Call Me (Blondie song)

"Call Me"
Single picture sleeve (US and some other releases used a white background, while most overseas releases used pink)
Single by Blondie
from the album American Gigolo
B-side"Call Me" (instrumental) (U.S.)
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1980 (US)
RecordedAugust 1979, New York City[1]
Genre
Length
  • 2:15 (music video version)
  • 3:32 (radio edit)
  • 8:05 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Blondie singles chronology
"The Hardest Part"
(1980) 		"Call Me"
(1980) 		"Atomic"
(1980)
Music video
"Call Me" on YouTube
Alternative cover
Richard Gere picture sleeve, extracted and derived from the film poster of American Gigolo; also released worldwide, especially in the US

"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film American Gigolo. Produced and composed by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Blondie singer Debbie Harry, the song appeared in the film and was released in the United States in early 1980 as a single. "Call Me" was No. 1 for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, where it became the band's biggest single and second No. 1.[1] It also hit No. 1 in the UK and Canada, where it became their fourth and second chart-topper, respectively. In the year-end chart of 1980, it was Billboard's No. 1 single and RPM magazine's No. 3 in Canada.[6][7]

Record World called it a "stirring electronic dance cut".[8]

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  5. ^ Glickman, Simon (December 1, 1998). "Blondie/Deborah Harry/Jimmy Destri". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 122.
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  7. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 33, No. 6, May 03 1980". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  8. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 16, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2023.