Panic of Girls

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Panic of Girls
Panic of girls.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 30, 2011
RecordedOctober–December 2009 and May 2010
Studio Woodstock, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre
Length42:33
Label
Producer
  • Jeff Saltzman
  • Kato Khandwala
Blondie chronology
The Curse of Blondie
(2003)
Panic of Girls
(2011)
Blondie 4(0) Ever
(2014)
Alternative cover
Blondie - Panic of Girls (Collectors Pack).jpg
Collector's Pack cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."D-Day" Deborah Harry / Barbara Jean Morrison / Charles W. Nieland3:37
2."What I Heard" Matt Katz-Bohen / Laurel Katz-Bohen3:15
3."Mother"Harry / Kato Khandwala / Ben Phillips3:09
4."The End the End"Harry / Khandwala / Phillips3:41
5."Girlie Girlie" (Sophia George cover)Anthony Davis / Lloyd Douglas / Steve Golding3:25
6."Love Doesn't Frighten Me"M. Katz-Bohen / L. Katz-Bohen3:18
7."Words in My Mouth"Harry / Morrison / Nieland4:19
8."Sunday Smile" (Beirut cover) Zach Condon 4:48
9."Wipe Off My Sweat"Harry / Chris Stein / M. Katz-Bohen4:13
10."Le Bleu"Stein / Gilles Riberolles4:28
11."China Shoes"Harry / Stein4:21
Collector's Pack bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Horizontal Twist"Harry / Stein / Morrison / Nieland2:28
13."Mirame" (Grupo Pesadilla cover)Grupo Pesadilla3:48
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."End of the World"Harry / Stein5:48
13."Sleeping Giant"Harry / Stein3:37
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Mother" (Music video) 
2."Photo Gallery" 
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Please Please Me" (The Beatles cover) John Lennon / Paul McCartney 2:00

Personnel

Blondie

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Panic of Girls
Chart (2011)Peak
position
Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [23] 4
Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [24] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 62
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 67
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 73
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [28] 12

Release history

Release history for Panic of Girls
RegionDateLabelFormatEditionCatalogue
United KingdomMay 30, 2011 [29] Five Seven [30] Digital downloadStandard
June 1, 2011 Future Publishing CDCollector's PackCRP05/06/11
July 4, 2011Five Seven, EMI CD, LPStandardNBL891, NBL892
EuropeJuly 15, 2011 [31] Five SevenCD, digital downloadNBL891
2CDDeluxeNBL894
United StatesSeptember 13, 2011CD, digital downloadStandardNBL890
JapanOctober 5, 2011Five Seven, Universal Music Japan CDJapaneseUICE-1195

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