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Eat to the Beat by Blondie
Eat to the Beat is an album by Blondie, released in 1979. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 77 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dreaming”, on 26 lists with a best position of #193.
Eat to the Beat, Blondie's fourth album, came out on Chrysalis on September 28, 1979, and it finds the band at the height of their powers, bouncing between punk snap, pop sparkle and dance-floor gloss without ever breaking a sweat. Mike Chapman produced, and he gives everything a sleek, radio-ready shine while leaving the band's attitude intact.
Deborah Harry is the cool center of it all, gliding between sultry and sardonic, with Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Frank Infante, Nigel Harrison and Clem Burke laying down a sound that's tight but never stiff. "Dreaming" bursts out of the gate on rolling, runaway drumming, "Atomic" struts on a glittering, spaghetti-western-tinged disco groove, and "Accidents Never Happen", "The Hardest Part", "Die Young Stay Pretty" and the title track keep the pace up.
It spent a full year on the Billboard 200, topping out at number 17 and landing among Billboard's top 10 albums of 1980. In Britain it went to number one in October 1979, their second chart-topping album there that year, and it went platinum on both sides of the Atlantic.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Eat to the Beat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreaming | 26 | #193 | – | 1999–2025 | |
| 2 | Accidents Never Happen | 17 | #287 | – | 1998–2014 | |
| 3 | Atomic | 13 | #27 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 4 | Eat To The Beat | 15 | #635 | – | 1999–2022 | |
| 5 | The Hardest Part | 4 | #129 | – | 1988–2003 | |
| 6 | Die Young Stay Pretty | 1 | #1272 | – | 2003 | |
| 7 | Slow Motion | 1 | #1990 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.