THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

402-Blondie-Heart of Glass.

1979-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 1.51. A lot of the Debbie Harry fan base were not pleased at the bands change in musical style, but I bet they left her posters on their walls.

In 1978 the successful music producer Mike Chapman (see also best songs 860-773 and 686) who had already had a string of hits with acts including The Sweet, Suxi Quatro, and Mud, was drafted in to produce what would become Blondie’s third studio Album ‘Parallel Lines.’ He wanted to know if there were any demo’s from the past that had not been used. Debbie Harry, and Chris Stein played him a song that they had written back in 1974 called ‘Once I Had A Love,’ the song had a slow funky sound, with a disco beat, for this reason the band referred to it as ‘The Disco Song.’ Chapman convinced them to record the track in a Disco style, and ‘Heart of Glass’ was born, thus projecting the band Blondie in to the mainstream, and making them household names. Up until this point Blondie had been a Rock, and New Wave outfit, respected among their peers, but many of their early fan base chose to disown them, citing that they had sold out.

Debbie Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1st, 1945, in Miami, Florida, United States. At the age of three months she was adopted by Catherine and Richard Harry, and renamed Deborah Ann Harry. She began her musical career as a backing singer in the Folk Rock band ‘The Wind in the Willows’ in the late 1960’s. In 1974 she joined the ‘Stilettoes,’ which was where she first met Chris Stein, who became her boyfriend, and the two would go on to form the band Blondie. The band took their name from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled ‘Hey Blondie’ to Harry as they drove past her. In total Blondie have recorded 11 studio Albums between 1976-2017, there have also been 45 singles released, including remixes. In the UK Blondie have achieved six Number 1 singles, the first five topped the chart between 1979-1981, with ‘Marie’ reaching Number 1 in 1999, which was taken from ‘No Exit,’ the bands first Album in 17 years.

‘Heart of Glass’ was the 10th single release by Blondie, and taken from the bands third studio Album ‘Parallel Lines,’ it was co-written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and produced by Mike Chapman. There have been 16 members of Blondie throughout the years, but the six who recorded this track, and Album were Debbie Harry (vocals) Chris Stein (guitar) Clem Burke (drums) Jimmy Destri (keyboards) Nigel Harrison (bass) and Frank Infante (guitar.)

‘Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out to be a pain in the ass.Seemed like the real thing only to find, mucho mistrust love’s gone behind.’