Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotized
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture

Back to back
Sacroiliac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack

Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly
Dj spinnin' I said, "My My"
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night
And eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow
'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars
He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall
Door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
Said don't stop to punk rock

Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
And now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Iricom US Ltd, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Deborah Harry, Christopher Stein

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Charles Jones Sr

33w↑1

@Mark Frieser I don't have any prejudice. I'm just stating the facts. How did this song bring rap to the masses when there were rap/hip hop artists out there already?
The Sugarhill Gang
The Sequence(although not a rap group but the first females to record a rap song)
Kurtis Blow
The Fatback Bands release of King Tim III
The Mercedes Girls
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Just to name a few.
Now I'm born and raised in Cleveland Ohio and was ages 7-9 when these groups came out.

Charles Jones Sr

@Sunova Distribution N.Z. Ok. Rap/hip hop song is a song where there's rapping from beginning to the end.
For example
1.The Sugarhill Gang's
Rapper's Delight
The Sequence's
Funk You Up
3. Kurtis Blow's The Breaks
4. Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde
Genius Rap
You can't sing then all of a sudden bust a rap in the middle of the song.
If that were the case
songs like
1.Oop Upside Your Head
by The Gap Band
2.Fantastic Voyage by
Lakeside
3.Square Biz by Teena Marie and
4.Reach For It by George Duke
would be considered part of the hip hop genre but they're not and with the exception of Square Biz the rest of the songs I listed were released before years before Rapture.

All comments from YouTube:

Travels in India, London & the UK

3y↑799

Everything about this song is Beautiful!!!

Keith Kemper

the lyrics totally covered it up saying finger poping not true you can clearly hear her say finger fucking

Keith Kemper

including fucking fingers lol 1 min 37 secs

Gambrie Hewert

4w↑1

@Joseph Lowry The guy in the top and tails outfit was the choreographer for the video.

SMOKE 3

8w↑1

You r beautifulllllllll

tim smothers

@Teddy Montana also "B" movie and "Inner city Blues" Love the Bass tracks. Decades old but still holding True!

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chachopaisdead

15w↑289

Punk, Disco, Rap, Blondie reunites all NYC escenes in one song.

Scott ish

Where the punk in this song lol

joneshugh

@Eddie Hawaii IIRC 1st rock to use rap

Charles Jones Sr

@Eddie Hawaii Nope the first rap video was Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang.

Eddie Hawaii

Think of it ... First RAP video ever

atomkraftteddy

@Telley Vestal Change The Beat!

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D P

2w↑7

FACT: First #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 to include rap.

John Whitfield

29w↑321

Blondie is a musical Masterpiece. They were so far ahead of their time with this song. Deborah Harry is a Goddess and lyrical trendsetter. Very few bands if any were rapping over their beats back in 1981.... But she dropped those lines so elegantly and it fit 'like a hand to a glove'...A sign of things to come years later... Now bands collab with rappers... Everybody drops a rap verse in a song....But They did it first... Cudos to Blondie.... Long Live Deborah Harry....

Robb over 9000!!

@Amanda From Wisconsin I didn't know that it was a beauty contest....NOT!!

Amanda From Wisconsin

@Robb over 9000!! But Debbie’s prettier than they are.

Robert Paulson

4w↑1

@Niki King I was gonna say Sugar Hill anyone, but you already did. Music needs white people to get on board before it ca succeed, the American way.

Robb over 9000!!

4w↑1

@Jay Steinberg Sugar hill Gang hit No. 3 R&B chart and 36 on the white chart and the first to have a GOLD ALBUM... When RAP is mentioned no one talks about Blonde one hit song. The artists as followed: Sugar Hill Gang, RUN DMC, LL COOL J, Grand Master Flash and the Furious five, Slick Rick the Ruler and Dougie Fresh. The list goes on. Please, take you and Blondie that features Rap in a song can go fly a kite on a beach with a Pepsi you clown. There were plenty of great bands like the GAP band that feature rap before Blondie. They did not get the recognition bc the band was R&B group. Now, if you want to say a white woman featured a Rap on her song and received a No.1 hit on a white chart. You can have that argument all day. Because, it really means nothing at the end of the day! Just keeping it real....

Jay Steinberg

@Robb over 9000!! Rapture was the first smash hit in the mainstream to feature rap. THAT is the argument, not that Deborah Harry originated the form. And it reached Number One, which, last time I checked, is higher than 36. Please don't have a stroke about it.

