This article is about the Blondie song. For the Erasure song, see Sunday Girl (song). For the British singer, see Sunday Girl (singer).
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"Sunday Girl (Blondie song)"
Single by Blondie
from the album Parallel Lines
B-side
"I Know But I Don't Know"
Released
May 1979
Format
Vinyl 7" & 12" single
Recorded
Record Plant, New York June/July 1978
Genre
New Wave
Length
3:05
Label
Chrysalis (UK)
Writer(s)
Chris Stein
Producer
Mike Chapman
Certification
Gold (UK)
Blondie singles chronology
"Heart of Glass",
(1979)
"Sunday Girl",
(1979)
"One Way or Another",
(1979)
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"Sunday Girl" is a 1978 song written and recorded by American group, Blondie. Though never released as a single in the United States, the track was a #1 hit in the United Kingdom for three weeks in May 1979 as well as a #1 hit in Australia.
Song information edit:
The song was written by Chris Stein and was the fourth single to be taken from the album, Parallel Lines, in the UK and most other parts of the world. The French language version of the track was first released in the UK on the "Sunday Girl" 12" single; in France and the Netherlands, it was the B-side of the 7". For Blondie's first greatest hits album The Best of Blondie in 1981, producer Mike Chapman created a special mix which incorporated one verse sung in French. The bilingual version appears on the 2002 compilation Greatest Hits.
The single had an unusual release in Australia, with some dispute among fans as to whether it reached #1 there or failed to chart. This is because of its initial release as the lead single from Parallel Lines, due to its being reminiscent of "In The Flesh", Blondie's first hit in Australia. "Sunday Girl" failed to chart, however, and was later re-released as a double A-Side with "Heart of Glass", on the back of its UK success. As a result, it was eclipsed by the disco track, and is rarely recognised as having charted in its own right.
Like Blondie's earlier single, "Hanging on the Telephone", the drumming pattern of "Sunday Girl" employs a double backbeat rhythm.
In 2010 a remake of this song was made by the English performer Florrie. It had slightly different lyrics and was used for a Nina Ricci perfume commercial. The song was covered in 2013 by the band She & Him on the album Volume 3.
Track listing edit:
UK 7" (CHS 2320)
"Sunday Girl" (Chris Stein) - 3:01,
"I Know But I Don't Know" (Frank Infante) - 3:53,
UK 12" (CHS 12 2320)
"Sunday Girl" (Chris Stein) - 3:01,
"Sunday Girl" (French Version) (Chris Stein) - 3:01,
"I Know But I Don't Know" (Frank Infante) - 3:53,
Chart peaks edit:
Chart (1979)
Peak,
Position
Australia
1
UK
1
Ireland
1
Austria
5
Norway
5
Switzerland
5
Germany
6
Netherlands
13
Sweden
18
