On April 19, 1980, Blondie's hit song "Call Me" soared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, earning the band the second of their four career hit singles.
"Call Me" was later featured on Billboard's Top 500 Songs of the '80s, ranked as the No. 9 song of the decade.
"Call Me" was first released on the American Gigolo original soundtrack in 1980, serving as the main theme for the blockbuster crime thriller with Richard Gere. It was composed by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Blondie's lead singer, Debbie Harry.
View this post on InstagramIt was the second Blondie single to hit No. 1, after 1979's "Heart of Glass." In January 1981, the band earned their third No. 1 hit with "The Tide Is High," following their genre-bending track "Rapture," which spent two weeks at the summit of the Hot 100, becoming the first U.S. hit single to feature rap vocals.
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