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[@kevinhooper3003]

This song was the first number-one single in the United States to feature original rap vocals.

[@johnmimeault3467]

PPL B SO STUPID

[@elingrome5853]

@@johnmimeault3467 Quod erat demonstrandum

[@mrsteveM]

@@johnmimeault3467 Very.

[@condor7782]

100% the 1st Rap song 🎵

[@beautifulidiot4323]

This was Blondie's tribute to the emerging hip-hop scene in NYC. First #1 rap single in the US. Blondie was part of the downtown punk/art scene where hip-hop from the Bronx started to mix into the club scene. The DJ in this video is the painter Jean Michel Basquiat, who also experimented in hip-hop. The dancing guy is graffiti artist Fab Five Freddy, who went on to host Yo! MTV Raps.

[@TheSchuyler75]

yes & I believe Freddy was talking about aliens a lot when they would hang out

[@billw715]

Wouldn't say it was the first "rap single" because Rapture is not a Rap song. It's a Pop song that contains rap verses. To be more accurate, Rapture was the first Top 40 #1 song in the U.S. to contain rap in the song. Unfortunately, the first rap single in the U.S. was by Vanilla Ice and his rap song, Ice Ice Baby released a decade after Rapture in 1990

[@rmar67]

@@billw715 Must we count Vanilla Ice? *blech*

[@SOS-ct9mv]

Blondie, Debbie Harry, Fab-Five-Freddy, famous artist Basquaint and dancer William Barne all in the same video, it's a snapshot in time or the bronx and Brooklyn and different artists hanging out. That's why I like it.

[@kellykarjola5524]

Singer Debbie Harry of the band "Blondie" became friends with Bronx-based hip-hop artists in the late 1970s. Debbi Harry went to a rap event in the Bronx one night in 1978, and she was impressed by the skill and excitement as MCs like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Fab 5 Freddy, rhymed lyrics over the beats of spinning records and people lined up for a chance to take the microphone and freestyle rap. Debbie Harry went to a few more such events, before deciding to write a rap song of her own in late 1979. She decided to combine what she had seen and heard in the Bronx with Chic-inspired disco music. The title "Rapture" was an obvious pun on rap.

[@thegorn68]

I remember when this first came out and I saw the video. We were all like, "What the hell is this?" LOL! I have good memories of this tune though. Reminds me of 6th Grade in early 1981 just before MTV launched it's first airing. I had a huge crush on Debbie Harry. Blondie was awesome New Wave genre music.

[@jbs256]

This song has history all over it. Rap and Hip Hop were in their infancy growing in mostly The Bronx and Brooklyn in NYC. Debra Harry and her guy Chris were at CBGB where they were being exposed to these and other artists. They put it all together into this song with a gotcha title. The guy in the white tux (man from mars) was the choreographer for the whole thing and the main dancer. The graffiti artists were legendary Fab Five Freddie a founding rapper, in it. So much and so danceable. This was the first Rap/HipHop based song to go to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That’s a huge milestone. It opened the door to the mass audience and it was amazing. This is one of those songs like Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody where you don’t get it at first then wonder in it’s amazement. Blondie was amazing and still going, I believe, though like me a little older a little slower.

[@TheSchuyler75]

Love Blondie!! This is is still as cool as when it came out in my opinion 👍👍🔥🔥🙌😎

[@mikeharman9114]

She put the "Rap" in "Rapture" for the first time on MTV.

[@Donniedangerously]

Debbie Harry was a trend setter. First rap song on MTV if I remember correctly. Her next big hit was The Tide is High, which was was a reggae Caribbean song that she took to #1.

[@gdoggatl]

The Tide is High was the first single from that album.

[@Marchant2]

You need to react to this song wearing glasses with a 1980 lens. For millions of Americans this song was a game changer by introducing rap to the mainstream. The song went to #1. It's totally unprecedented and deserves a lot of respect for what it accomplished over 40 years ago.

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

1981. You have to remember, rap had only been around a few years. She was in real early. You had Grandmaster Flash, the Sugarhill Gang and not much else. That video is over 40 years old. MTV didn't exist yet.

[@meowenstein]

There was no rap on MTV (at all!) until this hit single from Blondie, at the height of their fame, opened the door to other artists. Blondie did this on purpose, as they themselves were fans of, and friends with, a lot of the early rap artists in the NYC scene, some of whom have cameos in the video.