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Marijan Brkic

2w↑17

This is a group that is impossible to classify in any specific genre. Punk, Rock, Disco, Funk, even Rap in this song. True icons of their era.

David Tosh

2w↑2

Not to mention urban hip-hop in 1981.

Peter Karargiris

2w↑2

Absolutely, I was saying exactly that to a friend just recently.

Gary Major

48w↑1.7K

I'm a 54 year old black man and I remember jamming to Debbie Harry's rap as a teenager in the early 80s. Everyone I knew liked that song. Musical groups like Blondie were one of the many reasons that the 80s were the best decade ever. I sooo miss the 80s.

rs_steve_ug

Why does your colour matter?

Lindsey Mays

@Greg Berry, I agree that the 60’s and 70’s was superior to the 80’s. The greatest artists in history came out in those decades- The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynard Skynard, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, The Supremes, Sly and the family stone, Earth, wind and fire, the Eagles, ABBA, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Al Green, Heart, Aerosmith, KISS, The mamas and the papas, Jimi Hendrix, The doors, The Steve Miller band ect. Way too many legendary bands/artists to name. The 80’s produced some icons but not like those eras. Not even close. It wasn’t just the music, those decades also had the best cars, the best films, and more iconic people, places, and movements like the beatniks, the hippies, Woodstock, The summer of Love, Studio 54/ Disco, Punk ect. With that being said, I also love the 80’s and agree that it WAS the last truly great decade.

WEST NORTH

Thats so cool and what an awesome time to be alive
Imagine a world without cellphones lol what did we do then

Tony Mcclora

7w↑1

I miss it too. That time was amazing. I wish we could have another decade like that 1.

douche bag

Harry Deborah yeees

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Dana Gilman

18w↑42

In my humble opinion, even though Blondie is immensely popular and very well known, I think they are still very underrated. Their sound and vibe was very unique. Plus Debbie was so damn beautiful

Emil Dickson

28w↑197

The best part was she was already 36 years old here and absolutely killing it on the cutting edge of modern music

PrinceJohnny

3w↑1

36??

Gambrie Hewert

4w↑1

Way ahead of their time.

Jay Steinberg

4w↑3

@Emil Dickson You are certainly correct about all that, but somehow it didn't come across in a statement that seemed very largely to be about her age. Thanks for the clarification.

Emil Dickson

4w↑2

@Jay Steinberg That's my point. She was on the cutting edge of music, in an industry and society that would generally not have had space for a female that age, in that role. Also most creativity comes out of people when they are a lot younger than 36, and this is true for men and women. So props to her.

Jay Steinberg

4w↑1

Why is that so surprising? Funny how we never see people acting shocked about the accomplishments of 30-something male artists.

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stu wilks

33w↑187

Interesting how many people notice Debbie's resemblance to Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface because Debbie actually had one song on the Scarface soundtrack called Rush Rush.

Edward Meredith

Nope. Blonde.features. Whoa, j check bones.her face alone unique beauty.

Charles Jones Sr

@Yeti Bigfoot nope

Yeti Bigfoot

Related!

поджолес

Yeah, I think so too, gosh, i'm not alone, although I sometimes do the look- alikes to spoof...

kelly mcphaul

10w

Thank you, I kept going man, who am I thinking of?

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WebVMan

25w↑17

Busting rhymes in the middle of a pop song before K-Pop existed.

Jaclyn of Jaclynia

2y↑1.4K

Top 10 Rappers Eminem Was Too Afraid To Diss

Eddie Hawaii

@Shaun What other songs RAP during the Disco Years ? this song is 1980 ... Rap ... Yeah maybe that name RAP came out of RAP ture

A Em

18w

He's overrated by the white community.

Me Mr

24w

Lol

Teenasboy50

29w

Hiawatha Smalls Lets not forget Teena Marie Square Biz!!!

Charles Jones Sr

33w

@Gabriel Green You're welcome. And yes I used to go by Hiawatha Smalls.

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Greg Ines

18w↑102

BLONDIE was ~~literally~~ one of the 1st "rappers" to hit the American Top 40 with this song. An historic tidbit, for whatever it's worth.

Charles Jones Sr

@Darren Deagan Actually no. Blondie's album Autoamerican was released November of 1980. Rapture was released as a single in 1981.
Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight was released as single in August of 1979.
And let's not forget Rapture isn't a rap song.

Darren Deagan

@Charles Jones Sr snap!
Released same year, but rapiers delight is a superior “rap” song.
I love it!!! ❤️ I

Buzzy Uncle

Actually the first "rap" song was heard in the movie Godspell...1974...

