Picture This (song)
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| Single by Blondie | ||||||||
| from the album Parallel Lines | ||||||||
| B-side | "Fade Away and Radiate" | |||||||
| Released | August 1978 | |||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||||||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||||||
| Genre | New wave | |||||||
| Length | 2:59 | |||||||
| Label | Chrysalis (UK) | |||||||
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| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||||||
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"Picture This" is a song by the American rock band Blondie. It was released in 1978 as the lead single from their third album Parallel Lines. It reached number 12 in the UK, giving Blondie their third UK Top 20 hit. It also charted in various other countries but was not issued as a single in the US.
"Picture This" was written by Chris Stein, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri. Debbie Harry wrote the lyrics while Destri and Stein each wrote portions of the music. The B-side of the single, "Fade Away And Radiate", featured Robert Fripp on guitar and was also included on the Parallel Lines album. "Picture This" was included on the international version of the band's first 'greatest hits' compilation The Best of Blondie, released in October 1981.
Music critic Arion Berger of Rolling Stone called "Picture This" "the tenderest new wave love song put to vinyl".
A music video was produced to promote the single featuring a straight performance by the band and Debbie Harry wearing a yellow dress designed by Stephen Sprouse.
UK 7" (CHS 2242, August 1978)
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