Call Me

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"Call Me" is a 1980 new wave and rock song by Blondie that became one of the band’s biggest hits and a defining track of the era.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Call Me canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumInclusion American Gigolo soundtrack ⓘ
linked to: American Gigolo
artist Blondie ⓘ
associatedAct Giorgio Moroder ⓘ
band Blondie ⓘ
bSide Call Me (instrumental) ⓘ
chartPositionBillboardYearEndHot100_1980 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
culturalImpact considered a classic of the new wave era ⓘ
era late 1970s and early 1980s new wave ⓘ
featuredInFilm American Gigolo ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1980 ⓘ
followedBySingle The Tide Is High ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre dance-rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-disco ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasRemixOrExtendedVersion 12-inch extended version ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Blondie ⓘ
label Chrysalis Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:32 ⓘ
musicalStyle synth-driven rock ⓘ
notableRecognition defining track of the early 1980s ⓘ
one of Blondie’s biggest hits ⓘ
originalPurpose theme song for the film American Gigolo ⓘ
performer Blondie ⓘ
precededBySingle Union City Blue ⓘ
producer Giorgio Moroder ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1979 ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-02-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
songwriter Debbie Harry ⓘ
linked to: Deborah Harry

Giorgio Moroder ⓘ
subjectMatter sexual attraction and nightlife ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
vocalist Debbie Harry ⓘ
linked to: Deborah Harry
vocalistRole Debbie Harry as lead vocalist ⓘ
vocalStyle powerful lead vocals ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100 6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blondie → notableSong → Call Me ⓘ
Goodnight Vienna → hasPart → Call Me ⓘ
Giorgio Moroder → notableWork → Call Me ⓘ
American Gigolo → featuresSong → Call Me ⓘ