What was Blondie's first UK number one single?
Blondie (band) the Go-Go's, no relation to Gary Valentine). Session musicians Leigh Foxx (bass) and Paul Carbonara (guitar) played on this and subsequent Blondie releases. "No Exit" reached number three on the UK charts, and the first single, "Maria", which Destri had written thinking about his high school days, became Blondie's sixth UK number one single exactly 20 years after their first chart-topper, "Heart of Glass". This gave the band the distinction of being one of only two American acts to reach number one in the UK singles charts in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (the other being Michael Jackson who had
Call Me (Blondie song) Call Me (Blondie song) "Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie and the theme to the 1980 film "American Gigolo". Released in the US in early 1980 as a single, "Call Me" was number one for six consecutive weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, where it became the band's biggest single and second No. 1. It also hit No. 1 in the UK and Canada, where it became their fourth and second chart-topper, respectively. In the year-end chart of 1980, it was "Billboard"s No. 1 single and "RPM" magazine's No. 3 in Canada. "Call