The title comes up in gleaming white cursive letters, looking like the old '50s Chevrolet logo, as an ominous synthetic drone rings out on the soundtrack. That drone gets louder and louder, and then ...
If Debbie Harry asks you to call her … you call her. On this day in 1980, Blondie’s “Call Me,” recorded for the Richard Gere-led crime thriller American Gigolo, hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ...
Blondie’s “Call Me” sounds like a Kiss song that was supposed to combine multiple genres. Gene Simmons hated the song in question from the first time he heard it. He may have made peace with it ...
"Call Me" was a smash across the board for Blondie. And it probably would have done just as well if it had gone to Stevie ...
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 ...
One of the most versatile classic rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s was Blondie. Blondie songs took ideas from many genres, including disco, rock, pop, new wave, doo-wop, rap, and reggae. It’s ...
The title comes up in gleaming white cursive letters, looking like the old '50s Chevrolet logo, as an ominous synthetic drone rings out on the soundtrack. That drone gets louder and louder, and then ...