Blondie - Rapture

[bstct]

One of the greatest song-bridges ever, guitar solo too. My favorite part of the whole thing.

[egurzi]

huge sound system? foster a cone?

[14asphalt]

People need to stop arguing. Rap existed before Blondie and it is exists now. Blondie was just the first white group to emerge into rap, as well Debbie Harry was one of the first females to actually rap. I said one of the first, not the first, so all you ignorant people need to shut up.

Kay, thanks.

[troll880]

why cant everyone enjoy the music without always talking about racism in other news Blondie had swag

[pmount55]

I thought that was flavor flav in the beginning O_o

[buddhastalin]

will there ever be a hotter woman than debbie harry? science says no.

[infoandexpression]

Debbie Harry <3

[1970WasntAllBad]

size 1 Deb & jean michel basquiat = i accept your reality

[1970WasntAllBad]

hell. yes.

[LTV776669]

Real Punk Rockers love Blondie!

[motemee]

i LUV the dude all dressed in white with the top hat

[YYZ2]

@motemee It's a young Flavor-Flav (see the video for Public Enemy's Fight The Power). Blondie was pretty cool - despite glomming on to this new "rap" thing like so many other acts, they turned out something pretty neat here.

[cheapcape]

For those idiots who think rap didn't exist in the Disco era, I present THIS awesome song!

[PooPoo2U]

The things I would've done to Debbie Harry back then. Good lawd.

[MrThegooddoctor]

They start rockin to a cool guitar riff at 3:58!

[cheapcape]

@MrThegooddoctor it's not a rock song you trendy faggot

[penguin1015289]

This is where gangstah rap originated.

[strykertool]

Good song.. please respect. It has a damn good beat and its memorable.

[Keeks124]

Clem's rockin' out at 1:37

[MrThegooddoctor]

@Keeks124 Hey, that's how I used to dance!

[theonlydishes1]

what a pimp

[Sw88tie]

Rapture was not the first rap song I've heard. This is my first time hearing this crap.

[Omiz8]

"Plush safe he think.. SAMO"

[pasy2006]

THE LITTLE RAP NUMBER IS COOL:)

[bombur3]

A great song ruined by an embarrassing attempt at rapping.

"And you don't stop, sure shot

Go out to the parking lot

And you get in your car and you drive real far

And you drive all night and then you see a light

And it comes right down and lands on the ground"

Cringeworthy. I can only listen to the first half of this song.

[blakwidowbambi]

@bombur3 Lighten up!

[JamesBayCree97]

@bombur3 THEN DON'T WATCH IT.

[morethanever100]

@bombur3 Go back watching Justin Bieber's videos then.

[bombur3]

@morethanever100 Is that your response for anyone who criticises anything you like? Weak.

[valeriosirolo]

Fantastica !

[luc649]

From Chic ( le freak ) to the Sugar hill gang ( rapers delight ) to this song , check it out, listen to the guitar riff.

[therealraybaby]

#256(Tie)

[joyjoy70301]

All Hail Debbie......

[RodneyBeckett]

It's the bitches that'll gitches

[TheHalobreaker]

Anyone notice the similarities between Flava flav and Fab 5 Freddy in this video... Flav Flav wore a white suit and hat like that for a while.

[BoogPow]

I'd fuck her

[lacocayellen]

ohhh!!!!!!!....... pheffffffffffffffahhhuffffffff­f!!!!!!!!!!!.....arf arf arf arf, aghhh!!!! muito bona, otra bambina??

[wallyinwales]

I remember the Sugar Hill Gangs Rappers Delight in 1979 which was a big hit in the clubs around the world. Rapture come out a few months later in 1980 but was the first rap song to go to number one in the chart and dance charts around the world. Rapture is the first rap song to use its own music, it might be the only rap song to use its own music. Blondie's has been sample by Destiny's Child,Missy Elliot,Snoop,Sugar H Gang,Black Eyed Peas,Redman,Jay Z,Won G,Foxy Brown,Glamma Kid,Celine Dion etc

[chaswindows7]

Blondie First with Rap, if I'm not mistaken, followed by Run DMC. Love that!

