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Deborah Harry
Solo artist Miami United States
Deborah Harry is an artist from Miami. Deborah Harry has 6 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1986–1989. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Want That Man”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted Deborah Harry most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1989.
Deborah Harry spent the '70s and early '80s as the face and voice of Blondie, the band she co-formed in New York City in 1974, and by 1989 she was out on her own with Def, Dumb & Blonde, trading the cool new wave pout for something tougher and more playful. Born in Miami and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey, she had fronted Blondie through Parallel Lines and "Heart of Glass", then Autoamerican, "The Tide Is High" and "Rapture".
The solo road started with KooKoo in 1981 and Rockbird in 1986, and the late '80s brought "French Kissing in the USA" and "Liar Liar" to the countdowns before "I Want That Man", from Def, Dumb & Blonde, became the solo song that has lasted best on the countdowns: a bright, brash pop-rock strut with Harry sounding like she's enjoying every second.
In between she built a second career on screen, in Union City, David Cronenberg's Videodrome and John Waters's Hairspray. Blondie came back together at the end of the '90s with No Exit and have kept going since, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame inducted her in 2017.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Deborah Harry on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Want That Man | 3 | #13 | – | 1989 | |
| 2 | French Kissing in the USA | 1 | #18 | – | 1986 | |
| 3 | Liar Liar | 2 | #63 | – | 1988 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 44 | I Want That Man | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 |
| 1989 | 35 | I Want That Man | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 |
| 1989 | 13 | I Want That Man | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 |
| 1988 | 63 | Liar Liar | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 87 | Liar Liar | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 |
| 1986 | 18 | French Kissing in the USA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 |
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