A Rose By Any Name

The lead single from Blondie's Ghosts of Download album, this song features The Gossip's frontwoman Beth Ditto on lead vocals with Debbie Harry. It was released as a digital download on June 21, 2013.

The phrase "A rose by any other name" originates from a dialogue in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet argues that the name is of little consequence, what matters is the inherent qualities of the person or thing: "What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes."

This was written by Blondie keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen and his wife Laurel Katz-Bohen. The couple previously penned the Panic of Girls single, "What I Heard."