Blondie transformed New York’s downtown punk energy into one of popular music’s most adventurous catalogs, moving freely through new wave, disco, reggae, rap, rock, and electronic music without losing the band’s identity. This complete A-to-Z guide brings together the group’s studio recordings, alternate versions, live performances, remixes, bonus tracks, and later re-recordings.

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Blondie was formed in New York City in 1974. The group was co-founded by vocalist Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein, who were later joined by drummer Clem Burke, keyboardist Jimmy Destri, and bassist Gary Valentine. They initially gained recognition in the underground music scene, performing at iconic venues including CBGB.
The band’s self-titled debut album, released in 1976, showcased its eclectic style but achieved modest commercial success. The second album, Plastic Letters, was released in 1978 and featured the single “Denis,” which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and marked Blondie’s first major breakthrough. However, it was the third album, Parallel Lines, also released in 1978, that catapulted the group to international fame. The album included “Heart of Glass,” which topped charts in multiple countries, and “One Way or Another,” solidifying Blondie’s place in mainstream music.
Blondie released eleven studio albums through 2017. Following Parallel Lines, the group continued its success with Eat to the Beat in 1979, featuring songs including “Dreaming” and “Atomic.” In 1980, Autoamerican showcased the band’s versatility with “The Tide Is High,” a reggae cover that reached No. 1 in the United States and the United Kingdom, and “Rapture,” which became the first song featuring rap vocals to top the Billboard Hot 100. The 1982 album The Hunter did not achieve the same commercial success, and Blondie entered a long hiatus.
The band reunited during the 1990s and released No Exit in 1999, which included the UK chart-topping single “Maria.” Later albums included The Curse of Blondie in 2003, Panic of Girls in 2011, Ghosts of Download in 2014, and Pollinator in 2017.
Blondie’s innovative approach produced numerous hit singles. “Call Me,” created with Giorgio Moroder for the 1980 film American Gigolo, became a No. 1 hit in the United States and was Billboard’s top-ranked single of that year. “Rapture” also topped the US chart and helped introduce rap to a broader pop audience. Blondie’s ability to combine dramatically different musical styles became one of the defining qualities of the band’s career.
Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 in recognition of the group’s lasting impact on popular music. Its influence extended beyond commercial success, inspiring generations of musicians and helping shape the development of new wave, punk, dance music, and alternative rock.
Outside of music, Debbie Harry pursued acting, appearing in films including Videodrome in 1983 and Hairspray in 1988. Chris Stein also became an accomplished photographer whose work documented Blondie and New York’s downtown music scene. Their contributions to music, film, photography, and style established them as enduring cultural figures.
Blondie’s lasting appeal comes from the band’s willingness to adapt and experiment. Its fusion of genres and readiness to explore new sounds kept the group relevant across several decades. Debbie Harry’s dynamic presence, combined with the musicianship and songwriting of the band, left an indelible mark on popular culture.
After Pollinator, Blondie completed a twelfth studio album titled High Noon, produced by John Congleton and featuring the final Blondie recordings of drummer Clem Burke, who died in 2025. The album was announced for release in 2026, continuing the group’s long history of combining familiar Blondie elements with new collaborators and contemporary sounds.
Complete List Of Blondie Songs From A to Z
- “11:59” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “A Rose by Any Name” (featuring Beth Ditto) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “A Shark in Jets Clothing” – Blondie – 1976
- “A Shark in Jets Clothing” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Accidents Never Happen” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Already Naked” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Angels on the Balcony” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Atomic” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Attack of the Giant Ants” – Blondie – 1976
- “Background Melody (The Only One)” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Backroom” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” (recorded live November 4, 1978, at The Paradise in Boston, MA) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Best Day Ever” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room” – No Exit – 1999
- “Call Me” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Call Me” (Original Long Version) – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Call Me” (live at Lyceum Ballroom, London, November 22, 1998) – No Exit – 1999
- “Call Me (Spanish Version)” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Can I Find the Right Words (To Say)” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Can’t Stop Wanting” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Cautious Lip” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “China Shoes” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Contact in Red Square” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “D-Day” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Danceway” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Denis” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Denis” (alternative version) – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Denis” (rehearsal) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Desire Brings Me Back” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Detroit 442” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Detroit 442” (recorded live 11/06/78 at the Walnut Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Diamond Bridge” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Die Young Stay Pretty” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Die Young Stay Pretty” (live BBC 12/31/79) – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Dig Up the Conjo” – No Exit – 1999
- “Divine” – No Exit – 1999
- “Do the Dark” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Doom or Destiny” (featuring Joan Jett) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Double Take” – No Exit – 1999
- “Dragonfly” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Dreaming” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Dreaming” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Dreaming” (live at Lyceum Ballroom, London, November 22, 1998) – No Exit – 1999
- “Eat to the Beat” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “End of the World” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “End to End” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “English Boys” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Euphoria” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Europa” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Faces” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Fade Away and Radiate” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Fade Away and Radiate” (108 BPM Remix) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Fan Mail” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Follow Me” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “For Your Eyes Only” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Forgive and Forget (Pull Down the Night)” – No Exit – 1999
- “Fragments” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Fun” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Fun” (Drew G remix) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Fun” (Eric Kupper disco remix) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Fun” (Greg Cohen Spirit of 79 remix) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Girlie Girlie” (Sophia George cover) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Girlie Girlie” (Sophia George cover) – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Go Through It” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Golden Rod” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Good Boys” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Good Boys” (Giorgio Moroder single mix) – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Gravity” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Hanging on the Telephone” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Hanging on the Telephone” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Hanging on the Telephone” (recorded live 1980 in Dallas, Texas) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Hanging on the Telephone” (Nosebleed Handbag Remix) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Happy Dog” – No Exit – 1999
