When New Wave icons Blondie released 'Heart of Glass' in 1978, longtime fans accused the band of selling out. The song's disco beat turned off a lot of people, who thought the group was jumping on a ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Until 1978, Blondie was a punk band with a cult following and not much visibility in the U.S. beyond New York’s Lower East Side. Eager for a hit album, Chrysalis, the band’s label, paired Blondie with ...

Invisible Hits is a column in which Tyler Wilcox scours the internet for the best (and strangest) bootlegs, rarities, outtakes, and live clips. A futuristic hybrid of Studio 54 fantasy and CBGB cool, ...

Blondie were a popular band in the New York punk underground for a few years before they released "Heart Of Glass," but that song was a career-changer for them. In 1979, they rode the song all the way ...

“I liked disco music,” he tells us. “I didn't have any anxiety about doing that song. That was part of the whole thing.” In the end, it was Blondie who had the last laugh. On April 28 that same year, ...

“Heart of Glass” is a perfect blend of disco, rock, and pop. Blondie successfully merged these styles, creating a fresh and exciting sound. The track is upbeat and funky, yet still has the raw energy ...

“Heart of Glass” is undoubtedly one of Blondie’s biggest hits. The disco-infused anthem of lost love was officially released as a single in 1979 after appearing on Parallel Lines the year before, but ...