A Em

@Brofessor Piker 100%.

Brofessor Piker

3w↑1

@A Em That's about as accurate as your grammar.

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Gina Berlin

27w↑165

Who actually thumbs’d this down? Please leave society.

Julian White

@John Whitfield its not even the first rap song LOL and before you argue back sugarhill gang made the first blondie made this in 1980 sugarhill gang was 1979

ergot

Imma go down-thumb it right away

Markie de Sade

17w↑2

@ZINDAO I'm going to say whatever I want, too.Sorry, but it works both ways. Oh, and I'm not male btw.

ZINDAO

17w↑1

@Markie de Sade Don’t be a bully man. Let people have their opinions!

PhD

18w↑1

@Markie de Sade, 😂

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Sheena Colada

32w↑47

Looking at her you'd never know she lived in a broken down one room walk up tenament building in the east village on 7th st. They were really struggling. She never left the village even at the height of her career. Real New Yorker no matter where shes from. Love her.

Ramona Rael

9w↑3

Debbie pays homage to early rappers. Artistic. As always. Music theatre. With rap in it.

Dexenation Gracey

4y↑1.1K

Man, it's kinda weird knowing that Blondie is apart of hip-hop's time-line.

_

Not really, early hip hop and punk both came from the same areas, so they crossed over a lot

Ultima Raza

I did not know this lol

Dexenation Gracey

@Michael Mckenna I admittedly don't know much about Blondie, this is the only other song I know by them.

Michael Mckenna

Why? Blondie they always promoted new black artists and got them noticed. If you look closely at the young guy Debbie raps to in the DJ box that's Jean Michel Basquiat who's art work now sells for millions of dollars these days. Sadly he died young. Debbie's rapping about Fab Five Freddy graffiti artist and Grandmaster Flash one of the originators of rap to a very young Basquiat that these are artists to lookout for that these are up and coming arts. Debbie bought one of he first painting and starred in a short movie with Basquiat at one point. Debbie was working with Nile Rodger and Bernard Edwards 1981

Charles Jones Sr

10w

@john smith No she doesn't deserve the status of a hip hop artist. If the lateTeena Marie who rapped in the sing Square Biz, Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band who rapped in the song Oops Upside Your Head and the song Fantastic Voyage by Lakeside which features two rap verses aren't considered part of the hip hop timeline then neither should Debra. And keep in mind these songs were released before Rapture.
Music critics have been passing this lie out there for over thirty years.

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Raymond Malcuit

3w↑5

This Song Went To Number 1 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1981.

Charles Jones Sr

3w↑1

That is more accurate

Knut Thompson

12w↑41

Definitely rap when it was still a bit primitive, but this was wild and groundbreaking at the time. And the bass line. Just killer. I could listen to this all day.

Charles Jones Sr

10w

@John V.I. Lenin Its called getting the facts straight. If people say that she was the first rapper without any real knowledge I'm gonna tell them the truth. And if you don't like then that's your problem.

John V.I. Lenin

10w

@Charles Jones Sr im not trying to prove you wrong i was denying what you said like a week ago but i keep coming back to this song cause its so good and debbie. And you are still here wasting your life when you a clearly knowledgeable person. So maybe do something with it instead or pestering people in the comments

Charles Jones Sr

10w

@John V.I. Lenin If no one cares then why do they reply trying to prove me wrong but can't just like you?

John V.I. Lenin

10w

@Charles Jones Sr no no its just obsessive and pointless look i get it u want to be right and prove it but the truth is no1 cares and your wasting countless minutes maybe hours telling ppl this

Charles Jones Sr

10w

@John V.I. Lenin Don't like to hear the truth.

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Laura

8w↑4

The sweet way jean michel basquiat looks at blondie. 😊

Andy Roman

9w↑2

This was 1980 when disco was not yet dead.

Jopeter Arevalo

28w↑2

This 80s hit is a huge inspiration for Miley Cyrus' Midnight Sky. Notice the intro.

saturn return

13w↑39

Debbie , a girl who never should get old , a really goddess forever .

Kat Rina

@TravelinBand747 So tiny at 5'3

TravelinBand747

Debbie was looking amazing here

LaVonda Saunders

13w↑35

Released today in 1981. Jan. 12. Blondie was so dope.... This video and song was a perfect blend into the culture of Hip-hop. ROCK 🎸 meets Hip-hop. The art work dance. She's actually rapping. I remember jamming to this on my stereo as a kid.