[@Azabaxe80]

Name checking Fab 5 Freddy was huge, as rap was years away from the mainstream. I was starting high school when this came out and there was a sense that Blondie, as pop a band that came up from the underground, knew where the next thing was going to be. They were right. Someone made a mashup of this song and The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" called "Rapture Riders". It's brilliant.

[@chrisharris7931]

Mtv didn't exist when this song came out.

[@Azabaxe80]

@@chrisharris7931 Autoamerian was released in 1980. Rapture was released as a single and video in January 1981. It was shown on the first day MTV came on air in August 1, 1981. Video #49 ever played on MTV, and as someone said, the first rap song ever played on that channel.

[@chrisharris7931]

@@Azabaxe80 I know that it got played on there. But the song was old by the time that most people had Mtv.

[@billw715]

Rapture was the first song that was aired on MTV in 1981 that contained rap. The first actual rap song aired on MTV was Rock Box by Run DMC, which aired in 1984.

[@petersp63]

The First song in American Charts to have Rap and get to Number 1 Blondie were ahead of their time and always championing lesser known Genres!

[@martinl8574]

Blondie was already established. Keeping one ear on the street she picked up a new style of song. It was mostly practiced on the coasts and most Americans had never heard of this new musical style called Rap. It was performed in LA and Mostly NYC. She took an unknown art form and introduced it to the world!!! Blondie was cutting edge in music. How ironic, probably the most influential Rap song in history is sung by a blonde white woman. Lol

[@react2reactions246]

This was at the very cusp of hip hop hitting the mainstream. Debbie had a few friends that were pioneering the sound in the outer boroughs, and she decided to give it a go. This was the first song featuring hip hop to be a Billboard #1. It sounds funny in 2021, but this one is historical as far as music evolution.

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Took the words right outta my mouth. She is an OG Rapper as far as I'm concerned.

[@thegman8968]

Debby Harry was definitely a visionary, (or maybe just a bit strange). Your reaction mirrored mine when I first saw this video over 40 years ago, lol. I had the good fortune to witness a couple of her concerts and she is a true professional and still puts on a great show even into her 70's!☮☮☮

[@danalynch8889]

One of the writers of the band like science fiction B-movies so that is where the Man from Mars came from.

[@ronaldwilliams6927]

She was rapping Angela lol..long before it became cool to do.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Listen to it 75 more times..it'll stop being weird. It was a huge hit so we all heard it again and again until it didn't seem so weird anymore.

[@TheSchuyler75]

I was a little kid when I first heard it and learned the words thought it was so cool but as a kid I thought “Maxwells Silver Hammer” was a fun song…kids like weird

[@garymccool9985]

Believe it or not rapture is the first number one rap song ever to chart and at number one one the chart. The vary first

[@geraldjensen6831]

When I taught at an inner city charter school, most of my students were black and were shocked as hell to when I told them the first popularizer of Rap (MTV) was a white woman...

[@bradsullivan2495]

"Dreaming" and "One Way or Another" are Blondie must-listens

[@itscrazyal]

i will second "Dreaming"

[@MongooseTales]

Loved that open-mouthed reaction! This is THE song that introduced most of America to rap for the very first time. We had no idea what we were hearing, but we liked it. Whatever the merits of the song musically and lyrically, it's worth knowing about for its historical significance.

[@daveborder7751]

Rapper's Delight was a US top 40 hit in 1979, although a much bigger hit here in the UK.

[@MongooseTales]

@@daveborder7751 Thanks for that information. That's why I was careful to say "most" of America. There was some awareness of rap at that time but it was very limited. Rapture was the megahit that exposed most popular music listeners here to the genre for the first time.

[@emoniant780]

Rap - ture! 1980 One of the first rap songs before any rapper you knew rapped #Blondie Much Respect!

[@zunbake3]

"Rap-Ture, be pure, take the tour, don't strain your brain, paint a train, you be singin in the rain"

[@jonathanbristow3208]

There it is, the first rap song on radio. She did however mention Fab 5 Freddie.

[@milesofentertainment]

You were shocked by watching the egg of rap hatch. Loved your reaction.

[@wiggion]

1981, first video with a rap on MTV. Debbie Harry was super big in New York City and I've read that she was into the art scene.

