Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
Classic rock, pop, and soul songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
So far this week we’ve featured songs titled “Call Me” by Petula Clark/Chris Montez, Aretha Franklin, and Al Green. Today’s classic song of the day is our final “Call Me” of the week, this one by Blondie. This “Call Me” was featured in the film American Gigolo and, when released as a single in February of 1980, went all the…
After yesterday’s “Daydream Believer,” today’s classic dreaming song of the day is “Dreaming” by Blondie. Released in September of 1979, this single peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the Cash Box Top 100. It peaked higher in the UK, at #2 on the charts. “Dreaming” is, perhaps, Blondie’s most pure New Wave track. It was…
Today’s classic song from the late ’70s of the day is “Heart of Glass” by Blondie. Released in January of 1979, this danceable little number went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. (Surprisingly for a dance tune, it only hit #58 on Billboard’s Disco chart.) It was also a number-one hit in Australia,…
Today’s classic song of the day is “The Tide is High” by Blondie. Released in October of 1980, the single went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and around the world; it hit the top spot in Canada, New Zealand, and the UK, and was a Top 10 hit in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa,…
Your classic early MTV song of the day today is “Rapture” by Blondie. Like yesterday’s classic song, “Kid,” “Rapture” actually predates the launch of MTV. “Rapture” was included on the group’s 1980 album, Autoamerican, and released as a single in January of 1981. The song got a lot of radio play before the MTV channel launched in August of that…