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Blondie — Atomic
Album: Eat to the Beat
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Released: 1979
Length: 3:44
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Ah ha, make me tonight
Tonight, make it right
Ah ha, make me tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Oh

Ah ha, make it magnificent
Tonight
Whoa

(Ah) Your hair is beautiful
(Ah) Tonight
Atomic

Tonight, make it magnificent
Tonight, make me tonight

Your hair is beautiful
Whoa, tonight
Atomic, oh ah
Atomic, oh ah

Oh ah, atomic
Oh ah, atomic
Oh ah
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I still dont get how they could they make it so perfect 
and Debbie ... no one compares to her, edgy as hell 
Posted 2 months ago by upato    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

The most exciting song about oral sex I've ever heard.



Who doesn't like that? Even Fink works well.
Posted 7 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Tight! Music.
Posted 7 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Chris Stein is a genius. Photographer and Pop Songster.
Posted 11 months ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 nightdrive wrote:

No, it's one of the cleanest energy sources.



Define "Clean". It's "clean" until it has a meltdown. Humans can do better.
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 BlackBetty wrote:

She's no longer as hot as she once was but she sings as well as ever!




You got a mirror?  ....use it!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 BlackBetty wrote:

She's no longer as hot as she once was but she sings as well as ever!



who is, though? beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 phlattop wrote:


quite a few Blondie tracks were enriched by Clem Burke's drumming



Clem and Blondie. What an exquistie and necessary combo.
Posted 1 year ago by naturalman    [ Reply ]
For a long time I missed a "80s Mix" at RP. That cheerful motivating party music... Of course I never dared to ask for it, I mean the makers of RP can of course choose their favourite music genres, and I understand when "Rock" (which I love too) is much more important than silly 80s dance music.
But now I sense some change - Blondie tracks like this add what I missed, it seems.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Posted 1 year ago by thomas1020    [ Reply ]
Raw,punchy and simply godlike.
Posted 1 year ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
So few words. Such a Big Song!
Posted 1 year ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

The most exciting song about oral sex I've ever heard.



what?
Posted 1 year ago by longliverp    [ Reply ]
 DunstanBurke wrote:

The only positive about atomic energy is this song.


Measured against what?  All of its competitors either have a much worse history with killing people or they can't produce of energy at the same level as atomic.

TLDR: you don't know what you're talking about.

Posted 2 years ago by RealLV    [ Reply ]
Magnificent!
Posted 2 years ago by RealLV    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

The drumming on this track is outstanding.



quite a few Blondie tracks were enriched by Clem Burke's drumming
Posted 2 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I remember this album fondly... my favourite disco group.
Posted 2 years ago by jerund    [ Reply ]
She's no longer as hot as she once was but she sings as well as ever!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
Ah I didn’t know she wrote the original
Posted 2 years ago by milleymeister    [ Reply ]
The only positive about atomic energy is this song.
Posted 2 years ago by DunstanBurke    [ Reply ]
One of top groups! Viva Debbie!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 yeshetarchin wrote:

There is a nice documentary out on German Broadcast Channel Arte, maybe for some of you guys possible to stream:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/...



err 404: It seems that the documentary is not online anymore...
Posted 2 years ago by Krlesn    [ Reply ]
Glastonbury 1999: Blondie, Patti Smith and Marianne Faithful. All were wonderful. I seem to remember Blondie playing top ten hits (including Atomic) for an hour or more but Glastonbury was a bit like the sixties - if you remember it clearly, you probably weren't there.
Posted 2 years ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
The drumming on this track is outstanding.
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Man, I had forgotten how Magnificent she was... 
Posted 2 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
GOOD TUNE!! ...IT THUMPS!!  
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
It gets an 9 because the song (a cover) is on the Trainspotting soundtrack.  
Posted 3 years ago by Floyd62    [ Reply ]
the verse is great but the single word chorus just doesn't cut it for me. 7
Posted 3 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
The most exciting song about oral sex I've ever heard.
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Clem Burke rocks on drums!
Posted 4 years ago by 3Chords    [ Reply ]
There is a nice documentary out on German Broadcast Channel Arte, maybe for some of you guys possible to stream:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/...
Posted 4 years ago by yeshetarchin    [ Reply ]
Simply awesome and stills stands out after all these years🏆
Posted 5 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
Interesting mix. Blondie does the Go-Gos
 
Of course We Got The Beat came out a year after Eat To The Beat, but yeah.
Posted 5 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Jesus Christ the drums in this thing.
Posted 5 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:
Shows that you dont need lyrics...

oh ah tonight whoa oh ah atomic

voila you have a song... and a million seller too...
 