Brofessor Piker

@LaVonda Saunders No, you didn't and that's why I appreciated your comment. So many are arguing about which race invented this or that genre, missing the entire point of music. You didn't and it pleased me to see.

LaVonda Saunders

3w↑1

@Brofessor Piker what??? I said nothing about race. That's not who Iam at all. I love music period no matter what color the person is.

Brofessor Piker

I really appreciate that you aren't making this a racial thing like so many others.
It's good music, it is for everyone.

_ blootokes

12w↑18

Blondie's #1 Hit “Rapture” Became the First Rap song to ever Top the Charts.

Charles Jones Sr

@larry ronkq Yeah but MTV debut in 1981

larry ronkq

A NOOOO The Sugar Hill Gangs Rappers Delight , There SINGLE Released in SEPT of 1979 Was ,

Charles Jones Sr

@john smith And how is it that it wasn't considered a rap song until 1990?

Charles Jones Sr

11w

@john smith Rapture is not a rap song. If that were the case Oops Upside Your Head by The Gap Band had rap in it and Fantastic Voyage by Lakeside had rap in it and both of these were years before Rapture and although it came after Rapture Square Biz by Teena Marie has rap in it but not labeled as rap. I wonder why?
And my timeline is correct and Vanilla Ic's Ice Ice Baby was the first actual rap/hip hop song to go No.1. And like I stated before, MTV and a lot of white music critics have been pushing this lie for almost forty years.

john smith

11w↑1

@Charles Jones Sr it is a rap song but of course an early rap song would be bit strange

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Michael Hawkins

3y↑1.3K

I can really appreciate Blondie for doing this song. After learning what inspired Debbie to do it. MTV had just burst on the scene. This song was one of the first 50 videos ever played on it. She always visiting downtown New York and the clubs. When she met a group of graffiti guys. One was by the name of Fab 5 Freddy. They became very close friends. He use to always rap lines to her about mars. He invited her to uptown to check out a DJ in the Bronx by the name of Grandmaster Flash. They all became friends. So this song talking about her experience in New York's downtown and uptown That rest of the world don't know existed. She loved the vibe and new type of music that was happening. All three did the same thing just in different ways. I like the song's format. She delivered it the same style everyone was use to. Then she takes it uptown from her experience her friends showed and talked about and put it in main stream for the world.

Charles Jones Sr

33w↑1

Charles Jones Sr

33w↑1

@Mark Frieser That's because it's not even a rap song to begin with and it didn't pave the way for people to discover rap. Rap was an art form used by different genres before Rapture. And as far as hip hop is concerned, Run DMC collaborating with Aerosmith for the cover of Walk This Way and The Beastie Boys releasing their debut album License To ILL brought it to the masses not too many white folks were listening to rap/hip hop until back then. And one more thing, MTV admitted that Rock Box by RUN DMC was their first rap video.

Michael Hawkins

35w

@Jessica Jaramillo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks

Jessica Jaramillo

35w↑2

PS I love your first name, perhaps, haplessly so, but, I love that name regardless! "Micheal"

Jessica Jaramillo

35w

You are right on! She had an appreciation for inner city folks and was a "city slicker" herself. I know she is highly regarded in the art community for her unique style etc!

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Obi-Juan Kanobi

20w↑57

Fab Five Freddy if you know you know. If you don't then Wikipedia him kids, Hip Hop legend

mg

7w↑1

@l k Debbie Harry was also the first one to pay for a Basquiat painting. $200, I think,

l k

14w↑3

Basquiat is the DJ. He also did the artwork outside. Now u know. If anyone kept anything from him from this video shoot it's now worth tens of millions.

MsBeall502

19w↑3

He's The Reason I'm Here Now!!!❤️

Andy Roman

9w↑8

This song does sound like Chic recorded it. The New York-based R&B band recorded a lot of stuff with a rhythm like this.

Leaf Odan

5w↑5

Blondie really changed the music scene of the time. They are not given enough credit for that.

Disco gave way to a punk vibe because of Blondies popularity.

Crystal Milom

7w↑11

Her voice is very beautiful in this song it does not even matter that I do not know what she is talking about she sounds very pure

norman smithers

''oh, damn, guess what i have just forgot''!

поджолес

Yeah, some time ago I heard part of a song Djini judy (1968) and it's like a lullaby honestly, some of my impressions of her.

bhoxz justine

2y↑503

Duuuude!!!! Blondie is so musically diverse. They do pop, rock, disco, reggae, and even hip hop/rap like this one. So ICONIC!!!!

Ason Unique

30w

NY in the 80's.

