100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. This post: RAPTURE. Continues tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè pays tribute to 100 songs that innovated, changed the rules, defied convention and had a significant impact on the evolution of pop and rock music, presented in chronological order…

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100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

1980

💥70 Rapture

Blondie

“Rapture” was included on Blondie’s ‘Autoamerican’ album which was issued in 1980. The following year, the track was released as a single. When the disc reached #1 in America, it became the first chart-topping rap hit. Here was a white American new wave band introducing the mainstream to the emergent sound of the street. Blondie made rap safe for a white audience that was discovering hip hop. For many, this was the first rap song they ever purchased. Blondie had previously incorporated diverse styles into its music: “Heart Of Glass” flirted with disco; “The Tide Is High” featured reggae elements and “Sunday Girl” was a nostalgic throwback to the girl groups and The Beach Boys. No other band was brave nor astute enough to fuse disco, pop and electronic sounds with its new wave concepts the way Blondie did. “Rapture” differed from other rap songs in that it was not built around any samples. The whole track was original. Its title was a pun on rap music. Impressed with the nascent New York hip hop scene, lead singer Deborah Harry took the risky move to rap on the song. She delivers with aplomb, namechecking rappers Fab 5 Freddie and Grandmaster Flash and adding a nod to The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”. There’s nothing cheesy about the track, which became rap’s first major international smash. The single reached the Top 10 in Britain, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the same way that “Rock Around The Clock” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” announced the arrival of rock ‘n’ roll and Beatlemania respectively, “Rapture” declared that rap was emerging from the fringes. Since then, hip-hop has only grown in influence, while it has permeated many other sub-genres.

1980-     Vienna

               Back In Black

               Love Will Tear Us Apart

1979-      London Calling

               Rapper’s Delight

               Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

               Good Times

1978-     Wuthering Heights

1977-     Stayin’ Alive

              Heroes

               I Feel Love

1976-     Dancing Queen

              Anarchy In The U.K.

              Blitzkrieg Bop

1975-     Gloria

              Bohemian Rhapsody

              Love To Love You Baby

              Autobahn

              No Woman, No Cry Live

1973-     Personality Crisis

              Living For the City

              Time

              Soul Makossa

1972-    I Am Woman

1971-    American Pie

              Imagine

             Theme From ‘Shaft’

             What’s Going On

             The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

1969-   Whole Lotta Love

1968-   Helter Skelter

            Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

            Folsom Prison Blues Live

1967-   Sunshine Of Your Love

             A Day In The Life

             Respect

             Light My Fire

            Venus In Furs
             Strawberry Fields Forever

1966-   Good Vibrations

            Tomorrow Never Knows

            Eight Miles High

1965-   The Sounds Of Silence

            My Generation

            Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag

            (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

            I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

1964-  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

           You Really Got Me

           The House Of The Rising Sun

           Where Did Our Love Go

1963-  I Want To Hold Your Hand

           Blowin’ In The Wind

           Be My Baby

1962- Misirlou

1961- Crazy

1960- The Twist

          Cathy’s Clown

1959- There Goes My Baby

          What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
1957- Great Balls Of Fire
          Jailhouse Rock

          You Send Me

          That’ll Be The Day

1955- Tutti Frutti

           Maybellene

1955- Rock Around The Clock

1954- That’s All Right Mama

1951- Rocket 88