[CAAANTOUCHTHIS]

i get to play with debby tomorrow at the hard rock cafe. IM SO LUCKYYY. (im not joking u can look it up)

[wallyinwales]

@CAAANTOUCHTHIS  How did the concert go???

[AndyLibra]

From what I heard in hostory Blondie with this song made the 1st RAP song introduced to TV and that's why she shows the guy with two record players in front of him. I don't think RAP was on MTV before this song. i beleive she had popularized it with this song. From what i remember RAP was back alley kind of music that did not make the main stream till 1979 1980 sometime...But, I could be off...Thougt I'd throw this in see what kind of response it gets.

[wallyinwales]

@AndyLibra It was the first rap video played on TV and MTV.

[azrodrigues]

This kinda sounds like snoop dogg's gin and juice

KINDA!

[wallyinwales]

@azrodrigues Do you mean Gin And Juice sound like like Blondie's Rapture as Rapture was out 15yrs previous. Snoop has said a few time on TV and radio that Rapture was the first rap song he heard.

[KnightCrawler2]

cocaine much? ;) 

[MrWc867]

2:48 she walks past a phonebooth with a line of people. 3:02 she walks back over and they are gone,so is the booth!

[wallyinwales]

@MrWc867 I wish we had special effects like they did then we are so crap these days.

These were the first early days of the beginning of music video your looking at the people who started it all.

[mnlkthms]

PEOPLE R DUMB!!! i like blondie but to all yall morons who say she created hip hop news flash she didn't, first off if you actually listen, she shouts out fab five freddy and grand master flash who r pioneers BEFORE blondie.second THE FIRST OFFICIAL RAP SONG was written 1965 by a man named CLARENCE RIED titled RAP DIRTY,FOLLOWING HIM came the LAST POETS .it's amazing how people discredit and white wash other peoples culture and know jack about it. nonetheless I GOT MUCH LOVE 4 DEBBIE HARRY....

[EshKabibbles86]

@mnlkthms Well said! May I recommend Steve Stoute's "The Tanning of America"...

"to the Black, to the White, the Red, and the Brown, the Purple and Yellow..."

#HipHopCan'tDie

[mnlkthms]

@EshKabibbles86 you know what i give people respect for having heart and showng love to whatever they have a passion 4.i respect not only debbie harry but the group blondie.they were ground breaking to the degree of crossing into different styles of music that were new to "MAINSTREAM AMERICA" yet they didn't invent anything.it's the moron's who speak on shit they know nothing about that baffles me.i will definetly check the book out.4 me though it's not race it's about honesty, 1 love

[mnlkthms]

@EshKabibbles86 i meant to tell you also debbie harry was in the movie wild style as a reporter hanging out with fab five freddy busy bee the cold crush brothers reporting on the graffitti artists and hip hop scene emerging back in 83, the same movie has had scenes sampled for Nas's album illmatic intro along with Mf doom's album mmm....food.it's an old ass movie that showed the life the youth of n.y. back then from rap battles to struggling graffiti artists it's a pretty decent flick

[Jody07984]

@mnlkthms First of all,chill the fuck out.Secondly,Fab Five Freddy and none of the others weren't being heard before Blondie mentioned their names.They were the first white band with Rap.

[mnlkthms]

@Jody07984 do your research before you attack somebody,do your self a favor and chill the fuck out

[ihasch]

@mnlkthms-Agree but Rap Dirty is very questionable. I looked this up last year. Supposedly it was released in 1965, but then on a self-printed EP. If I recall the first time it ever gets to an official record was around 81, and the song had 70s references. Unless someone can point to an official recording or some evidence the song even existed in 1965, it's tough to swallow that claim. I also think that rap should refer the the actual hip/hop scene that developed in the mid/late 70s.

