Call Me (Blondie Song)
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Call Me is a 1980 song by Blondie that was written by Giorgio Moroder and Deborah Harry . The song is included on the soundtrack of the movie A Man for certain hours .
history
Originally Giorgio Moroder wanted to compose the song with Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac , but Nicks' contract with Modern Records prevented the cooperation. So he turned to Deborah Harry. At first the song was an instrumental piece called Man Machine , and after a few hours the song became Call Me . The song is about a woman who asks her lover to call her.
The publication took place in February 1980 in the USA, while in Europe it did not take place until April 1980. The punk / new wave song became a number one hit in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom . In the music magazine Rolling Stone , on the list of the 500 best songs of all time , Call Me reached number 283.
Music video
Two music videos have been released for the song so far:
- A music video shows excerpts from New York . This video is also included in the 1991 video album The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie .
- Another video shows a taxi driver driving through Manhattan in his Checker Cab .
Use in soundtracks
Except in A Man for Certain Hours , the song was used in the English film The Business .
Cover versions
- 1980: The Chipmunks
- 1980: Marianne Rosenberg (call!)
- 1980: Katrin Lindner
- 1985: Deborah Harry
- 1991: Nikka Costa
- 1997: Helena Vondráčková
- 1997: The 69 Eyes
- 2000: Tiffany
- 2000: Jill Jones
- 2009: In This Moment
- 2009: Franz Ferdinand
- 2012: The Help
- 2012: L'uke
- 2013: Garden of Delight
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Evidence in Songfacts.com
- ↑ release date USA
- ↑ release date UK
- ↑ One of the music videos in MyVideo.de