Classic Rock

HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE

With a slick version of the rougher original, Blondie made the song their own and an era classic.

As with The Paragons’ 1967 rocksteady tune which Blondie also covered, is also often mistaken as a Blondie composition. The original version was released in 1976

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