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Released1979
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© 1979 Blondie Music, Inc.
℗ 1979 Blondie Music, Inc.

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Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri wrote this song with lead singer Debbie Harry, who claimed in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, "He was trying to do something like 'Heart Of Glass,' and then somehow or another we gave it the spaghetti western treatment. Before that it was just lying there like a lox. The lyrics, well, a lot of the time I would write while the band were just playing the song and trying to figure it out. I would just be scatting along with them and I would just start going, 'Ooooooh, your hair is beautiful.'"


The top '70s fashion model Gia appears in the video, which was directed by David Mallet and featured the band in a post-apocalyptic world. Gia is seen in the beginning getting out of a limo and shows up periodically throughout the video dancing; wearing a miniskirt, sunglasses and a red slinky around her neck. The scenes are very brief and you need to watch the video several times to know when to catch these glimpses of her.


This is Blondie's best selling single in the UK, with 1,180,000 in sales.

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