Song · Blondie
“Pretty Baby” by Blondie
From the album Parallel Lines (1978)
“Pretty Baby” by Blondie appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1978 on the album Parallel Lines. Its best result is #443 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,587 alternative song of all time.
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"Pretty Baby" sits on Parallel Lines, Blondie's third album, out on Chrysalis in September 1978, and it comes from the moment the band swapped Richard Gottehrer's production for Mike Chapman's. They had run into the Australian in California on the West Coast tour for Plastic Letters, their manager Peter Leeds plotted with the label to get him behind the desk, and Clem Burke, for one, was all for it.
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein wrote it, and the whole band is on it: Harry singing lead, Stein and Frank Infante on guitars, Jimmy Destri on keyboards, Nigel Harrison on bass and Burke drumming, with Peter Coleman engineering. It's a new wave band from the punk clubs getting a glossier coat of paint without losing its bite.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 443 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 2002 | 445 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 923 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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