Musical Monday - Call Me by Blondie

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100: April 19, 1980 through May 24, 1980.

#1 on the Cash Box Top 100: April 12, 1980 through May 24, 1980.
#1 on the U.K. Chart: April 26, 1980.

In April of 1980, the 1980s arrived with Call Me. This is really the first identifiably "1980s" hit. There are definitely influences from the 1970s in it - it contains a little bit of disco, but it isn't quite disco; it contains a little bit of punk, but it isn't quite punk. And so on. This song, like Blondie itself, was kind of like things that had gone before, but was an entirely new thing at the same time.

To a certain extent, Blondie set the tone for the 1980s with songs like Call Me. Though the song wasn't like anything that had come before, there was a lot that came afterwards that tried to imitate it, and tried to imitate the band as well. In a way, Blondie made the 1980s what they were, and Call Me was a big part of that.

Previous Musical Monday: Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl by the Spinners

Subsequent Musical Monday: Geno by Dexys Midnight Runners

Previous #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by Pink Floyd

Subsequent #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

Previous #1 on the Cash Box Top 100: Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by Pink Floyd

Subsequent #1 on the Cash Box Top 100: Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

Previous #1 on the U.K. Chart: Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl by the Spinners

Subsequent #1 on the U.K. Chart: Geno by Dexys Midnight Runners

List of #1 Singles from the Billboard Hot 100 for 1980-1989
List of #1 Singles from the Cash Box Top 100 for 1980-1989
List of #1 Singles on the U.K. Chart for 1980-1989

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