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| Single by Blondie from the album Autoamerican |
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| Released | January 1981 | ||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, rap | ||||
| Length | 6:33 (US) 4:57 (UK) |
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| Label | Chrysalis Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Deborah Harry Chris Stein |
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| Producer | Mike Chapman | ||||
| Certification | Gold (US), Silver (UK) | ||||
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"Rapture" is a single by Blondie. Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1 1945 is an American Singer-songwriter and Actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the Punk Chris Stein (born January 5 1950 Brooklyn, New York) is co-founder and Guitar player in the New wave band, Blondie In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Mike Chapman (born Michael Chapman 15 April 1947, Nambour, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian born Record producer In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of Albums and singles sold through retail and The British Phonographic Industry (BPI is the British record industry's trade association. Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records " The Tide Is High " is a 1967 song written by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer " Island Of Lost Souls " is a song recorded by Blondie and released as a single in April of 1982 Blondie is an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 60 million records It was released in January 1981, during the height of the band's success, and became one of the first substantial hit singles to involve rap music, and the first rap-influenced single to reach number one on the US Billboard Chart. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with It was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. " The Tide Is High " is a 1967 song written by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer "Rapture" went on to reach number one on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100, and number five in the UK singles chart. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The B-side was "Walk Like Me", also from Autoamerican. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s
Following the release of "Rapture" Blondie took a hiatus from recording and touring. The autumn of 1981 saw the release of Debbie Harry's first solo single, "Backfired" and the album Koo Koo, co-written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of Chic - the band whose track "Good Times" inspired Harry and Chris Stein to write "Rapture". Backfired is the fifth track and first single release from Koo Koo, the 1981 first solo album by Debbie Harry. Koo Koo is the title of the debut solo album by Debbie Harry, released in August 1981 while Harry was still a member of the group Blondie. Bernard Edwards ( October 31 1952 – April 18 1996) born in Greenville North Carolina, was a Bass guitar player and Nile Gregory Rodgers (born September 19 1952, in New York City) is an American musician Composer, Arranger, and Guitarist Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 " Good Times " is a 1979-80 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. Chris Stein (born January 5 1950 Brooklyn, New York) is co-founder and Guitar player in the New wave band, Blondie
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History
"Rapture" was a combination of New Wave pop, funk, and rap music, with the rap section forming an extended coda. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s While it was not the first single involving rap to be successful, it was the first to top the charts. The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", a straightforward rap track also based on Chic's "Good Times", and obviously also an inspiration for "Rapture", reached #36 on the U. The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop and Funk group known mostly for their biggest hit " Rapper's Delight " the first hip hop " Rapper's Delight " is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang; it was one of the first hip hop hit singles Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 " Good Times " is a 1979-80 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. S. Hot 100 chart, and went gold. Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" was released in 1980, and became the second rap single to be certified gold. Curtis Walker (born 9 August 1959) better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is one of the first commercially successful rappers and " The Breaks " is a critically acclaimed 1980 hit single for Kurtis Blow (see 1980 in music) and one of the earliest hip-hop hits The lyrics of "Rapture" included references to hip-hop pioneers Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash. This article is on the Yo! MTV Raps host For the NHL player see Fred Brathwaite. Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown Barbados) better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American Hip hop musician Freddy and fellow graffiti artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lee Quinones made cameo appearances in the music video, one of the first broadcast on MTV. Jean-Michel Basquiat ( December 22 1960 - August 12, 1988) was an American Artist. Lee Quiñones, born 1960 in Ponce Puerto Rico and raised in New York, is one of the most important Graffiti artists Some of his paintings MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.
The dancer William Barnes was the introductory and central figure, the "Man from Mars", in the white suit and top hat, and also choreographed the piece. [1]
The versions appearing on the U. S. and UK 7" and 12" singles were quite different. The US 7" single, also issued with a different cover picture, used the regular Autoamerican album version, the US 12" single a version with an addional verse partly in French, making it just 40 seconds longer. For the UK and international single releases Mike Chapman remixed the track completely. The Special Disco Mix has a different intro and it was also given a longer instrumental break with new percussion overdubbed, making it ten minutes long. The UK 7" version (4:59) was an edit of this Special Disco Mix, and a slightly different edit (5:33) appeared on the band's first 'greatest hits' compilation The Best of Blondie in 1981. The Best of Blondie is a Compilation album by the band Blondie. "Live It Up" was also extended and remixed for the B-side of the international 12" single, the 8 minute version was included on the deleted 1994 UK CD edition of Autoamerican but was re-issued as part of EMI's lavish 14 disc Singles Box in 2004.
The picture of Debbie Harry used for the UK/international editions of the original 7" & 12" "Rapture" singles was later used for the cover of 1995 compilation Beautiful - The Remix Album.
