#ThrowbackThursday – We go back 35 years to 1980 when Blondie started a 6-week run on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with Call Me, also a Nº1 in the UK and a Top 10 hit in 15 other countries. The song features on the soundtrack of the Richard Gere movie American Gigolo – it plays over the opening titles where Gere is driving his car down the pacific coast highway in California.
Debbie Harry stated that the song is about driving, and that “When I was writing it, I pictured the opening scene, driving on the coast of California.” European disco legend Giorgio Moroder produced the track. The bridge of the original English-language version also includes Harry singing “Call me, my darling” in Italian (“Amore, chiamami”) and in French (“Appelle-moi, mon chéri”).
Not only was the track Nº1 on the Hot 100 for 6 weeks, it was certified Gold and spent 4 weeks at Nº2 on the US dance chart. It was Nº1 on Billboard Magazine’s 1980 year-end chart and lists as Nº 44 on Billboard’s All Time Top 100. 25 years after its original release, Call Me was ranked at No. 283 on the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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