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"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.[3]
"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 number one. 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. - Hudba
This was the first #1 song in America to feature rap in 1981.
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Blondie, the Queen of New Wave & Punk introduce mainstream America to Rap, the sound of the streets. You gotta love it!
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Debbie Harry was always just effortlessly cool. When you see things like this you can tell they were just, like, doin' stuff with their friends. The New York arts scene at that time is something we'll not see the likes of again.
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The dj spinning the record in the video is the artist Jean Michel Basquiat. Debbie bought the first paining he ever sold commercially after meeting him at this video shoot.
Oh wow so cool‼️
Coolest band ever! Not afraid to try anything they felt like…rap, punk, reggae, jazz, pop, etc. And Debbie still does this rap perfectly today in her 70s!
Yaaas‼️Debbie
Your reaction when she started rapping was priceless.
NYC in the 70s and early 80s is the city and era I wish I could visit and reside in.
🤣so wasn't expecting that
Groundbreaking song for its time, and the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV -- Debbie's an ICON. Great reaction Empress!
Glad u enjoyed! This was dope!
The music video features Fab Five Freddy, one of the hip hop pioneers, spray painting graffiti on the wall and street artist Jean Michel Basquiat djing when Debbie started rapping.
Jean Michel Basquiat was friends with pop artists Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. And he was Madonna's boyfriend in 82 when her Everybody single and music video dropped. Keith Haring was Madonna's friend and roommate in 82 as well.
React to their songs One Way Or Another, Atomic, Touched By Your Presence Dear, Heart of Glass, The Tide Is High, Call Me please.
Oh wow‼️
I forgot Madonna dated Basquiat. May he RIP
Yes Debbie gets a plate at the cookout. Her and Teena Marie were early adapters to spit bars in their songs. Teena with Square Biz . They were the first white girl rappers😂😂
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Fab Five Freddy (the dude she mentions when the rap part starts) was an early hip-hop pioneer & friend of the band.
Oh cool
Iconic! I never heard this 1980 classic until 1998-99 when I was a senior in high school. I was determined to learn the entire rap and I DID IT. It became my karaoke staple in college cuz I could do the rap without looking at the screen. I brought it back during March of 2020 when we had to wash our hands for a long time, so I made two Covid-aware videos - one of the whole Rapture rap, and the other of Mrs. Peacock's dinner monologue in the movie Clue (I have very strange and useless hidden talents, lol).
Blondie is absolutely AMAZING, and they can genre-hop all over the board. I've seen them live three times and they are the real deal. Debbie Harry is the epitome of cool. Awesome reaction!
🤣🤣🤣omg Mrs Peacock 🦚 😍 ‼️‼️
Great reaction! This song never sounds old, could listen to it everyday. Blondie was definitely the real deal and was deep in the underground sound of NY at that time and brought it to the mainstream. Music from the late 70s and early 80s is always fire! As you know this era in the NY club sound was the one setting all the new sounds that we still hear today. Madonna’s first album captured it also which is why it’s so hard to top. That era really was something special.
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This is the very first record that featured the artist singing and rapping. The Underground was a great spot
"Rapper's Delight" was the first rap I remember hearing. I was in seventh grade. Some of the kids in school even memorized most of the lyrics, while other kids practiced dancing like robots. Sugarhill Gang dropped "Rapper's Delight" the year before Blondie dropped "Rapture". And while it seemed a bit to us back then like Blondie was exploiting a new sound, according to Nile Rodgers, Blondie was there at the beginning along with Chic and The Clash. Fab Five Freddy went on to become the original host of "Yo! MTV Raps", a show from the late 80's that was must watch viewing for anyone interesting in hip-hop back then.
Wow interesting ‼️
Such. A. Bop. Always. When she snarls "Get up!" and that electric guitar lashes out is everything!
The radio version has a different guitar solo and outro (with no sax)...there is a weird reason for that, but I forgot what it is, haha. As others have said, this was literally the first rap song that most of the general public ever heard, because rap was still underground or at least local at that time. I always liked how the first line in Debbie's rap is to name-check Fab Five Freddy, a rap pioneer. He later helped bring more rap to the mainstream as the first host of "Yo! MTV Raps".