[@lmagdangal4842]

Jean Michel Basquiat, Fab Five Freddy, and the list goes on. Epic list of game changing legends who all hung out together and created unique art. I'm so glad that Gen X experienced the best of everything. Experimental expression and equal support

[@hmichaelr1]

You don't understand the historic significance of this song. RAP was unknown to the masses until Blondie did this song. It was right when MTV was all the craze and this Blondie hit introduced RAP to millions of young music fans. All the early RAP artists owe her a huge debt of gratitude for promoting the genre. BTW, do most RAP lyrics make sense to you?

[@jazzmaan707]

And Debbie didn't have to say, "b*tch, f*ck, kill the cop, etc., etc., etc., to have a hit Rap song. And she can sing in tune too. What was the last time you heard a Rapper that can sing? Me, Never!

[@usware5240]

@@jazzmaan707 you haven’t been looking hard enough then 😂 I can’t believe you said that.

[@usware5240]

@@jazzmaan707 those potty words are bad… go back to your Christian pottery class.

[@jazzmaan707]

@@usware5240 I can't believe YOU said that. I'll prove it. Name a Rapper that had a #1 Hit, before Debbie Harry. Uh, country music doesn't count, and neither does Elvis, he was never considered a Rapper. LMAO!!!

[@usware5240]

@@jazzmaan707 i replied to you saying no rapper "ever" could hold a tune ya ding dong. That is patently false.

[@Pugiron]

Blondie was rapping before Run-DMC, NWA or Beastie Boys. If you think her lyrics were weird, check out the Message or Rapper's Delight. Rap at that time was just about words that rhymed a lot more than it was about brilliant word play.

[@number2055]

If you think Grand Master Flash and The Furious 5 song the message is just about words that rhyme you are a fool. That was the first rap song that spoke about reality.

[@deshawnholmes4876]

@@number2055 yep the message is the greatest rap song ever made in my opinion.

[@annaoswald5943]

Your reaction to this was just like mine 40 years ago, What is this? Didn't know what it was but I learned to love it. On the punk rock side, the Ramones Blitzkrieg bop is short but will have you moving from start to finish.

[@TheSchuyler75]

i just learned how the Ramones got their name from Paul McCartney telling girls his name was Paul Ramon (french) and there’s more but you probably know the story already

[@susanherrig437]

This is probably one of the first times the mainstream heard rap. The context that's probably missing for you on this one was the music/street/arts scene in NYC at that period of time. Blondie got flak for also delving a bit into what some saw as disco back then. If you look where disco originated it was in the gay clubs and black artists in the more underground music scene. Debbie Harry was familiar with what was happening in clubs & street scenes in NYC back then & wasn't afraid to delve into or introduce some of it in her music. She should get cred for that. The lyrics during her rap? Yeah, they were nonsensical even back then but this song was a hit for them.

[@billw715]

I'd say Rapture probably extended the "rap" reach a bit broader to the American music audience. The song that got America's attention to rap was in 1979 by the Sugarhill Gang and their song, taken from Chic's Good Times bass line and rhythm section, Rapper's Delight.

[@cshubs]

I can't begin to say how important this song was to the music we listen to now.

[@bobbugwithoneeyeskingiskin8974]

This was the time of real multi cultural diversity that allowed real creativity! New York was a melting pot of sounds that each culture were influenced by! Hip Hop borrowed from Krautrock and No Wave, Rap from Jamaican Toasting, No Wave from Jazz and Salsa! Punk from Rap as with his song! it was a very creative time because there wasn’t a deliberate movement to divide the communities as there is now with cultural appropriation stopping music growing in new and exciting ways! Many in this video went on to influence the art scene for many years! It was chaotic, but it was fun time for music!

[@dignerds]

I weep for this generation

[@rmar67]

A few things to remember about this song and its video: 1) This song went to #1 in March, 1981. Rap was new. This was the first rap song to hit #1. The first rap to chart at all was just 14 months earlier. People were still experimenting with the new genre. 2) Videos were new. MTV debuted 5 months after this song was #1. At the time, the visual aspect of videos definitely took a back seat to the audio. There were plenty of early videos that, like this one, were silly and made absolutely no sense within the context of the song. Sure, it's silly, but it has a lot of nostalgia value for folks my age.

