I remember seeing ‘Blondie’ on ‘Top Of The Pops’ where they played this video and I remember my mother and my auntie Anne commenting that the reason they believed they were so popular was down to Debbie Harry wearing her swimwear in this video!
Personally I disagree and think that their success in the 1970s was down to some truly great pop songs but then I am a man. It is true that Blondie had struggled before ‘Denis’ came along and considering that it is a cover of a pop standard originally called ‘Denise’ and sung by ‘Randy and the Rainbows’ it is an odd choice when compared to other Blondie classics like ‘Hanging On The Telephone’ and ‘Heart Of Glass’ but it did the job and brought them to the public’s attention when the song reached number two in 1978.
This is a great fun pop song and reminds me of being ten, buying my copy , which was on Chrysalis records and came in a blue sleeve from Lewis’ department store and playing it loudly on my record player as well as watching Debbie in her swimwear on tv….
Now listen to the song….
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