Australian edition of the "In The Flesh" single, the first Blondie single to be issued on the Chrysalis label.
"In the Flesh" is a song by American band Blondie and their first to chart.[1] Originally from the band's self-titled debut album, Blondie, the song was Blondie's second and final single on the Private Stock label.
Song information
The song has a feel reminiscent of Phil Spector-produced pop music from the early 1960s, with prominent piano, female backing vocals, and a time signature of 12/8.
Record World said that "Deborah Harry's vocal is a knockout."[2]
In Australia, after the song was played by mistake (instead of "X Offender") on the nationally broadcast music program Countdown, it was well received by the viewing audience.[3]Chrysalis Records re-released the song as a single in Australia, again with "Man Overboard" as the B-side. When it reached number two on the Kent Music Report in November 1977,[4] Australia became the first territory in which Blondie achieved a hit single. In Ian Meldrum's 2014 autobiography, Debbie Harry elaborated saying "We met Ian in 1977... he asked if we had any videos [and] we gave him videos for "X Offender" and "In the Flesh". On Countdown, they were meant to play "X Offender", but they played "In the Flesh" instead. So our success in Australia was one big mistake."[5]
^ abKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 37–38. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
^Meldrum, Ian; Jenkins, Jeff (2014). The never, um, ever ending story: life, countdown and everything in between. Farnham, John (preface); Gudinski, Michael (introduction); Masterson, Lawrie (afterword). Crows Nest NSW Allen & Unwin. p. 151. ISBN978-1-76011-205-9.
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