[@fredkrissman6527]

THANX for the context, and saving me the key strokes!

[@billw715]

Rapture is not a "rap" song. It's a pop song that contains some rap verses. Rap/Hip-Hop in the U.S was not new in 1981. The song, an actual rap song, that introduced mainstream America to rap music was Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang in 1979. Rap/Hip Hop started in the mid-1970s in the Bronx, and it is credited to DJ Kool Herc.

[@rmar67]

@@billw715 1) I'm fully aware of "Rapper's Delight and referenced it in my post. 2) Excuse me for not being pedantic enough to suit you. Yes, a song that had some Rap in it, not an entire record containing only Rap; and it was only "new" to mainstream audiences. Does the correction satisfy you? Is there anything else I can do to placate you? Perhaps I should flog myself?

[@fredkrissman6527]

I try to ignore trolls,@@rmar67. But your response is another way to go...

[@billw715]

@@rmar67 It's wrong to point out that Rapture is not a rap song? Get over it. Talk about making a mole hill into a mountain. How you interpret a comment is based on your own security with yourself. If you feel what was written was pedantic- of course, that is your choice. If this is your world-view, then don't make posts and don't make posts that are vague or contain some inaccuracies. I don't know you so don't be so sensitive. It's the words in the post. Just as you are educating people in your post so am I. Think of it like an addendum and not an attack. Chill out. "1) You state "'I'm fully aware of "Rapper's Delight and referenced it in my post." It's not all about you! My response is not a direct reply to you per say, but to those who read your posts. 2) Sure, you make reference to "The first rap to chart at all was just 14 months earlier." If you were around during this time or aware of music during this era, then yes, one will comprehend what you are speaking about in terms of the song released "14 months earlier." Yes, you are speaking to someone like me who comprehends your reference. However, that was 40 Years ago and there are generations now that don't have a "CLUE" as to what song you are talking about! So to reference Rapper's Delight with its title is to educate those who can't read your mind or in between the lines to your "vague reference" about a song "14 months earlier," for them and for their knowledge to know what in the world you are talking about. This is wrong and something to get uptight about? 2) Stating Rapture is not a rap song is a fact. It's not a "Rap" song. 3) Sure, Rap was new to "mainstream America" and introduced to "mainstream America" in 1979 with Rapper's Delight, an actual rap song. Blondie incorporated Rap into it's song Rapture with several verses into the pop song track in 1981. The song reaching #1, introduced a broader American audience to this format. 4) Rap is said to have started around 1973 in the Bronx by DJ Kool Herc. If you were part of this scene, Rap/Hip-Hop was not new in 1979 or in 1981. But, again, The Sugarhill Gang and Blondie were able to crack the Top 40 and introduce Rap and a form of Rap into the mainstream American music audience. There were other artists such as New Wave bands who also had rap verses in their tracks. Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (1981); Duran Duran - New Religion (1982); Wham (George Michael) - Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do) (1982) and the Tom Tom Club and their homage to Rap - Wordy Rappinghood (1981).

[@brucegame1458]

the guy dancing in the white suit and top hat was rapper fab five freddy and the man standing by debbie harry when she syarts to rap by the stereo player is jean michel basquiat famous artist debbie knew some cool people

[@ThomasFromTN]

That wasn't Fab Five Freddy. He was supposed to appear as the DJ, but couldn't make the shoot at all.

[@brucegame1458]

thanks @@ThomasFromTN

[@ronaldwilliams6927]

Deborah Harry's take on rapp...she did it for fun ! I can't believe you never heard Rapp before Angela. Lol. Not that that's a bad thing.

[@MrRicardVanNordstram]

@@ThomasFromTN I believe it is FFF. The one who was supposed to appear was Grandmaster Flash but he failed to do so, so Jean Michel Basquiat filled in for him.

[@claydogmadman7843]

Flavor Flav was 19 years old in that video... The year 1980...

[@robertboyer5926]

Blondie's songs/albums are extremely diverse in terms of style and lyrical content... Really great listens as in all their albums.

[@garymccool9985]

The first number one rap song number one on the charts

[@davidw.hulbertiv5211]

Love your reaction!!! I felt about the same way... Especially the laughter....

