[31] Harry also said that the T-shirts used by the male members of the band in the video were made by herself. Inspired by Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder, Blondie transformed their campy “Once I Had A Love” into a Roland-driven juggernaut and never looked back. Harry said that "'Heart of Glass' was one of the first songs Blondie wrote, but it was years before we recorded it properly. Check out Heart Of Glass by Blondie on Amazon Music. [97] The cover elicited praise from Blondie themselves, with them stating "We think @MileyCyrus nailed it" on their social media. The album was reissued and remastered in 2001 along with Blondie's back catalog and featured four bonus tracks: a 1978 demo of "Heart of Glass", live cover of T. Rex's song "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" and two live tracks taken from Picture This Live live album. This reflected the hybrid nature of the song, the combination of a drum machine that was typically used in the context of dance music with the actual drum sound that was a traditional aspect of rock recordings. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was releas…, "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. To synchronize the actual drum play with the drum machine, the drums were also recorded on separate tracks, with the bass drum recorded separately from the rest of the drums. "[11], Despite the controversy, the song was a huge hit and helped propel Blondie from cult group to mainstream icons. Everything Releases Artists Labels. We'd tried it as a ballad, as reggae, but it never quite worked", and that "the lyrics weren't about anyone. [97] "Heart of Glass" was included on her seventh studio album Plastic Hearts. According to Harry, "Heart of Glass" made the band pariahs in the eyes of many of their fellow musicians in the New York music scene. Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Once I had a love and it was a gasSoon turned out had a heart of glassSeemed like the real thing only to findMucho mistrust, love's gone…. For the guitars, each guitar part was again recorded on separate tracks. Also available in the iTunes Store. RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2006. [26] The production of "Heart of Glass" was discussed in detail by Richard Allinson and Steve Levine on the BBC Radio 2 radio program The Record Producers that was aired on May 25, 2009. We kept one 'pain in the ass' in – and the BBC bleeped it out for radio."[11]. As explained in the program, the production of "Heart of Glass" was built around the use of a Roland CR-78 drum machine. A 5:50 version of "Heart of Glass" was first released as a 12-inch single in December 1978. The song had a slower, funkier sound with a basic disco beat. As best I remember, this was the first big hit for Blondie. We couldn't keep saying that, so we came up with: 'Soon turned out, had a heart of glass.' 6 SONGS, 31 MINUTES. In the UK, it was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in February 1979, also for sales of one million copies. He liked it – he thought it was fascinating and started to pull it into focus. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1979 Vinyl release of "Heart Of Glass" on Discogs. "Heart of Glass" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. It was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. By virtue of the song's unqualified success, reaching number one in both the U.S. and the U.K. and beyond, the stakes for the new wave/punk movement had been raised. The master release list below contains editions of the 1978/79 single with the following "B" sides. It was precisely 40 years ago that Bob Marley released his final album, Uprising, the climax to his political trilogy (with Survival and Confrontation) that was left unfinished after Marley was taken by cancer in 1981. Contrary to popular belief, it was not filmed at the Studio 54 nightclub; Chris Stein said that "in the video, there's a shot of the legendary Studio 54, so everyone thought we shot the video there, but it was actually in a short-lived club called the Copa or something". 58 in Billboard's Disco Top 80 chart. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in 1979 and topped the…, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The band itself has acknowledged the success of the song in helping their careers and has downplayed criticism of the song, pointing out that they always experimented with different styles of music and that "Heart of Glass" was their take on disco. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. 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. In the US, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1979, representing sales of one million copies. The song is Gisele's and Sinclar's charity single for the H&M 2014 campaign. Listen Now Buy song $1.29. "[32] Reviewing the Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision DVD for Pitchfork, Jess Harvell wrote that while "owning your own copy of 'Heart of Glass' may not seem as cool [anymore]... there's the always luminous Deborah Harry, who would give boiling asparagus an erotic charge, all while looking too bored to live."[33]. It was my last year of … Official video of Blondie performing Heart Of Glass from the album Parallel Lines. Editors' Notes Between 1976 and 1980, Blondie released a peerless string of singles that reshaped the pop mainstream with underground attitude.

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