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Call Me (Blondie song)

"Call Me"
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Single by Blondie
from the album American Gigolo
B-side "Call Me" (instrumental) (U.S.)
Released February 1, 1980
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded August 1979 in New York
Genre
Length
  • 3:32 (radio edit)
  • 8:05 (album version)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Giorgio Moroder
Blondie singles chronology
"The Hardest Part"
(1980)
Call Me
(1980)
"Atomic"
(1980)
Audio sample
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Alternative cover
German edition
"Call Me"
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Single by The Chipmunks
from the album Chipmunk Punk
Released August 1980
Format Vinyl
Recorded September 1979
Length 3:11 (LP/radio version)
3:49 (12" version)
Label Excelsior Records
Writer(s) Debbie Harry, Giorgio Moroder
The Chipmunks singles chronology
"My Sharona"
(1980)
Call Me
(1980)
"On the Road Again"
(1981)
"Call Me"
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Single by In This Moment
from the album The Dream
Released May 26, 2009
Recorded 2008
Genre Post-hardcore, pop punk
Length 3:17
Label Century Media
Writer(s) Debbie Harry, Giorgio Moroder
Producer(s) Kevin Churko
In This Moment singles chronology
"Forever" (2008) "Call Me" (2009) "The Gun Show" (2009)
Music video
"Call Me" on YouTube

"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film American Gigolo. Released in the US in early 1980 as a single, "Call Me" was number one for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it became the band's biggest single and second #1. It also hit #1 in the UK and Canada, where it became their fourth and second chart-topper respectively. In the year-end charts of 1980 it was Billboard's #1 hit, and according to Billboard magazine, was the top-selling single of the year in the United States in 1980 and RPM's #3.

"Call Me" was the main theme song of the 1980 film American Gigolo. The song is about a male prostitute. Italian disco producer Giorgio Moroder originally asked Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac to help compose and perform a song for the soundtrack, but she declined as a recently signed contract with Modern Records prevented her from working with Moroder. It was at this time that Moroder turned to Debbie Harry and Blondie. Moroder presented Harry with a rough instrumental track called "Man Machine". Harry was asked to write the lyrics and melody, a process that Harry states took only a few hours. 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." The completed song was then recorded by the band, with Moroder producing. The bridge of the original English-language version also includes Harry singing "Call me, my darling" in Italian ("Amore, chiamami") (Love, call me) and in French ("Appelle-moi, mon chéri") (Call me, darling).


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