[@alexolivo4638]

First female rap on the radio and first to be on the top 10. 3 or 4 years ahead of her time.

[@teeemack]

that was one of the first rap songs believe it or not

[@Janadu]

Back in the day it was a major dance tune. Didn't care too much about the lyrics really. But Blondie rapping was all. She did it with flair.

[@neonvandal8770]

Ahh Rapture- Most rap music then was not on record it was cassettes that were recorded at the jams in New York, and then passed around- and it was FUN. No talk about about killing and drug dealing, so this was just silly fun, like a lot of rap then. Also Chris Stein the guitar player and Debbie Harry were good friends with Fab 5 Freddy, LEE 163 and a lot of the main players in old school NY hip hop/ graffiti culture before it became big, and they helped Freddy with the score to the seminal hip hop movie/doc Wildstyle - Those who know, know. Blondie are respected among most the pre industry people in NY hip hop music, and the graff scene for actually going up to the south bronx, seeing hip hop in its embryonic stages, being inspired and helping put hip hop into the mainstream. The graffiti writers in the video and people name checked in the rap are real scene people from that NY era.

[@NYC_Goody]

That's cool and all, but I'd rather listen to literally any of the other silly origin hip hop songs than hear her talk about aliens eating cars lmao

[@stretchgilbert]

Before this song rap didn't get any exposure on MTV. But after this it kicked the door open for rap. In fact Fab 5 Freddy ( the guy doing graffiti on the walls) became host of Yo' MTV Raps and the rest is history.

[@Julieroo28]

Every now and then I break out rapping “you get in your car and you drive real far and you drive all night….” I’ll never forget those lyrics. I don’t remember if I thought it was weird. I know I thought it was fun, but I was like 11 or 12 when it came out.

[@VIRGODRAGON2009]

You're missing the point it's not about the lyrics, it's about that it was the first rap video 1981 shown on MTV or anywhere, it's historical. Blondie performed in NYC clubs with the Sugarhill Gang in 79-80. The first rap song to chart at number one in the United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_(Blondie_song)

[@chrisallen1934]

I can help with this because I was (kinda) there. Meaning, I was a teenager growing up outside NYC when this came out. As others said, this was literally the first exposure that MOST of America got to rap of any kind. If you didn’t live in or around NYC, and/or were Black, you were still a couple of years from hearing real rap on the radio and many years away from seeing it on TV. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT MAKES THIS SONG COOL. This song’s real story is in it’s lyrics and video. It’s the story of the wild, rich artistic community in downtown, NYC at that moment. Debbie mentions her friend Fab Five Freddie in her first line. He was one of the true OGs of hip hop, but he was much more. He was deep in the art and music scene in the late 70s early 80s. But blink and you’ll miss it. When Debbie is saying that line, at around the 2:00 mark, she’s saying it to The late, great artist JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT!! That was HIM playing the DJ. Probably for free cuz, friends. He was also close friends with Fab Five Freddie since before any of them were famous. And you can tell the scene is super awkward for him. Anyway, there’s surely more cameos in the video, but I dig the time capsule-ness of it. The moment! Please understand that even then, we knew the rhymes were wack (do they still say that?) but in hind sight, I give Blondie credit. It was a love thing.

[@Ian-if2lf]

thanks chris

[@paulwarren3832]

Everyone dancing in the clubs back in the day remembers the long club mix (about 10 mins) which breaks down a third of the way in after the first part of the rap, then builds back up to the second part and sounds waaaaay better. Pretty ground breaking at the time Angela.

[@claydogmadman7843]

You wouldn't understand ma'am because the year was 1980 when that song came out... You see rap music had just gotten started the year prior in the year 1979 by group called the Sugar Hill Gang with the rap song titled Rappers Delight... Another recommendation by the way I think you would enjoy... All early rap sounded somewhat weird to the modern ears of today simply because rap music haven't fully developed into the rap as we know it today... All though she wasn't a legitimate rapper, Blondie was the first female ever at that time to rap in her song lyrics... And also this is the lady who inspired Madonna...

[@Chiari_Queen_T]

You don't understand it. You groove to it. It was the first time rap was brought mainstream in America and hit #1. People LOVED this song & still do. Some songs aren't meant to be understood. They are meant to be fun and/or funky. You gotta give Debbie some respect! She brought punk and rap to mainstream! She's also an accomplished actress artist & American icon.

