Rapture

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"Rapture" is a 1980 new wave and early hip hop–influenced song by the American band Blondie, notable for featuring one of the first rap verses to top the Billboard Hot 100.

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Rapture canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Autoamerican
artist Blondie
bSide Walk Like Me
chartAchievement first song with a rap verse to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100
number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100
chartPositionUSBillboardDanceClubSongs 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
composer Chris Stein
Debbie Harry
linked to: Deborah Harry
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresElement rap verse
followsSingle The Tide Is High
genre hip hop
new wave
rap rock
hasMusicalFeature disco-influenced groove
funk-influenced bassline
spoken-word rap section
hasMusicVideo yes
hasNotableLyricReference Fab Five Freddy
Grandmaster Flash
Man from Mars
influencedGenre mainstream hip hop
rap rock
language English
leadVocalist Debbie Harry
linked to: Deborah Harry
lengthAlbumVersion 6:31
lengthSingleVersion 4:59
lyricist Chris Stein
Debbie Harry
linked to: Deborah Harry
notableFor early fusion of new wave and hip hop
one of the first rap-influenced songs to achieve mainstream pop success in the United States
originalMedium vinyl record
partOfAlbum Autoamerican
performer Blondie
precedesSingle Island of Lost Souls
producer Mike Chapman
recordingPeriod 1980
recordLabel Chrysalis Records
releaseFormat 12-inch single
7-inch single
releaseYear 1980
side A-side
tempo moderate

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Blondie notableWork Rapture
Blondie notableSong Rapture
Deborah Harry notableSong Rapture
Autoamerican hasPart Rapture
Autoamerican hasSingle Rapture
Giving You the Best That I Got precededBy Rapture
The Songstress precedes Rapture
subject linked to: album "The Songstress"
MMXII notableTrack Rapture