βud Small

33w

...and then click over to "The Tide is High" and be amazed all over hearing what an underrated, gorgeously rich and sexy voice she had...not to mention the brilliant and fun authentic mariachi twist to what originally was a Paragons Reggae/Ska/Soul arrangement! It's perfect, my fave Blondie song by far 😍💓😊🎼👍

Hans Maraña

51w

No ones tryin to claim black music? Also isn't that a bit racist to say "black music"? Anyways; this is definitely not disco, but it's definitely on par with rappers delight... So I guess you could call it disco rap?

BLOOD OF A ENSLAVED HEART OF A KING

1y↑2

@kevt31 Kurtis Blow and The Sugarhill the light was out there way before her. And DJ Kool herc was the one who created Hip-Hop he was the first and she's not really rapping thats disco music not hip-hop wow! They alway trying to claim black people music Dance styles Smh

BLOOD OF A ENSLAVED HEART OF A KING

1y↑1

@Jibba Jabba you didnt say blues ? Blues was in the South way before she was born What you talkin about educate yourself

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Daniel Mills

36w↑12

When the Autoamerican album came out in 1980, and this song was played all the time, I don't think we realized at the time that it was somewhat of an oddity: the combination of the rock and burgeoning rap genres. It wasn't until much later, that I can actually remember the term rap being used.

I was 11 in 1980 and in 6th grade. I am 51 now. I still live Blondie and this song still appeals all these years later.

Geemail mailbox

18w↑14

Coke kept everyone thin in the 80's. No to mention, seeing men from Mars. 🤫👽

Dave Ballier

Right on

Sam Beltram

She is the inspiration of the theft of my innocence...

Nahtan Jacobson

5w↑8

Nature may have ushered in my puberty, but Debby Harry gave it meaning.

pol dominic mccann

You win. Best comment on this thread :)

Miguel Duarte

2w↑1

Blondie que bonito cantaba en el 81 y muy bonita súper linda

Kenneth Ostrer

32w↑23

It's so far ahead of its time we still haven't got up with it.

Robert Miller

25w↑2

Maybe in another 50 years. This is still a classic.

Malcolm Brooks

31w↑27

I can remember hearing Rapture for the first time driving home from Camelback Ski Area in winter of 1981 and losing it... WOW, what an incredible song! The song was so fucking RAD, it still gives me goosebumps.

Melissa Quinn

29w

If ever you're driving near Tampa let me know. Goooosebumps 😜

Slarti Bartfast

21w↑11

Ladeys and gentlemen. you have the very first real rapper. Thanks Debbie

Charles Jones Sr

@Erin Turner Ain't it the truth.

Erin Turner

This is so disrespectful to real rappers in the 80s

Charles Jones Sr

14w

@Ledy Bamba Who? me?

Ledy Bamba

14w

Lol, relax please

Charles Jones Sr

17w

No. Here are the first real rappers.
https://youtu.be/ojQqAnlrW_M

https://youtu.be/flG4hOD3wZk

https://youtu.be/5ZDUEilS5M4

I could go on but you get the picture.

Karicat Watts

4y↑773

The first rap song to hit #1 on the. Billboard Charts.
She gives props. She was and is just so ultimate

Julian White

@Karicat Watts lmao sugarhill gang was first

larry ronkq

RAPPERS DELIGHT BY THE SUGAR HILL GANG WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN SEPT OF 1979 ,,

Leo Mount

46w

@Makaveli That hit #36 and so was the first rap top 40 hit. But this was first #1 hit to feature rapping.

Danny 90

@Will Pack you're the only person who knows it because you made it up and it's not true. Rap Only detailed the things that were already going on in the black community because the government put crack in their to further limit in disparage black people in America. Rap music only highlighted that. In fact, rap only came about because black music was becoming taboo at the beginning of the 80s. Mainstream America has always hated black people. America is a racist country. that said, I think rap has become a breeding ground for promoting negativity

Ramond Rose

She's funky oh ya.

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Alexis Jordan

36w↑85

Man... the way she says Rapture...

Dontae Dovel

13w↑16

Who wishes they could time travel back to these times? I do. Looks more interesting than today.

ergot

@PeckyThePigeon Everyone would surely want to bypass that!

Troy Lewis

12w

@PeckyThePigeon Yes just stealing blaack music as throughout pop music/ Jazz history. Fucku!!!

PeckyThePigeon

12w

There was no political correctness then, why would you want to bypass that?

charlene patterson

13w

It was!! I live through it everything was so new and refreshing coming out of the 70 music thing was a bit slower.

