Picture This (song) Picture This (song) "Picture This" is a song by the American rock band Blondie. It was released in the UK in 1978 as the lead single from their third album "Parallel Lines". It reached number 12 in the UK, giving Blondie their third UK Top 20 hit. It also charted in various other countries but was not issued as a single in the US. "Picture This" was written by Chris Stein, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri. Debbie Harry wrote the lyrics while Destri and Stein each wrote portions of the music. The B-side of the single, "Fade Away And Radiate",
Picture Show (album) 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the top 20 of 7 other major charts on Billboard. The band also went on tour with AWOLNATION across the country, and has toured college campuses/festivals alone. The album debuted at number 77 in Canada, and number 17 on the United States "Billboard" 200. "Picture Show" received generally mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". "Billboard" gave the album a mixed review, saying that