Perhaps if you look like Debbie Harry did in 1979, moan effectively, praise the way my hair looks, and ask me to make it magnificent tonight, well, perhaps you can have a hit record, too.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Makes me long for the time when my hair was beautiful. Not much left of that now.
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Why is this not on the Atomic Blonde soundtrack!?! a wasted opportunity. 
Posted 5 years ago by SAILINGTHESEVEN    [ Reply ]
I always hear "Three Blind Mice" at the first few notes, but it quickly moves away from that.

Not one of my Debby Harry favorites -- "Your hair is beautiful tonight" lol --  but her voice soars nicely on this. 
Posted 5 years ago by Sam_Hill    [ Reply ]
I hear that 'Heart Of Glass' organ sound creeping in now and then! Drums too.
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
The most POP band of the punk era. I used to like them back in the 80's, but now, I can't really take too much of them. 
Posted 5 years ago by jumpskirt    [ Reply ]
1980, Birmingham Odeon, a bunch of naive 15 year olds bopping and drooling in the mosh pit, song still resonates with me. Agree with some of the comments below, Clem Burke was a great drummer
Posted 5 years ago by gbt    [ Reply ]
Shows that you dont need lyrics...

oh ah tonight whoa oh ah atomic

voila you have a song... and a million seller too...
Posted 5 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Saw Blondie for the first time in the Odeon Cinema, Edinburgh Scotland. Audience went wild and there wasn't one seat that wasn't trampled to smithereens. Epic as ever
Posted 5 years ago by jamesshoemark    [ Reply ]
 noe.architecte169 wrote:
One of my first musical trip ! Thanks Debbie chĂ©rie 
 

Posted 5 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
One of my first musical trip ! Thanks Blondie chĂ©rie 
Posted 5 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
Cool song :-) I think I like the cover by Sleeper better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLMFRt9few but I'm not being objective {#Jump}
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
 junebaby65 wrote:
Debbie, my dream woman when I was 14 years old in 1979.
 
Yes, she was also my dream woman when I was 14, when I bought their first album, in 1976.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 echoes wrote:
I always thought the drumming of Blondie was excellent.

 
Clem Burke. One of the best.

Posted 6 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Interesting mix. Blondie does the Go-Gos
Posted 6 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
I always thought the drumming of Blondie was excellent.
Posted 6 years ago by echoes    [ Reply ]
Saw Blondie at Uptown Theater in Kansas City, circa 1975.  They opened for the Kinks, and I and everyone I knew that went, was there only for the Kinks. Blondie wasn't known much yet, at least not in KC.

Blondie stole the show.  They were FUN.  Ray Davies apparently decided that we needed to see anti-FUN.  He was obviously wishing to be somewhere else.  
Posted 7 years ago by bmccaul    [ Reply ]
I saw them only a few years ago in Belfast and I was amazed at how young and vigorous Clem Burke (the drummer) was. He really thumped those drums for the whole gig and his drum kit was on raised dias for all to see and he really put on a show. Sometime later I found out that he was born the same year as me but he looks 20 years younger!
Posted 7 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Debbie, my dream woman when I was 14 years old in 1979.
Posted 7 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
I have this vinyl album & did not recognize the tune.  I had to Google-ize it to hear it again.  I should give it a spin again.  Been many many years.
-John
Posted 7 years ago by jsd52756    [ Reply ]
In a time when the airwaves were flooded with Journey, Foreigner, Styx..... and worse, Blondie was a FUN alternative.
Forever a fan, even though I never cared for the genre much otherwise.
Posted 7 years ago by Clyde_Bedow    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:

Here's a shot a young Deb from '75 playing drums...not sure if she could actually play the drums, as I've never seen another one like it.

dh

 
Cool photo.  She's wearing a "Weee-O!" t-shirt; I'd forgotten about that.  IIRC, it was a warehouse style/supermarket concept from A&P Grocery stores in the NYC area in the early 1970s.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I'm guessing they went to a Kraftwerk/Devo show the night before they filmed the video for this one.


