Rapture (Blondie song)

"Rapture"
North American picture sleeve
Single by Blondie
from the album Autoamerican
B-side"Walk Like Me"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1981
Recorded1980
StudioUnited Western, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length6:31
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
"The Tide Is High"
(1980) 		"Rapture"
(1981) 		"Island of Lost Souls"
(1982)
Alternate cover
European picture sleeve
Music video
"Rapture" on YouTube

"Rapture" is a song by American rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album Autoamerican (1980). Written by band members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the second and final single from Autoamerican on January 12, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. Musically, "Rapture" is a combination of new wave, disco and hip hop with a rap section forming an extended coda.[5]

"Rapture" was another commercial success for the band, shipping one million copies in the United States, where it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, their fourth and last single to reach the top. It was the first number-one single in the United States to feature rap vocals. The single also peaked at number three in Canada, and number five in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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  5. ^ Pareles, Jon (February 25, 1999). "POP REVIEW; No Debutante: Blondie Returns to Its Roots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.