{"id":6364,"date":"2026-10-19T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:10:38","slug":"the-little-known-history-behind-call-me-by-blondie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-little-known-history-behind-call-me-by-blondie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little-Known History Behind \u201cCall Me\u201d by Blondie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1979, Debbie Harry joined director Paul Schrader at his hotel to view a raw edit of his film, <em>American Gigolo<\/em>. It was then that she first heard the piece of music that would become her biggest hit. Although it\u2019s credited to Blondie, the final version isn\u2019t exactly a full-band effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blondie - Call me\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/StKVS0eI85I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Giorgio Moroder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harry was moved by what she heard at Schrader\u2019s Los Angeles hotel. The instrumental was written by the Italian composer Giorgio Moroder, best known for guiding Donna Summer to pop stardom with disco hits like \u201cLast Dance\u201d and \u201cMacArthur Park\u201d. (Moroder was also coming off an Oscar win for scoring <em>Midnight Express<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when he arranged music for the opening sequence in <em>American Gigolo<\/em>, he envisioned Stevie Nicks singing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a contract clause blocked Nicks from recording the song. Moroder then tapped Harry, whose lyrics were inspired by Richard Gere\u2019s character in the film, a high-class male escort named Julian Kaye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cover me with kisses, baby, cover me with love,<br>Roll me in designer sheets, I\u2019ll never get enough.<br>Emotions come, I don\u2019t know why,<br>Cover up love\u2019s alibi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Band vs. Session Musicians<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial sessions began at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, where Moroder cut the track and synced it to the film. In New York, Harry and her band attempted to overdub their parts. But struggled with noisy gear and timing issues related to the film\u2019s sync code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustrated by the imperfections of a scrappy new-wave group, Moroder finished the track in Los Angeles with polished session musicians, including keyboardist Harold Faltermeyer. \u201cCall Me\u201d may be credited to Blondie, but it\u2019s really a collaboration between Moroder and Harry. (The rest of the band can be heard shouting backing vocals during the chorus.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Call me, my love,<br>Call me, call me in a sweet design<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, \u201cCall Me\u201d remains Blondie\u2019s biggest hit. It reached No. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 in 1980\u2014where it stayed for six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blondie\u2019s own disco hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/blondie\/heart-of-glass\">\u201cHeart Of Glass\u201d<\/a> feels like a connective thread to Moroder. He helped pioneer Euro disco in the 1970s and transformed pop music with a combination of space-age synths and electronic beats that were at once dynamic and coolly detached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that last bit is also an apt description of Harry on \u201cCall Me\u201d: dynamic and coolly detached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Michael Putland\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1979, Debbie Harry joined director Paul Schrader at his hotel to view a raw edit of his film, American Gigolo. It was then that she first heard the piece of music that would become her biggest hit. Although it\u2019s credited to Blondie, the final version isn\u2019t exactly a full-band effort. 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