Rapture
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Rapture ( English " Rapture ") is a song by Blondie from 1981 , written by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein.
history
Rapture combines the directions of New Wave , Pop , Funk and contains extensive rap passages in the second half . Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang was the first successful hip-hop song in 1979 . Rapture was the second rap song to receive a gold record , along with Kurtis Blows The Breaks , and the first to become a number one hit. The rap lines contain references to hip-hop pioneers Fab 5 Freddy and Grandmaster Flash .
Released on January 12, 1981, the song became a number one hit in the United States.
Use in popular culture
- The song is used in the hip-hop film Wild Style (1983).
- He appears in the film One Night in New York (1999).
- The song is used in the film After 7 Days (2007)
- Rapture can be heard in the film Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night (2007).
- Blondie's version is played in the TV series Nip / Tuck .
- Rapture can be heard in the film Shame (2011).
Music video
The music video was shot in the East Village , Manhattan . At the beginning of the video, a man dressed in white (played by Fab 5 Freddy) goes to a window dancing; there is a party there. During a tour, Deborah Harry sings the song both there and in the city center and speaks to the DJ of the party. Then some scenes repeat in fadeouts . Downtown, the Blondie members and the white-clad man go to a club that they end up leaving. In 1981, this was the first rap video to air on MTV .
Cover versions
- 1981: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel)
- 1989: Jungle Brothers (In Dayz 2 Come)
- 1996: Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z (I'll Be)
- 1997: Erasure
- 1997: KRS-One (Step Into a World (Rapture's Delight))
- 1998: Joe Pesci (Wise Guy)
- 2006:
- 2007: Dub Pistols feat. Terry Hall
- 2010: Alicia Keys