[@Roger-do1dy]

love songs need meaning but dance music just vibe to it

[@dday9257]

It made you smile and laugh that’s all I wanted to see.

[@russellchrom]

One of the first rapsongs!

[@Beehashe]

Debra Harry lived next door to my sister in Manhattan back in the 1980’s. I used to see her on her stoop.

[@steverakes6182]

Alright.

[@jamesbryant6830]

My sister's friend used to live near Christopher Cross ("Sailing", etc.) and they fed his cats when he was away. Bam!

[@burr627]

First white female rapper

[@richardlefaive1944]

LMFAO, when she starts rapping ... gets 'em everytime. Just like it got us in '81 when she broke that shit out on the mainstream pop airwaves for the VERY first time. IT was like ... ??? ...WTF was that? I have no clue but I think I like it!

[@paulcordoba1328]

Hi. Just take it for wat it is, a fun song. It doesn't have to have a meaning. In the rap, she starts by singing "Fab five freddy. . ." I believe that was him in the beginning scratching.

[@leslie8743]

My girlfriends and I would hit the disco floor with our 5 inch heels and disco dresses. When women could feel pretty and a new dress every weekend. Blonde was so big and great to dance to. ❤✌💃💃💃💃

[@dstmars1]

The one thing that is really significant about this song is that it's one of the first pop songs that used rap. This set the music industry on an entirely new direction. It's also the hidden meaning in the name of the song....RAP ture.

[@SuperKevin57]

It’s the goat that gets me 🤩.

[@SnoBear626]

This song by Blondie(band) is so significant to modern music that it is worth a quick wiki read. Without this song, todays music might be quite different.

[@xanadude22]

Lolol when it got to the rapping part lol she was like wtfffff

[@redpine8665]

Light hearted, catchy and fun with very purposely absurd lyrics in the rap. Is humor lost on the young?

[@davidcollver6155]

Early April 2023 this song came out 1980. According to Rolling Stone magazine this is officially the very first commercially successful rap song. I enjoyed all her music, never found anything funny with it. And still it's not too bad for 43 years old. Just another old Caucasian enjoying his music.

[@raymaltba8703]

arguably one of the first rap songs to go mainstream...loved your reaction..

[@HemlockRidge]

First rap ever on MTV

[@jazzmaan707]

It was the first RAP song that made the top of the charts.

[@rockerforlife194]

Love you, Angela! Love your channel! Great job sweetie!

[@wilbursims5565]

She was a pioneer she didn't get the credit for starting ...

[@GaryDavis-ii8yd]

So fun to watch your reaction. Love your video's. Thanks for giving us this to watch

[@PhoenixRisen63]

You're giggling! I think that's what we all did the first time we heard it! I had a great beat, and the weirdness was too cool at the time. Sadly, I still remember all of the lyrics all these years later! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@GoWestYoungMan]

The world has gotten so rigid and conformist the last 40 years. It's all about copying behaviour, style of dress, even poses on Instagram are staged/rehearsed. It's no wonder that when exposed to a free spirit today's young people seem confused. When this came out, we knew the lyrics weren't serious but it didn't matter. It was a fun song and Blondie were an edgy band who did their own thing. That's something people back then coveted. Individualism and creativity was considered cool.

[@jimmyzee7040]

Just enjoy, you don’t have to understand. Blondie has a ton of hit songs and Debbie Harry was the first great female rocker.

[@johnmccarthy568]

i bet you didnt expect blondie taking a rap song to no.1 in 1981.shes a great artist check out some more of her

[@dalee72]

Blondie is the name of the band. Debbie Harry is/was the lead singer.

[@johnmccarthy568]

@@dalee72 i no that i was at 3 of her concerts in the 70s and 80s and have every album shes made.theres an old saying. dont try to teach your granny to suck eggs.

[@shanedesselle2590]

More Blondie! One Way or Another. Atomic. Heart of Glass. Tide is High.

[@maineman9447]

Debbie Harry is the singer in the band named Blondie. This was early, early rap, although you could check out some Bob Dylan from the early 60s for something special with his song Subterranean Homesick Blues. Your confusion is a positive. That's what great, influential songs should do to you.

[@key8422]

This went hard back in the day...at the club!!!!

