Song · Blondie
“Sunday Girl” by Blondie
From the album Parallel Lines (1978)
“Sunday Girl” by Blondie appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2022. It was first released in 1978 on the album Parallel Lines. Its best result is #61 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,477 alternative song of all time.
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"Sunday Girl" is a jewel from Blondie's 1978 album Parallel Lines, a bright, jangling slice of power pop with a broken heart tucked inside. Chris Stein wrote it after Debbie Harry's cat, Sunday Man, ran away, which accounts for the wistful mood under all that sparkle. Mike Chapman produced, and the band are in sharp form: Clem Burke's drumming is crisp and busy, Jimmy Destri adds keyboards, Nigel Harrison plays bass, and Stein and Frank Infante trade guitars behind Harry's cool, longing vocal.
In the UK and Europe, though not in America, it followed "Heart of Glass" as a single and went all the way to number 1 in the UK and Ireland, with top ten placings across several European countries.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 165 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 1357 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 169 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 127 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 61 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2022 | 457 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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