James Jones

14w↑6

Song still on fire 40 years later

Zorn76

8w↑1

My first ever crush along with Olivia

Ken a

i was very very young when i heard rappers delight but this was the second rap song i heard.

snfow

3w↑1

On my list of all time great Artists & Songs, dont think anyone ever tried to copy.

lexey perepelkin

3w↑1

Now I see from where The RHCP got their sound

cut

20w↑6

DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS !! CRANK IT !!

Kevin Harris Sr

10w↑2

Aw man the eighties were awesome. If I could go back would I? Hell naaah. Cool place to visit occasionally, but no way would I want to live there again. Lol

Carolina Carolina

12w↑1

The casket dance! Omg.... So many nods to other musicians and art. Brilliant.

Scott Hall

31w↑4

The first rap song of any kind to go number 1 on the charts.

Scott Hall

18w↑1

@Jhiouka Kalu rappers delight reached number 1 in Canada and Spain but it cracked the top 40 in the US. But since it didn't go number 1 on the US Billboard chart it's almost irrelevant. But rapture was the first rap song of any kind to reach #1 on the US Billboard chart and many other countries as well.

Aquatic Borealis

4w↑1

What a crazy song. A lot of cool music happening here.

Martyn Bailey

41w↑622

Happy 75th Birthday to the gorgeous Debbie Harry.

Tracey Driver

@Gina Bennett dang Ringo is 80??? Wow...

Stephen Swingler

11w

The sexiest woman....she'll always be oooo 30?

Stephen Swingler

11w

Don't be ridiculous.

robert thomas

12w↑1

And Even Then She Was Talking about 24 Hour Shopping, Debbie Must Be an Eternal Woman

cut

19w↑1

@Despondencymusic I was never into Pat Benatar then-- because there was so much incredible stuff coming out from Europe and indie USA -- -but listening back ..she was a sort of powerhouse like Heart, Annie Lenox - Siouxsie Sioux - Liz Frazer Joan jet .. Pat BENATAR is a ROCK LEGEND !!

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saif mohammed

35w

Her voice is extremely haunting

C Dubz

11w↑9

This song could be added to a Halloween music playlist

Eddie Hawaii

Going back to the Disco era , this was the first RAP song that hit mainstream really good

Charles Jones Sr

Nope. The Sugarhill Gang did that already

Jeffrey Worthen

4w↑15

The black guy high steppin in his all white penguin styled tuxedo wearing a top hat with an appearance of Fab 5 Freddy was iconic and classic.

Christopher Souza

1980! I was only 8 in '77, by 1980 I was old enough to be in the record stores buying this 45 single 😎

Tommy Muniz

3w↑1

'77?

Christopher Souza

Yeah not cool he's not on the YouTube credits

Manuel Diggs

40w↑668

I love the way she matches the dance moves by her band members. Still loving this in July, 2020!

Kat Rina

18w

That's what I was thinking

Sawatis Billings

24w

@Manuel Diggs Sago! (hello in Mohawk)

Manuel Diggs

24w

@Sawatis Billings Hello Brother!

Sawatis Billings

24w↑1

October 2020 brother Native INDIGENOUS here.

Eric N

25w

Unfortunately Chris Stein is a horrible dancer based on all video evidence. As bad as he is here he is probably even worse in the Union City Blue video. What’s strange is he apparently was the huge disco fan of the band. Apparently both this and Heart Of Glass started with him.

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johnny07652

This is the oldest Madonna video I've ever seen! It must be from before she even started the Gogos. My granma used to dress just like Madonna in high school and so did her friends!

James Hourston

11w↑3

Her voice elevates every song. The Queen of Rock .

Leon Adams

9w↑4

This song was all over MTV when it debuted in 1981. 40 years old this song is.

Larry Harris

Blondie has bars. No doubt about it! This song is a certified Masterpiece.

Candice bardon

10w↑1

I was 16 when this came out still listen to it

rose williams

7w↑3

I love her!!!!!!!

the quiet one! Sometimes!

16w

4:25 the inspirational moment for Corey Hart for writing his big hit. "I wear my sunglasses at night." And now you know the rest of the story.

Lori Ann Richards, SHINN

8w↑1

Music heals the heart and soul.BLONDIE ROCKS THIS AND ALL SHE DOES.

Manuel Diggs

2y↑1.3K

It's 2019. Anyone still enjoying this song and video?

Manuel Diggs

35w

Oroian Mihai So true!

Oroian Mihai

38w↑1

Of course!
It was the biggining of White Rap !

