The day Blondie's cover of "The Tide Is High" becomes their third UK number one single.

On January 31, 1981, Blondie's single "The Tide Is High" reached the top of the charts, becoming their third number one song. Originally a rocksteady song from 1967 by Jamaican group The Paragons, "The Tide Is High" went on to become a hit in multiple countries, including the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Blondie had previously achieved two other number one hits with "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass." The song was the lead single from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican, which later produced another number one hit, "Rapture."

January 31, 2024
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