was recorded in 1978 and released as a single in 1979.
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CrazySavage wrote:
is blondie song?
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