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"Maria" is a song by American rock band Blondie. The song was written by Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri and produced by Craig Leon . Taken from their seventh album, No Exit (1999), it was Blondie's first new release since 1982.
No Exit is the seventh studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on February 15, 1999, [7] by Beyond Music. It was the band's first album in 17 years and features the UK number-one single "Maria". As of March 2006, the album had sold two million copies worldwide. [8]
Blondie performed the Johnny Cash song "Ring of Fire", and the live recording was featured on the film soundtrack and on a later CD reissue of the Eat to the Beat album. [4] In November 1980, Blondie's fifth studio album and third with Chapman, Autoamerican (UK number three, [26] US number seven, Australia number eight [24]), was released.
The lead single from the album, "Maria", debuted at No. 1 in the UK, giving Blondie their sixth UK No. 1 hit. "Maria" also reached No. 1 in 14 countries, the top 10 on the US Dance Charts, and Top 20 on the US Adult Top 40 Charts. No Exit debuted at No. 3 in the UK and No. 17 in the US.
It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980), giving Blondie their third number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and their fifth in the UK (where it became Blondie's last British number one for 18 years, until "Maria" in February 1999). The track also reached number one in Canada and New ...
The 79-year-old Blondie singer, ... Blondie reformed in 1997 and achieved a No 1 single in the UK with “Maria”. Recently, they embarked on a 2023 UK tour and performed at Glastonbury Festival.
† Live at CBGB's 1977 was released as a bonus DVD in the deluxe edition of Blondie 4(0) Ever, which includes Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux and Ghosts of Download, the band's 10th studio album. Music videos
The released CD contains remixes of "No Exit", "Maria", "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" and a cover of Karen Young's 1978 disco hit "Hot Shot". A video was released for one of the "No Exit" remixes, which also featured rappers Inspectah Deck , U-God of Wu-Tang Clan , Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep as "The Loud Allstars".