Blondie / Heart of Glass (1979)
Blondie / Heart of Glass (1979)

[ Once I had a love and it was a gas . soon turned out had a heart of glass . seemed like the real thing, only to find . mucho mistrust, love's gone behind . once I had a love and it was divine . soon found out I was losing my mind . it seemed like the real thing but I was so blind . mucho mistrust, love's gone behind . In between . what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine . love is so confusing there's no peace of mind . if I fear I'm losing you it's just no good . you teasing like you do . Lost inside . adorable illusion and I cannot hide . I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside . we could've made it cruising, yeah

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light. ]



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[Edited 8/12/08 13:34pm]

Great song Has anyone heard the 1995 remixes?

One of my all time faves...GREAT disco record.

I LOVE this song. One of my favorite Blondie songs, no question.

purplecam said:

Purplecam, we seem to love the same music! I love this too, Debbie Harry was my idol when I was really young, I thought she was amazing. I love 'Atomic' too, it's kind of my 'theme' song! Blondie were so, so cool....

Jeffiner said:

Great minds think alike!!!
Debbie Harry was cool. She was rough and sexy and it wasn't something phony, it was real and it came across in the music too. Blondie kicks ass.
[Edited 8/11/08 12:05pm]

purplecam said:

SO true, she didn't have to try, she just WAS sexy, in the true sense of the word, and I so wanted to be like her!

Jeffiner said:

so true

I really like the drum playing on this song.

Hell yeah. That was a great song.

I've played this about 30+ times in the last 24 hours.

Is this Disco?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

There's a disco ball in the vid.

My mom has the vinyl

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It isn't.

Many people regard it as a classic disco song, but in reality, "Heart of Glass" was not a big hit in American clubs nationally. It didn't even break the top 50 of Billboard's dance/disco chart when it was released.

Now "Rapture" on the other hand, was BIG in clubs.

I absolutely love Heart of Glass. This is the jam that began my love affair with Blondie. I prefer the "disco" version (5:50 - actually the version that was originally on the Parallel Lines album) to this single remix (same one that was on the Best of Blondie) - that one was really messed up. How could they remix a song and leave out the main hook that drew you in the first place? Terrible! Even the edit of the album version is better than this.

sextonseven said:

Sticklers are we (This is why I keep coming back M:N-P)

Ok, ok, so it isn't full-fledged disco. More like disco-pastiche turned disco-classic. In the same way Rod Stewart's "D'yTIS?" or Rolling Stones' "Miss You" are now regarded.

Given the backlash disco had shortly after this was released, this song could have ruined Blondie. I'm relieved it didn't.

Suprisingly, I hear "Heart of Glass" at more nightclubs than I do "Rapture."

Ok, org, I changed the title. Little longwinded, but accurate!

Also, don't kill me for parenthesizing 1979 as the year. I'm going off of the '79 single release, not the '78 album version.

Mara said:

I think "Heart of Glass" has aged better than "Rapture".