Eat to the Beat

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Eat to the Beat
Studio album by
Blondie
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1979
RecordedApril–June 1979
Studio
Genre
Length43:50
LabelChrysalis
ProducerMike Chapman
Blondie chronology
Parallel Lines
(1978) 		Eat to the Beat
(1979) 		Autoamerican
(1980)
Singles from Eat to the Beat
  1. "Dreaming"
    Released: September 1979
  2. "Union City Blue"
    Released: November 1979 (UK)
  3. "The Hardest Part"
    Released: January 1980 (US)
  4. "Atomic"
    Released: February 1980 (UK),
    April 1980 (US)

Eat to the Beat is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 28, 1979, by Chrysalis Records. The album was certified Platinum in the United States, where it spent a year on the Billboard 200. Peaking at No. 17, it was one of Billboard's top 10 albums of 1980.[1] It also reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in October 1979[2] and has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BB-1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Artists". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. July 10, 1980. Retrieved May 24, 2024.