Debbie Harry recalled the Blondie tour that almost destroyed everything, when Chris Stein fell ill and lack of success causing the band to split.

Blondie, 1979. Clockwise from top left, guitarist Chris Stein, singer Debbie Harry, bass player Nigel Harrison, drummer Clem Burke, guitarist Frank Infante and keyboard player Jimmy Destri Blondie ...

Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein talk about their “Disco Song,’ which with Michael Chapman they turned into “Heart of Glass.” It helped launch EDM.

Blondie's Debbie Harry, who has a new memoir, "Face It," talks '70s New York, being "a woman with a man’s brain" and why she broke up with Chris Stein.

“He has an IMDB page with this video and that’s it,” said Stein. The DJ in Blondie’s “Rapture” music video was actually Jean-Michel Basquiat. The last piece of the puzzle: the DJ.

Later, Blondie would become the voice of reason [PDF] to fiance Dagwood Bumstead’s bumbling presence, inverting the gender roles of Young’s previous strips.

Released on Blondie’s “Autoamerican” album in late 1980, the single, co-written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, reached No. 1 in early 1981 on Billboard’s pop and dance charts.