[LaVraieMomJojo]

@ihasch Well said! 

[RTT8001]

@mnlkthms Yeah, Pigmeat Markham's Here Comes The Judge in 1968 has rap elements.

[MeowMekenzie]

Wow a girl who doesn't have fake boobs c:

[ihasch]

What's cool is that I've watched documentaries about the emergence of punk, disco and hip/hop and Blondie was in all three of them. Incidentally this is the second Blondie video Basquiat was in. He was in Atomic first in 1979.

[Dude30977]

@ihasch Oh man, I was wondering if that was him, I couldn't believe it cuz I thought they were after he died. He's so sweet and she's like come on give me something. Nice.

[hugo1mex]

Her voice is amazing! I think she is a great singer. Viva Blondie!

[TheCollegeguyman]

Was Blondie the first female rapper ..?

[whiskeyjesus]

@TheCollegeguyman

no, although she was a pretty talented, she was actually the white power structure's attempt to co-opt rap her other stuff is way better

[910cadillacredd]

@TheCollegeguyman NO,Millie Jackson was rhyming back in the early seventies, Blondie just had the exposure through MTV.

[14asphalt]

@910cadillacredd Debbie Harry was the first female rapper to go mainstream.

[bryanpentecostes]

Damn she was fly back in the day.

[camipray4peace]

sexy, sexy!

[vtwinpower650]

Could they have found a blacker black guy,and why in a white suite,love this song and the video too !!! lol

[poolshark98]

If any of yall are from new york and grew up during the good graffiti era. check out COMPANY FLOW- LUNE TNS

[yehl92000]

Blondie - toujours au top

[DarnellHightower13]

I can't keep a straight face from 1:35 to the end for obvious reasons. XD

[Freespeech1776]

Blondie was so hot. Father time got her, like he will get all of us.

[divisioneight]

Pay respect to your elders who set the table you feast at now.

[MichaelDavidPhipps]

FUCKING CRAP!!

[donlvonwallace]

That is Graffiti Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat .. The D.J in the Brown Hat ..

[poolshark98]

@donlvonwallace yup yup a legend SAMO to bad the heroin got to him.

[berner]

I've never wanted to murder a shirt, until 01:30 showed up in this video

[theunbubba]

@ihasch, What do you think the press is trying to do? They want to party like it's 1999. Every year.All the time and every day.

Or as Kiss would say : "I want to rock and roll all night, and party every day!"

[ihasch]

I saw a big banner advertisement for another End of the World event. This was the first thing that came to mind. It would be pretty cool if the world could "end" every couple of years.

[MacEliot]

Audio quality could have been better.

[mkl62]

To all you Greenville Road Warriors fans out there: This was the #1 song in the USA when T.J. Reynolds came into the world (March 26, 1981).

[F9775AB]

What a bizarre, trippy song....and I LOVE it! Artists of today need to take risks like Blondie did if they want to be remembered 30 years from now.

[Nightflightalpha]

But this was THE FIRST song to use rap with it's OWN music and lyrics... Debbie was seriously under-rated!!!

[alexander081961]

@Nightflightalpha Even that is not really correct. look up Rap O Clap O, for example. an original song with a rap style, (and from a nyc black man to boot!), from 1979. as noted below, curtis blow had tracks out prior to Rapture. try, for instance, These Are The Breaks from 1980. no doubt there were others!

[elbienchingon616]

@Nightflightalpha "Rapture" was actually the first hip-hop song to go #1 on the Billboard charts. cool, right?

[Sw88tie]

@elbienchingon616 It's technically not a hip hop song. There's rapping in it but not a rap song.

[bigwizzle45]

@Nightflightalpha You sure about that....I'd like to see the research on that.

