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"Sunday Girl" is a song recorded by the American new wave band Blondie, from the band's 1978 album Parallel Lines. Written by guitarist Chris Stein, the song was inspired by Debbie Harry's cat, who was named Sunday Man—the cat had recently run away, inspiring the song's "plaintive" nature.
Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 8, 1978, [2] by Chrysalis Records.An instant critical and commercial success, the album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1979 and proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the United States, where it reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in April 1979.
Blondie's next single in the US was a more aggressive rock song, "One Way or Another" (US number 24), [4] though in the UK, an alternate single choice, "Sunday Girl", became a number one hit. [26] Parallel Lines has been ranked number 140 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest albums of all time. [34]
"Heart of Glass" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. It was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries, including the United States Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.
"One Way or Another" is a song by American new wave band Blondie from their 1978 album Parallel Lines. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry's experience with a stalker in the early 1970s, an incident which forced her to move away from New Jersey.
As the frontwoman of Blondie, Debbie was a blast of arctic fresh air across ’70s and ’80s music. From her punk rock roots to her glam-rock style, every game she was in she took charge.
Blondie's cover of "Hanging on the Telephone" has seen critical acclaim since its release, with several writers praising the song as an improvement on the original song. Rolling Stone called the song "immortal and breathless," [ 11 ] while Tom Maginnis of AllMusic praised the song's "driving power and infectious melody."
It's a rendition of the Billie Holiday classic "Gloomy Sunday" so incredible, you'd hardly know it came from a 7-year-old. This performance earned Angelina Jordan Asta a standing ovation on the ...