[@timbush7630]

I liked older songs like "One Way or Another" from 1978

[@BoysBearsandScares]

That's new wave. New wave was odd, quirky, and weird, and at times it tapped into sci-fi themes to create a trippy tone.

[@orla556]

I find these younger generations are unable to understand metaphor or using words to paint a feeling or vibe. The 'eating' metaphor might be all about materialism, consumerism...

[@deshawnholmes4876]

Painting entire generations with a broad stroke there. Us older ones understand metaphor very well.

[@chrisharris6206]

Stop the Giggles making me giggles in stitches, I love your reactions there funtastical hilarious, song is unique, gotta have a right paradigm shift, then go left, your Confusery , priceless. This is a fun classic. Thanks again Stitches your funny.♥️♥️♥️😆

[@davef.6803]

Never was a fan of the song, but your reaction is priceless. Lol!

[@gsprings43]

it's weird,but historic

[@JoeMartinez_LA_LostSoul]

This track was written after Fab 5 Freddy took her to a rap event in the Bronx one night. They had returned again and again to the event. They decided to combine what they had seen and heard in the Bronx with Chic-inspired disco music. This track was released in 1979-1980 and the first rap song to ever top the US charts

[@danielbalboni6804]

Yeah....but not a "rap" song. This was definitely punk/new wave.

[@JoeMartinez_LA_LostSoul]

@@danielbalboni6804 try doing your history

[@danielbalboni6804]

@@JoeMartinez_LA_LostSoul I know my history, just because part of the song contained a rap element, doesn't make it a rap song. It was the first time rap was heard in the radio in the mainstream, but let's not get it twisted by calling it a rap song. Linkin Park featured rap verses as did Rage Against the Machine, but neither falls in the "rap" genre.

[@JoeMartinez_LA_LostSoul]

@@danielbalboni6804 i never claimed to be rap, all i said is a rap EVENT

[@purefiregreen]

Watching this generation laugh at old stuff is hilarious. We thought it was hot at the time but when you go back and listen again, it was hilarious

[@wilbursims5565]

They don't wanna give Debbie Harry credit but she started it all

[@NYC_Goody]

False, she helped pushed it to the mainstream. New York was already passing around tapes like that during the graffiti scene. Learn the history.

[@newyorkmyndd9801]

Debbie is a Goddess, Blondie changed my music brain in 78-79, Cant even put them in a genre box. She had been introduced to the graffiti and hip hop culture in NY, she made friends in that scene and wanted to feature it. She could have done anything. Dont need to really understand it but the context of what led to this and how ground breaking it was is just something many 50 somethings like me grew up with and lived through. What a ride 🎶

[@condor7782]

The OG Rapper!

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

This song was a MASSIVE hit- Give her song “Heart of Glass” a try- think you’ll like that one- 💞👍✌️

[@jamesgalimo1007]

Blondie is great, but if you want to talk about rock bands fronted by serious women rockers, we need to talk about The Pretenders lead by Chrissie Hynde. "Middle of the Road" is a good place to start with them, I'm sure if you react to it, other folks will suggest some of their other hits.

[@josephhruby3225]

Man from Mars came down & blew your mind. . . Whahaha :)

[@stephanieo2509]

This song was the first time I ever heard rap.

[@feliciakidd9358]

I like this song.🙂👍

[@xanajak]

One of those songs where you get in the car, roll the windows down, turn the volume up, and drive drive drive.

[@jackieblue7591]

This is the best reaction! 😄 I never understood this song either!😄

[@eatthedots]

your reaction was pretty much the same as the entire world's back in 1981... Most people had never heard rap before, and Blondie was a group that had spurned out dependable rock hits for half-a-decade... Suddenly here was Debbie, America's sweetheart at the time, "rapping" a song about a man-from-mars eating cars bars and guitars. It was a worldy simultaneous WTF ? and it really set the tone for the 80's as all kinds of crazy weird lyrics accompanied by even stranger videos began to take center stage.

[@teresabunting6364]

Love this song!!! I like most Iof their songs!!! Imma old woman, I consider her the first female rapper.

[@davef.6803]

Your best reaction! Ha,ha,ha!

[@revjim123]

Punk and Hip Hop were played in a lot of the same clubs in New York. Blondie was one of those bands that were exposed to and influenced by both.