Bryan PRINCE

39w↑1

@Manuel Diggs APPARENTLY MANUEL MR. DIGITAL DIRT NEVER HEARD OF THE WORD RHETORICAL QUESTION R STATEMENT. BESIDES CALLING SOMEONE R SOMETHING STUPID OVER SUCH A RELATIVELY SMALL STATEMENT ! SO SMALL ACTUALLY DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE MENTIONING .. MUCH LESS CALLING U OR WHAT U SAID STUPID

Bryan PRINCE

39w

@digitaldirt777 WHATS UR PROBLEM ? DID U NOT EVER HEAR OF THE WORD RHETORICAL QUESTION? OR A STATEMENT... Y U HAVE 2 USE B.S. CRITICAL , JUDGEMENTAL WORDS ... THERES A ZILLION OTHER WORSE THINGS 2 B SUCH AN A HOLE JERK ABOUT. REALLY ?

Manuel Diggs

39w

How right you are!!!

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Arifah Diyanah

gotta thank murdoc for recommending this song🤘

fad1969

8w↑1

The epitome of cool.

fooman65

2w↑1

Legendary video this is.

dragon ballz

16w

Oh shit that was dope. First credited rap verse on MTV

william marik

21w↑2

dont stop..,to punk rock

omegamanGXE

10w↑5

Debbie Harry so ludicrously beautiful

nzcalling

She is an incredibly intelligent woman.

Scott Burton

Their fourth # 1 hit-An undisputed classic!

Brett Soyars

9w↑1

I've been looking for this song forever. & all along I thought it was either the (Motels) who are the artist of the song {& then Suddenly last summer} or (No Doubt) who sings the song {Just a girl} Its great to hear this song. Haven't heard it forever. Blonde is a great singer! & one of my favorites!!

David Clay

41w↑865

First rap song to go #1 done by a white woman. Hell of a bar bet 😂

Mortis xx

The thing about this fantastic tune is that the New Wave band Blondie acknowledged rap, and that Debbie Harry tried to perform one.
Debbie's rap performance is probably inferior but that's of little interest. For the first time, "rock" and "rap" were mixed, and a new era was created. Rapture is one of the most important tunes in modern music history.

Charles Jones Sr

@El Silencioso They remastered the song in 1988 so they could try to classify Rapture as a rap record

Charles Jones Sr

3w↑1

@Raymond Malcuit In a way it isn't.

Raymond Malcuit

3w↑1

@Charles Jones Sr In A-Way It Is a Rap Song.

Charles Jones Sr

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Charles Green

7w↑12

“Hey Beavis,this chicks real name is Deborah Harry...so like if you looked up her name in the phone book, it would say Harry Deborah”-Butt-Head

Jay Gill

4w↑1

Yeah.. yeah!!!

J G

11w↑1

im binge watching blondie's music videos after a friend brought them up <3

strictlynorton

5w↑6

The pinnacle of Blondie's brilliance...

Alejandro Alvarez

2w↑1

No se como explicarlo pero esta canción tiene un aire Neoyorkino impresionante ,la rítmica de sus guitarras y los vientos ,no sé , creo que viene por ahí , una composición exquisita .
Me hace acordar en ciertos momentos a una canción de una serie para TV que se llamaba Las Calles de San Francisco (si ... lo sé , San Francisco no tiene nada que ver con Nueva York , pero yo estoy hablando de música ,lo aclaro por si acaso , nunca falta uno que se las sabe todas )
Afectuosos saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾🎼🎸🎼🇺🇾

MTCaptain

I think I had about 6 strokes trying to understand the lyrics during the "rap" part.

Andrew Bevan

17w↑1

The birth of mainstream rap

Cheryl Chaison

10w↑1

This song was ahead of it's time

Charles Jones Sr

10w

How was she ahead of her time?

Mr. Nobody

1:38 the most 80s guy of the 80s.

MC Vitus

3y↑66

She was rapping, when rapmusic was million of miles far away from the mainstream music. What kind of naturally sexy moves, omg! And what a beautiful face!

Hiawatha Smalls

@Dan G School these idiots.

Socel dezmen

2y↑1

She was ahead in music industry.

Dan G

2y↑6

@Alexis Anderson Yeah, cupcake, "Top 40" was a HUGE deal back then, because that was the pinnacle of national popularity and "Rapper's Delight" was the first mainstream rap hit record. Just because YOU didn't crawl out of your cave and turn on the radio the year before Blondie, doesn't mean the rest of the country hadn't already been exposed to rap.

