Heart Of Glass

Album: Parallel Lines (1978)
Charted: 1 1
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  • Once I had a love and it was a gas
    Soon turned out had a heart of glass
    Seemed like the real thing, only to find
    Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

    Once I had a love and it was divine
    Soon found out I was losing my mind
    It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
    Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

    In between
    What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
    Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind
    If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
    You teasing like you do

    Once I had a love and it was a gas
    Soon turned out had a heart of glass
    Seemed like the real thing, only to find
    Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

    Lost inside
    Adorable illusion and I cannot hide
    I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside
    We coulda made it cruising, yeah

    La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    La, da, da, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light

    Ooh, oh, ooh, oh
    Ooh, oh, ooh, oh

    Once I had a love and it was a gas
    Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
    Seemed like the real thing only to find
    Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

    Ooh, oh, ooh, oh
    Ooh, oh, ooh, oh Writer/s: Chris Stein, Deborah Harry
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 27

  • Deena from CaI always heard it "buncha mistrust"
  • Jason from HannibalCat, I think she just sings "much mistrust" at least a couple of the times anyway (means the same thing as "mucho mistrust" I guess).
    Lilly, I think you're right, "lie" makes a little more sense and sounds right.
  • Gregory from Tacoma, WashingtonI am not a disco fan, but I am a definite fan of Blondie, go figure lol
  • Lilly from Tennesseein the line Riding high on loves true bluish I hear lie I don't know what a true bluish light would be but the song is about mistrust and a bad relationship so all I would make a lot more sense than the word light and it sure sounds like she's saying lie and not light does anyone know for sure what the exact lyric is?
  • Cat from UsaI can't believe "Mucho mistrust" are actually the lyrics...when you watch her sing it doesn't look like she's saying it either. I can't tell what she really is saying though. Did they have the words on the album cover?
  • Suki from LondonThe song does not change from 4/4 to 3/4 as suggested by Jack. During one of the middle-eight sections, the second part of the middle-eight changes from 8/8 to 7/8 (count to eight in each bar and you can hear this). This is only on the album version of the track, not the single version which appears to be shamefully badly edited to conform to radio play song durations. It's quite plausible that the time signature change was a deliberate measure to confuse dancers! The album version is one of Blondies finest songs.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 12th 1979, Blondie performed "Heart of Glass"* on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was in its second week at #2 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; twenty days earlier on April 22nd, 1979 it had peaked at #1 {for 1 week} and spent 21 weeks on the Top 100...
    As stated above it also reached #1 in the United Kingdom, and it also top the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland...
    Between 1979 and 1999 the quintet had ten Top 100 records; with four making the Top 10 and they all peaked at #1, their other three #1s were "Call Me" for six weeks in 1980, "The Tide Is High" for one week in 1981, and "Rapture" for two weeks, also in 1981...
    * "Heart of Glass" was the group's tenth released single, and the first to make the Top 100 chart.
  • Steve from Torrance, CaAccording to Wikipedia, the use of this song on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati helped to introduce the band to the wider American mainstream. The band's record label Chrysalis Records gave the show's producers a gold record as a way of saying thank-you. The gold record was later seen on the show's set during the third and fourth seasons.
  • Jack from Mesa, AzThe instrumental break changes time signatures from 4/4 to 3/4 a few times. Hilarious! They are screwing around making their "disco" song un-dancable!
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxThe 'pain in the ass' version did make it to MTV, though. I grin whenever I hear DH sing that line.
  • Nancy from Baltimore, MdA fun song to dance to. Blondie was one of a kind.
  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnGreat disco track, Debbie Harry was so pretty in the '70s - but not now!
  • Anuk from Colombo, Sri Lanka (ceylon)blondie's best song ! she was remarkable,
    effortlessly cool & gorgeous.she was a good songwriter too.the most striking frontwoman ever to lead a band!!!
  • Tony from Chicago, IlPerfect Break up song one of my all time favorites!!!!!!
  • Drew from Linn Creek, Mo, CoEvery time I hear this I think back to the first time I heard it. Late one night in a club with friends of mine. Asked a buddy who it was, he said "some group called Blondie". I see the darkness, the smoke, the dance floor, the neon, the slick clothes and heels. Takes me back
  • Mjn Seifer from Not Listed For Personal Reason, EnglandI love this song! The music video is a TINY bit "look at me!", but not as much as a lot of other vids out there.
  • Billy from Albany, Nyi love this song its so retroish
  • Brandon from Saskatoon, Canadaya this songs sweet, i was watching the video on late night retro video play so then decided to download it
  • Dave from Scottsdale, AzIn the 60s, Debbie was singing in a band called The Wind in The Willows.
  • Alan from Singapore, SingaporeThere is a remix of Celine Dion's song I'm Alive which uses the Heart Of Glass baseline
  • Tabitha from Smiths Station, Alskye sweetnam has this song on her album. :D
  • Elie from London, Englandi listened to the song recently on this chanel called melody they put blondie kite a lot anyways good song
  • Fyodor from Denver, CoI wish I had a producer like that!!
  • Rick from San Juan, United StatesIn Blondie's "Heart Of Glass", the phrase "pain in the @$$" heard in the album track was deleted in the 45 RPM single version.
  • Rob from Vancouver, CanadaHarry was in that film "videodrome". Hot.
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiai love her too, never forget that film clip to In the Flesh......she looked absoultely unbeleivable

    as Frank Costanza from Seinfeld would've said

    " Hootchie Mama "
  • Kat from Tbilisi, OtherI LOVE Debbie Harry. She is brilliant. I'm surprised why didn't anyone post anything? And I adore "Denis" their big hit. This song is pretty cool too
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