Posted 7 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
definitive electro-pop

{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
Pure, perfect POP
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I still got a crush on Debby in her younger days. Guess I am not the only one.

 
Here's a shot of a young Deb from '75 playing drums...not sure if she could actually play the drums, as I've never seen another one like it.


Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
I still got a crush on Debby in her younger days. Guess I am not the only one.
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Tuna?
Posted 8 years ago by whiskofclarity    [ Reply ]
Magnificent indeed. Great single.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 eveliko wrote:
Always such an imaginative bass line in every single of that band. Yeah it does sound disco, but what's wrong about it?

 
It sounds disco!
Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
Great cover from this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGN3gT8SEo {#Roflol}

 
Now that was silly...  {#Lol}  {#High-five}

If Kraftwerk and Pet Shop Boys had a baby that got hooked on speed and moved to the Netherlands, it would make that version. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Always such an imaginative bass line in every single of that band. Yeah it does sound disco, but what's wrong about it?
Posted 8 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
I must admit, I like this song better now for some reason......
Posted 8 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Among their worst singles...
Posted 8 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Great riff
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by Redwine    [ Reply ]
Three blind mice, see how they run...
Posted 9 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Great cover from this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGN3gT8SEo {#Roflol}
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 oh hell yeah.. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 marcedeleon wrote:
Classic!  Thanks Bill!  x
 
Fun times indeed {#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
Classic!  Thanks Bill!  x
Posted 9 years ago by marcedeleon    [ Reply ]
Their best  "disco song", if you will.  Kicks the crap out of "Heart of Glass"...
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes} {#Dancingbanana} {#Jump}
Posted 10 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
I'm guessing that Blondie had a Big influence on modern synth-pop bands like Metric.  

Wonder if ma blonde would like this? 
Posted 10 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Deborah Harry + Clement Burke = Blondie

Saw them a few years ago and, after a sluggish start, they began to wail away with such energy that it caused me to think, "Oh yeah. They were a staple at CBGBs with the Ramones and Talking Heads. I can see why." 
Posted 10 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

yes.  I could tell...I spent my childhood listening to my moms singles from the 50s and I can tell you that you are quite correct...I think Blondie is a perennially under appreciated band. The problem is they were quite popular so people question their cred
 
And they're an "80's" band which is another excuse for many to simply disregard them.  There may have been a lot of soulless drum machines and such back then, but the musicians were just as ernest, talented, creative, etc. as in any other era.
Posted 10 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Earlier Blondie material - particularly their first album - was very influenced by '60s girl groups such as The Shirelles and The Shangri-Las.

 
yes.  I could tell...I spent my childhood listening to my moms singles from the 50s and I can tell you that you are quite correct...I think Blondie is a perennially under appreciated band. The problem is they were quite popular so people question their cred
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Bill's mullet & Becca's shoulderpads say they're in an 80's mood this afternoon.{#Propeller}
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Great!
It instantly took me back to driving up the coastal highway from LA to San Francisco!
Ah youth ... 
Posted 11 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
The opening sounds very much like the Cardigans My Favourite Game. Maybe the wrong song, but definitely the Cardigans.

 
Maybe The Cardigans should consider suing them.
Posted 11 years ago by nightdrive    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
This is a seriously sexy song, especially when combined with Call Me. Gives me the horn every time {#Devil_pimp}. 9 from the aroused Nottingham jury.


 
I'll pass on the horn but yes both very sexy and polished. Reminds me of Patrick Nagel's work but this is better than that. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:

Might have something to do with that ghastly toilet-swimming scene. Ugh.

 

actually I think it's the head-spinning dead baby...
Posted 11 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
The opening sounds very much like the Cardigans My Favourite Game. Maybe the wrong song, but definitely the Cardigans.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Good to hear this song today. It was released this day in 1980!
Posted 11 years ago by pikester    [ Reply ]
this is the sound of Disco fading out
Posted 11 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:


Add a dash of the Shirelles (spelling?)_  There's some girl group sound in it.