[mattogigs]

@Nightflightalpha its the birth of rap… little accepted or known fact

[skoneelove]

@mattogigs I always tell people the same thing and they think I'm nuts. this was the first 45 I owned, I had good taste for an 8 year old

[LAZARUSofBOOM]

@mattogigs There are lots of songs that you could say that about, this isn't one of them. It's a pioneering single in the history of Hip Hop for sure, but it wasn't the birth of rap or even the first completely original rap song. It wasn't released or even recorded until the 1980s. "Rapper's Delight" was released in 1979 and even that wasn't the first rap song, Coke La Rock was rapping at Cindy's party in 1973, and James Brown and many others were doing it before him.

[mrsbadomen]

@LAZARUSofBOOM Thanku i always wondered!!!

[dominoize]

@Nightflightalpha errrrr....no.

The music was a re-do of "Who'd she Coo?" by the Ohio Players.

[acr08807]

@Nightflightalpha  Yeah, and Pat Boone was the first R&B artist, too.

[Keeks124]

@Nightflightalpha Amen.

[duranpost]

These people are absolutely crazy and cool,

[big420head]

she is sexy

[leotyndall]

Awesome, I am wondering if we are taking about taking drugs and then going out..sounds cool

[ekpp60]

blondie was soooo very atractive!!!!!!!!!!!1

[shawmutt]

3:12 Everyday I'm shufflin'

[happygirl419]

Is the random guy dancing supposed to be the "man from mars"?

[RebelThoughts]

Fab Five Freddy in the back 3:02

[noiseonlyplease]

a little over 1 miillion view?

see people this is the kind of music we should send to each other in our message box, not some covers of new songs today. Also we should let our children listen to this in the future or today, this music never dies.

[fire100503]

Who here had the hots for her back in the day?

[Golgotha357]

This song makes me want to do a rail and hang out with porn stars.

[TacoFlamers]

she's so skinny!

[Ricardo49223]

great Debbie !!!

[HeartComedyDoll]

Jean Michel Basquiat :)



[jc75843]

who can touch this?

[deadwadewilson]

Deborah Harry is da Queen!

[nokigaara]

I really like how these new bands take after the classic artists such as Blondie. Blondie had talent and there is no one that can beat her to this day!

[pookthaloco]

Can really say Blondie killed it with her 16 bars...

[hernandao16]

por algo los 80 son los mejores años por esta musica y muchas cosas mas feliz año nuevo para todos

[MrCharlieBunk]

i knew that guy next to fab 5 freddy was familiar to me. its zoro from wildstyle (lee quinones). do you know any of the other people in this clip? (apart from basquiat)

[rgaleny]

Raise your hand if you beat it to Debbie Harry in the 80's. Well, you free hand.

[Shtove]

I like it when they eat guitars.

This isn't rap, it's funk. Forget the lyrics, listen to the music.

[goonerdave68]

classic by a great group.

[repelghosts]

No from from 1:52 to 2:01...thats dear Jean Michel.

[repelghosts]

No thats Jean Michel Basquiat on the turntable....J if you find Dee I have a bunch of excellent drawings by Basquiat that he wanted...I want to give him my phone # if he will just email me asap...really...I have to reach out just to sell some amazing drawings?

[jseph1234567890]

Debbie TOTALLY spoiled all of us guys for the 80's...She was like light years ahead of any girl or woman!! Yahoo!!!!!

[OceanBlue82]

GOLD !!!

[fearthecoconut]

Blondie's by far better than Lil Wayne or Wiz Khalifa.

[Elasto123]

The first true white rap song is "Subterranean Homesick Blues"...Bob was rappin' way before blondie

[alSation81]

@Elasto123 nah thats not rap at all. but who gives a fuck ... this song still sounds like it could have been made last week

[iwantcompletecontrol]

Pretty sure the Clash's "Magnificent Seven" was recorded a good six months or so before this song, making THAT the first major white rap song. Not to take anything away from Debbie Harry and Blondie though...

