When New Wave icons Blondie released 'Heart of Glass' in 1978, longtime fans accused the band of selling out. The song's disco beat turned off a lot of people, who thought the group was jumping on 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 ...

To mark Debbie Harry's birthday today, enjoy this archive feature from Uncut's August 2008 issue, in which Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke and taskmaster/producer Mike Chapman relive the disco-punk ...

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, ...

Kelly Clarkson’s latest “Kellyoke” performance kicks some serious “glass.” Clarkson covered Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” during the “Kellyoke” segment of her show Wednesday. It’s classic Clarkson, ...

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 ...

Blondie's single "Heart of Glass"—released 40 years ago this month—wasn't supposed to be a hit. It wasn't even supposed to be on an album. When the band entered the studio to record 1978's now-classic ...

Today, “Heart of Glass” is a classic dance song. Salon reports it was originally supposed to be comic and ironic. It was one of the first songs Blondie member Chris Stein penned for the band. Harry ...

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 ...

Arcade Fire are currently touring Reflektor around the U.S. en route to Coachella (which begins this weekend). As ArcadeFireTube notes, they covered Blondie last night at a show in Houston, Texas.

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 ...