 
Earlier Blondie material - particularly their first album - was very influenced by '60s girl groups such as The Shirelles and The Shangri-Las.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
ah, the many memories....some drunk, some not...good times all!
Posted 11 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
not diggin this last hr. at all.... Trying to be patient but this is making it worse....
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
what happened to romeo??
 
 
He got a little too profane, repeatedly, over on the main forum. A little is overlooked but he was persistent. e-suicide-by-trolling. 
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
what happened to romeo??

akaike wrote:
In honor of Romeo (no longer a user), everyone in my office is dancing!
 


Posted 12 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
Totally awesome and timeless.
Posted 12 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
In honor of Romeo (no longer a member), everyone in my office is dancing!
Posted 12 years ago by akaike    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
I know. totally awesome right! but this is a slightly different version then the radio version I remember. As to LizL's comment about hearing some girl group... now that you mention it, yeah. But I'm hearing The Go-Gos not the Shirelles. Still fun.
 
 
Go-gos owed a lot of their sound to Motown, so.... 
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
EVERYBODY DANCE!!!!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}
 
Indeed. And turn up the volume!
Posted 12 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
I know. totally awesome right! but this is a slightly different version then the radio version I remember. As to LizL's comment about hearing some girl group... now that you mention it, yeah. But I'm hearing The Go-Gos not the Shirelles. Still fun.

xtalman wrote:
Good god I haven't heard this in a stones age.  {#Dancingbanana}
 

Posted 12 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
If you want to hear an amazing mash-up, search for "Rapture Rider." Blondie doing Rapture, and the Doors, Riders On The Storm. Its like they were written to be played this way.
Posted 12 years ago by capzfan    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Agh... Putting this into heavier rotation just makes me want to watch Trainspotting something awful, and I can't because my wife hates that movie!
 
Might have something to do with that ghastly toilet-swimming scene. Ugh.
Posted 12 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
My Fav Blondie tune!!
Posted 12 years ago by rubincw    [ Reply ]
The melody in this song is transcendant.  So beautiful...
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]

If you listen to some of the house music nowadays its all going back to this, and if you like this I highly reccomend checking out the band Justice.


Posted 13 years ago by ZiegZeon    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Agh... Putting this into heavier rotation just makes me want to watch Trainspotting something awful, and I can't because my wife hates that movie!
 

Best reason for a divorce I'd say...


Posted 13 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
Quite the disco drums-n-bass

I hear some late 70's Rolling Stones, Ian Dury & the Blockheads "Hit me with your Rhythm Stick", Rod Stewart...
 

Add a dash of the Shirelles (spelling?)_  There's some girl group sound in it.



Posted 13 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
I'll always love Blondie!
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
{#Roflol} this came out in my High School graduation year {#Angel}
it wasn't my cup of tea then, in retrospect, I like it

 
I am with you on this one. {#Hungry}

Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Agh... Putting this into heavier rotation just makes me want to watch Trainspotting something awful, and I can't because my wife hates that movie!
Posted 13 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Good god I haven't heard this in a stones age.  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 californiaview wrote:
A classic and one of their best
 
Beat me to it!

Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Great to hear a golden oldie from Blondie......this one had an excellent groove....and also reflects how much of an influence this band had on Duran Duran—-who often copied this particular groove (bass lines etc.)
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
This is a seriously sexy song, especially when combined with Call Me. Gives me the horn every time {#Devil_pimp}. 9 from the aroused Nottingham jury.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
A classic and one of their best
Posted 13 years ago by californiaview    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol} this came out in my High School graduation year {#Angel}
it wasn't my cup of tea then, in retrospect, I like it

Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]

Always liked the song...hated Debbie's "robot dance" in the video.



Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
EVERYBODY DANCE!!!!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 WingedElephant wrote:
I agree - hearing the Pretenders song and then "Atomic" immediately blasted me back to high school. In a good way. 
 
You too huh? :-)
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Awesome!
The memories! 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Quite the disco drums-n-bass

I hear some late 70's Rolling Stones, Ian Dury & the Blockheads "Hit me with your Rhythm Stick", Rod Stewart...
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]