[alSation81]

@iwantcompletecontrol I think the claim was that it was the first song featuring rap that broke the top 5. but that was far from Debbie's mind, she just wanted to make good music

[iwantcompletecontrol]

@alSation81 Yeah, the Clash were all about good music too. They never had a top 5 hit anyways so I'm not surprised "Magnificent Seven" was overlooked lol. It's a great song though :)

[MsAriesLuvsMJ]

First rap video to air on MTV

[Pivosquash]

147 people are fans of Hannah Montana

[JugheadObama]

It's official, I'm old. That's the stupidest video I've seen in a while. What happened to it? It was cool 30 years ago.

[TheHolandos]

@JugheadObama Gosh, my words exactly, now let's bash the younger generations for the load of crap they listen to, and by the way, I can't see the video really well, gotta get my bifocals...

[gbrooks2k9]

Was that Flava Flav at the beginning?

[kgatelyjr]

@gbrooks2k9 Its Fab 5 Freddie

[BettorOffSingle]

She was Ke$ha before Ke$ha!

[Elwoodblues87]

@BettorOffSingle

What crack are you on? Ke$sha? That bitch doesn't hold a candle to Debbie Harry

[PlayListViralMedia]

@Elwoodblues87 ur the one on crack, Kesha all day

[secretname1000able]

@Elwoodblues87 IKR

[binman702]

WOOOOW this is definitely NOT the first rap song. Listen to a guy called PigMeat Markham for some of the first rap songs, and he is from the 60s and earlier!!!

[10131899]

She is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fd1977]

rap song by a white lady.... and you know what... it's an all time classic... I would listen to Blondie LONG before I would listen to Lil Wayne , or any of these Ringtone Rappers they got today

[bloodynoise666]

Los mejores pueden ser superados. Pero los primeros siempre seran los primeros.

[Jimendrix]

@bloodynoise666 bien dicho :P

[kja427]

The only thing that annoys me about this video is this: Blondie should have presented it the full length like the song is on "Autoamerican". Someone, OTHER THAN Mrs. Harry was a bimbo with that decision. Nice tune, by the way!

[131flora]

gorgeous i love this song!

[willem01]

the DJ at 1:54 is Jean-Michel Basquiat according to wiki.

[jjscheyer30]

Romney, playing your ad before every other Youtube video is not going to help persuade me to vote for you.

[calibred818]

The Dj was Jean-Michel Basquiat...

[hairycub69]

Jan 1981 - this video seems to me full of metaphors. Blondie were a great New York based band (peak years 1977 to 1981) I like the idea of the black man dressed in white leading them out of the "underground" scene and into the overground at the end of the video (o; as if say mixing all these styles is fine - the mainstream will like it - which they did as this was a USA number 1 in Mar 1981. Peace. Bearhug. Tx

[larco33]

elle est vraiment senseulle ....

[TriniMassive8]

That is correct, this was the first rap video to be air'd on MTV, not the first rap song ever....she definitely started something though i do agree.

[TheKenny951]

its still better then Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne

[TheHolandos]

@TheKenny951 I know it's irony but still you made me choke (it IS irony, right?)

[RomagnaDomina]

@TheKenny951 can you, please, stop naming Bieber? i was masturbating with Debbie and now I have to start it from the beginning again... :P (joking, i'm not really angry with you... maybe)

[balls2411]

@TheKenny951 Total support :D

[97klover]

unlike all the videos of today that are violent and ugly, this one is just plain senseless and so fun.

[GTOTechnology]

Oh my god, how the heck is this considered good!?

[nobutur]

@GTOTechnology It's so bad it's good. I guess?

[ianryansmith]

first white girl rapper ever look what you started blondie are you proud of yourself well are ya?

[rsps16]

Thumbs up if this just gave you an acid flashback...

[ballisker]

she is lovely

[deathlyreaper996]

3:18 i see old school jerking Just saying lol well it looks like it I LOVE THIS

[muskie1976]

she makes me want to bust out my 80's porn collection.

[moranodan]

Bob Dylan in the 60s..............