Song · Blondie
“War Child” by Blondie
From the album The Hunter (1982)
“War Child” by Blondie appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album The Hunter. Its best result is #851 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,071 alternative song of all time.
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"War Child" came out of The Hunter, Blondie's sixth album, in 1982, with Deborah Harry and bassist Nigel Harrison writing together again, the team behind "One Way or Another" and "Union City Blue". Harry sings it in the first person as a child soldier, a kid caught inside the era's wars from the Cambodian–Vietnamese conflict to the Middle East. Mike Chapman produced, with Clem Burke on drums, Chris Stein and Frank Infante on guitars, Jimmy Destri on keyboards and Robert Aaron sitting in on sax.
Chrysalis made it the album's second single in several countries but skipped America, and no video was shot. Blondie wouldn't put out another new single for 17 years, until "Maria" in 1999. Onstage the song held on, from the 1982 Tracks Across America Tour to a 2014 medley with Black Sabbath's "War Pigs".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 851 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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