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Blondie has made some great songs over the years. Debbie is an icon.
Remember Debra Harry is part of the band, Blondie. She dances with the band members, exits at the end with her band members.
Ha! They didn't have Escalades in '81. I had a strong feeling you'd like this Blondie tune; what great fun watching you discovering it!!!
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Yes this song was a game changer when it came out in 1980. I was 12 and my bedroom was filled with Blondie posters, they were def my first musical obsession (along w/ ONJ of course). I remember loving a song that came out the year before- Rappers Delight by The Sugarhill Gang and going to my local "Soul" record store and asking if there was any other records that were the same "rap" style. Along w/ Sugarhill Gang, I remember Curtis Blow & Grandmaster Flash being my first "Rap" albums...so of course I was thrilled that Blondie was on the rap tip too! Empress, you def got it right w/ your observation that Blondie was inspired by rap because it was new and they were part of the cutting edge NY vibe at that time.
This song was EVERYTHING to me back then. I was in 3rd grade and performed it at a Catholic school talent show. I know.... I know. But I was obsessed with it. For me at the time, it represented NYC, the street, the night, all kinds of people partying together. I had the single and would play it over and over to learn the rap. It was definitely the first time I really heard rap. I knew the Sugarhill Gang's 8th Wonder by heart, but this was different somehow.
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They did pop, punk, rock, rap, reggae. They were so cool because they just didn’t give a fuck. I was a child and she was the most beautiful woman in the world to me. I love her.
so cool!
My Uncle is a HUGE Hip-Hop Fan. He's Owned probably EVERY Old-School Album. When Me and Him do a Throwback in Time, He Always goes Back to this or "Rappers Delight" that had gotten Him into Rap/Hip-Hop. He says this was a Big Hit and was Always on MTV. I Personally am not a Big Fan of Blondie. But If I Liked any of their Music, it has to be From their Late 70s Disco Days (such as "Heart of Glass" is My Favorite) and some of their Early 80s stuff.
Debbie was a big influence on Madonna. If there's one female in the industry that Madonna looks up to, it's Debbie.
I can def see that
Awesome that you enjoyed this so much. Blondie brought early hip hop mainstream with this song. No one was hearing this stuff on the radio back then until this song hit it big and brought hip hop to an entirely new audience. So, yes, definitely an artifact. Blondie was actually very experimental musically. They dabbled in early hip hop with this song, disco with Heart of Glass and reggae with The Tide is High. All the while they stayed pretty true to their own punk/rock roots. I hope you check out some more Blondie. One Way or Another, live from the Midnight Special is pretty cool and the official video for Detroit 442 will highlight their punk roots all the way. As a band, these guys were tight, but they definitely knew how to have fun.
Out of all the reactors, you clearly know the most about music, you are musical empress.
*Not just a rap song, Blondie's RAPTURE remains the VERY FIRST NUMBER ONE RAP SINGLE IN THE WORLD! That's why Blondie and Debbie Harry are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the Rap Hall of Fame! They were the FIRST to accomplish many social and musical concepts that became mainstream with so many other bands and artists since. There is only one original. And that is BLONDIE!*
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Blondie really put the rap in the general public with this song when it's came out in radios and music video in 1980-1981, because the rap was unknow by the public except the underground public. This song was her fourth n.1 single (and to date her last) in the Billboard Hot 100 (after ''Heart of Glass'', ''Call Me'' and ''Tide Is High''). This and ''Tide Is High'' was two of her most iconic songs of Blondie. This song was in her album ''AutoAmerican'', the same album who ''Tide is High'' was also here. She was a very sexy woman to use sex-appeal before Madonna to attires the world.
Great reaction, you’re so culturally aware, love it
Thank you so much 😀
Grew up with blonde blasted in the house with my parents playing it. And brings back good memories
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Blondie. Always excellent.
