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"Rapture" is track number 8 from the 1980 album '' Autoamerican '' by Blondie . This was the second and final song to be released from the album, where it reached number 5 in the U.K. and Number 1 in the U.S. It was the first Hip-Hop song to ever reach number 1 in the world, and although it never made the top spot in the U.K, is still a famous song to this day, and one of Blondie's most well known. The B-side to this single was " Walk Like Me ", also from the album ''Autoamerican''. Although "Rapture" wasn't the first successful hip-hop/rap song (the Sugarhill Gang 's 1979 hit " Rapper's Delight " reached the top 40 on the US Hot 100 chart), it was the biggest rap hit for a number of years. For a large segment of the population, it served as an introduction to the burgeoning hip-hop genre. This was arguably the first instance of a radio-friendly mainstream white pop act branching out into hip-hop (although Queen , and the Rolling Stones , amongst others, also put out hip-hop-influenced material during this time period.) Grandmaster Flash sampled "Rapture" on his classic single ''" The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel ''." SEE ALSO |
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