The first official remix of "Rapture" can be found on the 1988 compilation Once More into the Bleach. Once More into the Bleach is a Remix album by the band Blondie released in 1988 The track was remixed again and re-issued as a single in both the UK and the US in 1994 and included on compilations The Platinum Collection, Beautiful - The Remix Album and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project. The Platinum Collection is a two disc Compilation album of recordings by Blondie released by EMI / Chrysalis in 1994 Remixed Remade Remodeled—The Remix Project is a Remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis / EMI Records in the
In 2005 "Rapture" was fused with The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" into "Rapture Riders" by Go Home Productions. A mashup or bootleg (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the A cappella This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing " Riders on the Storm " is a song by The Doors from their 1971 album L Go Home Productions (also known as GHP) is the alter ego of Mark Vidler, a producer/ Remixer /DJ based in Watford, Hertfordshire This unofficial mashup remix was later approved to be included on Blondie's Greatest Hits: Sight + Sound/Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision and was a top ten hit on the U. A mashup or bootleg (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the A cappella A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Greatest Hits Sight + Sound is a two disc compilation album by the band Blondie released in the UK on November 8 2005 Greatest Hits Sound & Vision is Blondie 's latest international compilation album. S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco
Grandmaster Flash scratch mixed "Rapture" on his classic single "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel". Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown Barbados) better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American Hip hop musician " The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel " (1981 is a single released by Grandmaster Flash. In 1996 Foxy Brown (featuring Jay-Z) used the song as the base for her hit, "I'll Be". Inga Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1979) better known as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper known for her solo work as well Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella It was also sampled by Won-G for his single "Caught up in the Rapture", and was interpolated by rapper KRS-One on his 1997 single "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)". In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording In Music and Musical composition, especially 20th century and later interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with (almost immediate Lawrence Krishna Parker (born August 20 1965) better known by his stage name KRS-One, is an American Rapper. In 2000 it was sampled once more by Glamma Kid on his single "Bills 2 Pay". Iyael Iyases Tafari Constable (born 14 March 1978, in Hackney, London, UK) better known as Glamma Kid, is a British In that same year Destiny's Child sampled it on their single "Independent Women Part I". Destiny's Child (sometimes referred to as DC or DC3) was an R&B and pop Girl group comprising lead singer Beyoncé Knowles The song was also sampled by The Jungle Brothers in the song "In Days 2 Come" from the album "Done by the Forces of Nature". Elements of "Rapture" were recreated for the Joe Pesci song "Wise Guy", in which he raps in-character as Vincent LaGuardia Gambini from the film My Cousin Vinny. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You is the second Studio album from the Academy Award winning Actor and Singer My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 Comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei.
English synthpop duo Erasure covered "Rapture" on their 1997 album Cowboy, with Vince Clarke providing the rap. Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Erasure are an English Synth pop duo formed by Songwriter and Keyboardist Vince Clarke and Singer In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Cowboy is an album recorded by Erasure in 1997 and released by Mute Records in the UK Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin in South Woodford, London, on July 3 1960) is an English pop Chilean musician Nicole also did a cover of this song in 2006, included on her album APT. Denisse Laval Soza (born January 19, 1977) better known by her Stage name Nicole, is a Chilean singer based in Miami APT is the fifth album by Chilean singer Nicole. It was released in July 2006
Track listing
US 7" (CHS 2485, January 1981)
- "Rapture" (Album version) (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 6:33
- "Walk Like Me" (Jimmy Destri) - 3:45
US 12" (12 CHS 2485, January 1981)
- "Rapture" (US 12" Mix) (Harry, Stein) - 7:13
- "Walk Like Me" (Destri) - 3:45
UK 7" (CHS 2485, January 1981)
- "Rapture" (UK 7" Mix) (Harry, Stein) - 4:59
- "Walk Like Me" (Destri) - 3:45
UK 12" (CHS 12 2485, January 1981)
- "Rapture" (Special Disco Mix) (Harry, Stein) - 10:01
- "Live It Up" (Stein) (Special Disco Mix) - 8:14
Chart positions
| Chart (1981) | Peak Position |
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| US | 12 |
| USA Dance | 1 |
| Canada | 1? |
| Ireland | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| UK | 5 |
| Austria | 5 |
| Norway | 8 |
| Sweden | 13 |
| Netherlands | 19 |
| Germany | 40 |
See also
Notes
External links
- Rapture at YouTube - MTV-style video
- Rapture Songfacts entry
| Preceded by "Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 28, 1981 - April 4, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Kiss on My List" by Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| Preceded by "Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon |
ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single March 28, 1981 - April 4, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Kiss on My List" by Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| Preceded by "You're Too Late" by Fantasy |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "The Tide Is High") February 28, 1981 - March 21, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Breaking and Entering" / "Easy Money" by Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble |
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