- “Heart Full of Soul” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Heart of Glass” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Heart of Glass” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Heart of Glass” (7″ single version) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Heart of Glass” (live at Lyceum Ballroom, London, November 22, 1998) – No Exit – 1999
- “Hello Joe” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Here’s Looking at You” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Heroes” (live 1/12/80 at the Hammersmith Odeon, UK) – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Heroes (Live with Robert Fripp)” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Horizontal Twist” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Hot Shot” – No Exit – 1999
- “I Didn’t Have the Nerve to Say No” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “I Know but I Don’t Know” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “I Know But I Don’t Know” (recorded live November 6, 1978, at the Walnut Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “I Love Playing with Fire” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “I Screwed Up” (featuring Los Rakas) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “I Want to Drag You Around” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “(I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “I’m Gonna Love You Too” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “I’m on E” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “In the Flesh” – Blondie – 1976
- “In the Flesh” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “In the Sun” – Blondie – 1976
- “In the Sun” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “In the Sun” (Original Private Stock single version) – Blondie – 1976
- “Island of Lost Souls” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Just Go Away” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Kidnapper” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Kung Fu Girls” – Blondie – 1976
- “Kung Fu Girls” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Last One in the World” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Le Bleu” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Little Caesar” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Little Girl Lies” – Blondie – 1976
- “Little Girl Lies” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Live It Up” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Live It Up” (Special Disco Mix) – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Living in the Real World” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Long Time” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Look Good in Blue” – Blondie – 1976
- “Look Good in Blue” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Love at the Pier” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Love Doesn’t Frighten Me” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Love Level” (featuring John Roberts) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Magic (Asadoya Yunta)” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Make a Way” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Man Overboard” – Blondie – 1976
- “Man Overboard” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Maria” – No Exit – 1999
- “Maria” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Mile High” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Mirame” (Grupo Pesadilla cover) – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Mother” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “My Monster” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Night Wind Sent” – No Exit – 1999
- “No Exit” – No Exit – 1999
- “No Imagination” – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Nothing Is Real but the Girl” – No Exit – 1999
- “Once I Had a Love (a.k.a. The Disco Song)” (1975 version) – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Once I Had a Love (aka The Disco Song)” (1978 version) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “One Way or Another” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “One Way or Another” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Orchid Club” – The Hunter – 1982
- “Out in the Streets” – No Exit – 1999
- “Out in the Streets” (Original Instant Records demo) – Blondie – 1976
- “Palisades Park” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Picture This” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Platinum Blonde” (Original Instant Records demo) – Blondie – 1976
- “Please Please Me” (The Beatles cover) – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Poets Problem” (B-side to “(I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear”) – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Pretty Baby” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Prism” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Put Some Color on You” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Rapture” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Rapture” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Rapture” (live at Lyceum Ballroom, London, November 22, 1998) – No Exit – 1999
- “Rapture” (live at Summer Sonic 03) – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Rapture” (Special Disco Mix) – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Rave” (featuring Miss Guy) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Relax” (featuring Keilah Baez, Felicia Dennis and Keisha Williams) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Rifle Range” – Blondie – 1976
- “Rifle Range” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Ring of Fire” (live) – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Rip Her to Shreds” – Blondie – 1976
- “Rip Her to Shreds” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Rules for Living” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Scenery” (outtake from Blondie) – Plastic Letters – 1978
- “Screaming Skin” – No Exit – 1999
- “Seven Rooms of Gloom” (live BBC 12/31/79) – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Shakedown” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Shayla” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Sleeping Giant” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Slow Motion” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Songs of Love” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Sound-A-Sleep” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Sugar on the Side” (featuring Systema Solar) – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Sunday Girl” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Sunday Girl” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Sunday Girl” (French version) – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Sunday Smile” (Beirut cover) – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Susie and Jeffrey” (B-side to “The Tide Is High” single) – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Suzie and Jeffrey” (B-side to “The Tide Is High” single) – Autoamerican – 1980
- “T-Birds” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “Take It Back” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Take Me in the Night” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “The Beast” – The Hunter – 1982
- “The Breaks” – Pollinator – 2017
- “The Dream’s Lost on Me” – No Exit – 1999
- “The End the End” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “The Hardest Part” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” – The Hunter – 1982
- “The Thin Line” (Original Instant Records demo) – Blondie – 1976
- “The Tide Is High” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “The Tide Is High” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “The Tide Is High” (live at Summer Sonic 03) – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “The Tingler” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Tonight” (featuring Laurie Anderson) – Pollinator – 2017
- “Too Much” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Under the Gun” – No Exit – 1999
- “Undone” – The Curse of Blondie – 2003
- “Union City Blue” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Victor” – Eat to the Beat – 1979
- “Walk Like Me” – Autoamerican – 1980
- “War Child” – The Hunter – 1982
- “War Child” (extended version) – The Hunter – 1982
- “What I Heard” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “What I Heard” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “When I Gave Up on You” – Pollinator – 2017
- “Will Anything Happen?” – Parallel Lines – 1978
- “Winter” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Wipe Off My Sweat” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “Words in My Mouth” – Panic of Girls – 2011
- “X Offender” – Blondie – 1976
- “X Offender” (Original Private Stock single version) – Blondie – 1976
- “X-Offender” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Youth Nabbed as a Sniper” – Ghosts of Download – 2014
- “Youth Nabbed as Sniper” – Plastic Letters – 1978
Albums
Blondie (1976)
Plastic Letters (1978)
Parallel Lines (1978)
Eat to the Beat (1979)
Autoamerican (1980)
The Hunter (1982)
No Exit (1999)
The Curse of Blondie (2003)
Panic of Girls (2011)
Ghosts of Download (2014)
Pollinator (2017)
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