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a great oldie from my time, love it! Blondie is my favorite band of all time, and yes I like all types of music from R&B, Rock, Metal, Soul, Country, etc. Your review reminds me that great art spans generations to those who appreciate. Empress appreciates! I remember you reacted to Atomic by Blondie a long time ago, think you are the only one to have done that. Empress for Prez 🙂
Wow thanks‼️🥰
Great song! Great reaction! But my fav Blondie song is still "Atomic" 😁
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Love Blondie she was so big. Much love to you and your family 💕Brandi Modrak 💕❤💙
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i was in high school when this song came out. it was definitely like nothing else on rock radio at the time. this was years before aerosmith hooked up with run dmc. "rapture" was the real first blending of rock and rap.
This might have been the first rap I heard… It would be this or Grandmaster Flash - The Message. Both songs I love to this day. Rapture chalked up a few records (no pun intended). It was the first song with a rap in it to go to number 1 in the US and the first rap song played on (then very white) MTV. One of the first songs ever played on the then brand new channel too. Also Basquiat is in the video as a background character. Which ties it back to Madonna, because I always think of Blondie in that 70s and early 80s East Village world at the same time lil Miss Ciccone was struggling, and how M was dating Basquiat at one point and would’ve been a relative nobody on the social scene crossing paths at CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City and Danceteria with Debbie and Patti Smith and all the (eternal) legends of then… HALCYON DAYS! I often muse about how I wish I could’ve experienced that time and place! But, being a gay man, if I had I would almost doubtless have died long ago in the AIDS pandemic. Makes me proud to have recently lived in New York for 4 years (and to be preparing to return) and I’m so thankful for the films, music videos and especially the MUSIC that keeps that time alive in an eternal now 🗽🌆❤️🔥
Wow this is so much history‼️ And the madonna connection 😳 wow‼️
She was one of a kind! Great reaction this was one of the first rap songs
a woman who can sing anything, and with ease.
First time a lot of White America had heard rap. Fab Five Freddy took Debbie and Chris to a rap party in the Bronx where they saw rapping. So they infused it in their song. Their last #1 song
Dang‼️😭
Yes that is true. THIS song introduced rap to the suburbs where before it was just an underground music genre.
1st 'Rap" song played on MTV january 31/81.
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One of the things that I love about your reactions is your enthusiasm ! Yes you aren't alone in that, thank god, but thats my No1, No2 is your knowledge, this is more rare and in your fields of passion artists names drip from your tongue, No3 is your vibe ! You talk endlessly about artists vibe and you have that too, No4 and finally you keep it real, keepin it real baby , HNY xxx
Omg‼️Thank u‼️🥰❤😘
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You are taking us back in time to good music thanks.
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Really enjoyed your reaction, Empress. Insightful as per usual.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely brilliant, l remember watching this on MTV and thinking what ! just got to love this video. The horns sounds like were taken from the Average White Band 'pick up the pieces' hit from l believe 1977 You should definitely check it out..........
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Lol. One of the first rappers. I remember and undisputed.
I'm pretty sure this was the first time I ever heard anyone rap. My older sister played this for me and I was just a little kid. I remember thinking it was really funny - "Did she say he eats cars?" Lol. It's a fun song, and definitely memorable, and the horns are great.
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Dude in tux is Fab Freddy from The Sugar Hill Gang. He also owned an art gallery. 😊
You make so many astute observations!
Thank u!
And you didn't even mind the sax. 😉
Nah, that was good sax🤣
I grew up listening to Blondie it’s from my time and she’s the shit
Best Blondie song for me, "Atomic"
Ooo that song is 🔥🔥
Love Blondie. Clem on drums is king
The DJ that she starts rapping to is famous artist Jean Michel Basquiat. He later dated Madonna.
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this is my favorite all time reaction video
Wow thanks
Basquiat -- the famous artist and originator of the vintage Weeknd haircut (and whatever Jay-Z is aiming for these days) -- in the video too! (playing a DJ) That is cool.
Ooooh😳this that guy 🤣🤣
Great tune Debbie is a cool woman!
This has always been my faaaaave Blondie song!! Never understood the rap though… how do you eat a 🎸🤣🙌🏻
🤣🤣guess he was high enough
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Its a masterpiece.
