These two have been making music together since the early 70's, if you overlook their brief hiatus from 1982-1997.
The band struggled through illness, addiction and financial mismanagement to become pioneers of the New Wave genre and give us popular hits such as One Way Or Another, Call Me and of course... Heart Of Glass.
Heart Of Glass was written by Harry and Guitarist Chris Stein. It featured on their 1978 record Parallel Lines. A chart topping disco/new wave hit, the single is ranked number 255 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.
The song was not without it's fair share of controversy. The original lyrics were "Once I had a love, it was a gas. Soon turned out, it was a pain in the ass.' This did not sit well with radio's at the time so the lyrics were modified to what we hear today, "Soon turned out, had a heart of glass". Though the band did manage to keep one "pain in the ass". Perhaps it was this slight act of rebellion that assisted them when their fans started to make claims the band had 'sold out' due to the experimental disco vibe of the track.
Blondie addressed this controversy in their 1979 music video in which the band play around with disco balls. I love Harry's sheer indifference whilst singing in this clip. She's so effortlessly cool. Heart Of Glass was not actually filmed in New York's infamous Studio 54 as the clip would lead you to believe.
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