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* PlayingAgainstType: The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_FD21CyxeE Crabtree remix]]" of "Heart of Glass" pairs Harry's vocals with music by ([[PunnyTitle ahem]]) Music/PhilipGlass, producing something very different from the band's usual peppy sound. It gained a ColbertBump after being used in an important flashback scene in the TV-series version of ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale''.
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** Blondie almost did the opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7NY7B49Gc song]] to ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
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** They were originally comissioned to write the theme song for ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''. They actually completed the song, named after the film, but when it was rejected and the film's theme song was ultimately made by Music/SheenaEaston, Blondie almost did the opening released their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7NY7B49Gc song]] on their album ''The Hunter''.[[note]]A similar thing would happen decades later to ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.Music/{{Radiohead}} and the song they made for ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.[[/note]]
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* CreatorCouple: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were this in the band's heyday. They've since broken up, but are now AmicableExes.
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* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/{{Blondie}} Has its own page]]
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* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/{{Blondie}} [[ReferencedBy/BlondieBand Has its own page]]
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Call Me" was the biggest hit of 1980 and an all-time classic for the band. Many listeners are likely unaware of the existence of the Creator/RichardGere movie ''Film/AmericanGigolo'', for which it was written.
* BreakthroughHit: Prior to 1979 and the release of ''Music/ParallelLines'', the band had a cult following but not a mainstream one. Then they rang in 1979 with a daftly new sound: a mix of disco and a mix of new wave to serve as the perfect bridge between eras of prevailing styles, and it turned out to be a "Heart of Glass". The song was the band's big breakthrough and went to No. 1 on the charts, eventually becaming one of its signature songs.
* HeAlsoDid: Clem Burke had a long association with the Music/{{Eurythmics}}, playing on several tours and numerous studio tracks. He was also a drummer for Music/TheRamones for two performances on late August 1987 (as Elvis Ramone).
* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/{{Blondie}} Has its own page]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Blondie almost did the opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7NY7B49Gc song]] to ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
** Music/{{XTC}} guitarist Dave Gregory nearly joined the band.
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* BreakthroughHit: Prior to 1979 and the release of ''Music/ParallelLines'', the band had a cult following but not a mainstream one. Then they rang in 1979 with a daftly new sound: a mix of disco and a mix of new wave to serve as the perfect bridge between eras of prevailing styles, and it turned out to be a "Heart of Glass". The song was the band's big breakthrough and went to No. 1 on the charts, eventually becaming one of its signature songs.
* HeAlsoDid: Clem Burke had a long association with the Music/{{Eurythmics}}, playing on several tours and numerous studio tracks. He was also a drummer for Music/TheRamones for two performances on late August 1987 (as Elvis Ramone).
* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/{{Blondie}} Has its own page]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Blondie almost did the opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7NY7B49Gc song]] to ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
** Music/{{XTC}} guitarist Dave Gregory nearly joined the band.
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