Not counting Gil Scott-Heron (OG, 1971) the next rap I heard 5 yrs after Blondie was Big Daddy Kane - and I was hooked deep.
"Call Me" is an epic single!
Great Reaction!!❤
Fab Five Freddie told me Empress fly / dj spinnin' said my my .. (thanks for reaction to the goddess, Debbie Harry) XOXO
4:50 Highlight that’s Fab Five Freddy int the background in white members only jacket and barre spray painting graffiti
Jean Michel Basquiat in the video!
this video is was very artistic!
LOVE Debbie's RAP!!
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You should do The Tide Is High. Reggae pop.
noted!
👑Jean Michel Basquiat 👑
Gotta check out Debbie Harry 1981 solo album Koo Koo
Alot of hip hop and rap on that album
And her 1989 solo album Def Dumb & Blonde , amazing album 👏
First rap song to make number one on the charts.
I clicked this so fast!!!!
My first time reaction ( it was '81 mind you ) ?
Combo of:
- WTF did I just hear?
- Scratches head with mouth stupidly half open in a wry smile with one eyebrow cocked quizzically
- I have no clue what I just heard but I think I like it! Better listen to that again to make sure ...
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You're great!
....'drippin' with the DRIP'!!! (2:18) ...I'm stealing THAT, for real, FOR REAL!! ...ha-HAA! ....huge, huge, MASSIVE #1 Pop hit, crossing 'Rap' over into the mainstream (3:26); ...what I love about this Video, was it was featuring EVERYONE on the 'East Village NYC' scene, and now has become a time capsule of New York's Art & Club nightlife....a CLASSIC tune, from a LEGENDARY Band....(4:28)..
🤣🤣Debbie had the sauce
Good song
Great reaction
Good tune!!!!
I knew you'd get a kick out of her rapping
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Mind blown and i know the song from way back.
love the (DJ) Basquiat feature and Fab Five Freddy!
That's Fab Five Freddy
Yall best recognize
Great Reaction , Empress! ( as always lol) did you notice the randomness going by in the video? Nuns goats Indians? So NYC early 80s like ' Desperately Seeking Susan' I noticed Debbie and Chris' fashion with the ' crystal type beading ' same as ONJ in her concert video! Next up should be the the totally different sounding hit of theirs. ' The Tide is High'! Another bop! Watch Andy Warhols Early 80s MTV series czcams.com/video/6vxPF1FhCOs/video.html
Thanks ‼️Warhol had a tv show? And honestly that randomness went right over me - too stuck on Debbie's coolness and bars 🤣
Featuring the Fabulous Debbie Harry! Another fun episode features Grace Jones promoting her hot hit video. ' I'm Not Perfect, But I'm Perfect For You' Keith Haring art featured in that video. Big Fan of his Art. I loved Andy's 'Interview' magazine from back then and still published today I believe. My fave mag from the UK was The Face. It is still available today as well , I believe. I was very hip in my late 20s and early 30s but moved to Chicago where they had a similar, but tamer scene. 1988 to 1998ish
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Yes thats five fab Freddy
It got worse later, when Madonna ripped off Harlem ballroom culture. At least Debbie Harry was a real New Yorker and was close to her influences.
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Looking at this, I think Blondie is the first lady to Rap. What you think? lol I don't think there was another female before her rapping but I may be wrong...
This may have been the first “rap” song. RAP ture. Get it?
ah, i see
There's a long version with a long instrumental break and longer guitar break - czcams.com/video/LE-kDvBhs0k/video.html
Blonde helped rap dj s to get jobs in discos
This was done to show appreciation for the rap movement and culture as you said the rap industry was thought to be a fad the would fade away.. Rap being started in NYC and Blondie being a group from NYC wanted to show their approval for it's artistic form of music, dance, DJs and rapping we called Hip- Hop
WHO STARTED RAPPING I THINK BLONDIE THIS IS 1980!!
No, that was Flava Flav's cousin jk.
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@@EmpressReacts Wouldn't it be cool if it actually was a relative of his?
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