Rapture (Blondie song)

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"Rapture"
Blondie - Rapture.png
North American picture sleeve
Single by Blondie
from the album Autoamerican
B-side "Walk Like Me"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1981
Recorded1980
Studio United Western, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length6:31
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Blondie singles chronology
"The Tide Is High"
(1980)		"Rapture"
(1981)		"Island of Lost Souls"
(1982)
Alternate cover
Blondie - Rapture (UK).jpg
European picture sleeve

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [54] Silver250,000^
United States (RIAA) [55] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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