Cut and paste from Wikipedia:
"Rapper's Delight" peaked at number 36 in January 1980 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[20] number 4 on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart in December 1979,[21] number 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart in January 1980,[22] number 1 on the Dutch Top 40, and number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The single sold over 2 million copies in the United States, grossing US$3.5 million for Sugar Hill Records.[23]

As a normal boring 12 year old suburban white kid when "Rapper's Delight" came out, I can assure you that EVERYONE knew that song. It was all over the radio, it was on TV.

Why this fact UPSETS you so much is bizarre.

Alexis Anderson

2y↑2

@Dan G top 40? Big deal. This song was #1 for weeks and was probably many people's introduction to rap

Dan G

2y↑6

except that you're wrong. Sugar Hill Gang had a nationwide Top 40 hit with "Rapper's Delight" before Blondie. You can't get any more mainstream than Top 40 radio in 1979.

Flying Dutchman

12w↑108

A couple of things:
1. Yes we all were much skinnier then
2. Yes cocaine is a helluva drug

Smartypants

@tetsuo strider Maybe .

Mhel 2023

truer words were never spoken.....80's forever

Widdekuu91

9w↑1

Her shoulders are fairly narrow (if that's the word) that's mainly what makes her look so skinny.
Not saying she's otherwise fat or anything, but her shoulders are way skinnier than other people's in the video.

Charo Barnes

LOLLLLL

Colin Vespa

10w↑3

They ended up broke because of drugs they spent too much money on it.

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joeflosion

5w↑4

My dad still likes to tell me about when he and his friends would rap this while bar hopping back in the 80s.
"Flash is fast, Flash is cool"

robert thomas

25w

Debbie Harry and Blondie are a National Treasure in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

M M

7w↑4

Realizing I’m a Blondie fan at this moment in time.

R Nacnud

4y↑197

to be fair to much attention is paid to debbie harrys looks , she also has a great vocal talent and a GREAT stage presence.

Morgan Maddox

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shammR

R Nacnud I think so yes. Messi and Ronaldo are global icons. They have shaped the landscape of the worlds biggest sport.

R Nacnud

4y↑14

like all pop stars she was paid, but look at footballers earning £150,000+ a week, will we still be viewing them 30 years on

Verga Lechera

4y↑8

How much was PAID? Was that ATTENTION expensive? $$$$$$

lola clyde

12w↑4

and now he's gone back up in space, so he don't have to hassle with the human race - sounds like a place I'd like to go

Ernesto Alonso

7w↑1

First video I ever saw on mtv just reenlisted army, came home on leave for a week mtv was better back then

Troy Arrington

31w

Her rapping is on point!!

Christopher Bell

She uses the word sacroiliac and she speaks french.👍😎

John Hiram

2y↑299

A great 80s song with a white lady doing RAP! Amazing!

Julian White

@06 CVPI slick top she wasnt but ok

Pinkie Rarity Pie

She still very hot today
Loves from Hong Kong

Charles Jones Sr

1y↑1

@06 CVPI slick top In your opinion? Here are the facts, there were songs that were out that included rap from different genres way before Blondie recorded Rapture.
Now as far as hip hop is concerned here are a few hip hop songs that were before Blondie's Rapture:
1.Rapper's Delight-Sugarhill Gang
2.The Breaks-The
Kurtis Blow
3.King Tim III-The Fatback Band
4.Funk You Up-The Sequence(The first females to record a rap song)
5.The Funky 4+1- It's Da Joint

Charles Jones Sr

1y↑1

@Gregory Eatroff Nope. Even then most white people weren't listening to rap. Not until around RUN DMC did the cover of "Walk This Way" with Aerosmith and the Bessie Boys debut album License To ILL in 1986.

Tyrome Morone

1y↑1

John Hiram
You white asf for this comment XD 🤣💀

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Muckety Muck

18w

Only time where the phrase "24-hour shopping" sounds elegant!

Anglynn74

19w↑3

I remember those flashing sunglasses in the 80s. they had a wire that went into your pocket so you could make them flash.

Rob Munro

11w↑1

Everything about this song is Beautiful!!!, UMM that zombie in white gave me nightmares as kid

Terrence Coccoli

8w↑1

NYC was very different back then. Great time to live there

Liane Kerry

4y↑170

Debbie Harry and Blondie, way ahead of their time.

digital1 ministry9

4y↑1

Just think... there will always be retards that listen to shit music... So hurry up and get busy writing some comparable, nonsensical crap, and they'll say the same of you in 10 years!