The song became an international smash after its 1979 single release, transforming the band's breakthrough album into a ...

“Heart of Glass” is a perfect blend of disco, rock, and pop. Blondie successfully merged these styles, creating a fresh and exciting sound. The track is upbeat and funky, yet still has the raw energy ...

In 1979, Blondie scored their first No. 1 hit with “Heart Of Glass”. On the band’s third studio album, Parallel Lines, “Heart Of Glass” was written by band members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. “Heart ...

“I liked disco music,” he tells us. “I didn't have any anxiety about doing that song. That was part of the whole thing.” In the end, it was Blondie who had the last laugh. On April 28 that same year, ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Until 1978, Blondie was a punk band with a cult following and not much visibility in the U.S. beyond New York’s Lower East Side. Eager for a hit album, Chrysalis, the band’s label, paired Blondie with ...

It finally happened. Punk crossed over in America. It just had to become disco first. All through the mid-to-late '70s, the era of disco and soft rock, punk rock had been percolating in Manhattan ...

Invisible Hits is a column in which Tyler Wilcox scours the internet for the best (and strangest) bootlegs, rarities, outtakes, and live clips. A futuristic hybrid of Studio 54 fantasy and CBGB cool, ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Missy Elliott is a true pioneer of modern hip-hop. She is fearlessly bold and candid, paving the way for women in a genre that has been dominated by men. Blondie, fronted by Debbie Harry, are a band ...