From '' Until December '' Label: Columbia -- C 40438, Columbia -- BFC 40438 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1986 Tracklist A1 No Gift Refused A2 Heaven A3 Sequence Line A4 Mirrors A5 Call Me B1 Forgive And Still Forget B2 Free Again B3 Zodiac Drum Solo B4 Slave B5 Geisha ------------------------ "Call Me" is a song by Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK. The song was the main theme of the film American Gigolo. European disco producer Giorgio Moroder originally asked Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac to help compose and perform a song for the soundtrack, but she declined (as a recently signed contract with Modern Records prevented her from working with Moroder). It was at this time that Moroder turned to Debbie Harry and Blondie. Moroder presented Harry with a rough instrumental track called "Man Machine." Harry was asked to write the lyrics and melody, a process that Harry states took only a few hours. The com! pleted song was then recorded by the band, with Moroder producing. Cover versions In 1980, KMET DJ Chuck Taylor played the 12" version of this single at double speed and announced, in jest, that it was The Chipmunks' latest single. So many requests came for this "new" Chipmunks release, that Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and his collaborator Steve Vining rushed to record what would be the Chipmunks' "comeback album", Chipmunk Punk in 1980. In 1986, San Francisco-based band Until December covered the single on ...
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