Remixes and Samplings
The first official remix of "Heart of Glass", by Shep Pettibone, appeared on the Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach in 1988 and was also issued as a single in certain territories. The song was remixed by Diddy and re-released again in July 1995, reaching number 15 in the UK Singles Chart and was included on the 1995 remix compilation Beautiful - The Remix Album. In 2007, Positiva Records released a seven-track EP consisting of the original radio and album versions of the song, plus five new remixes by DJ Edison. Missy Elliott's 2003 hit "Work It" sampled the famous Roland CR-78 drum machine intro from the track. Natalie Bassingthwaighte sampled the song on her song "Supersensual", which is from her debut studio album, 1000 Stars. Celine Dion sampled the track for the Ric Wake remix of her 2002 hit, "I'm Alive". A jazz version of the song is available on These are the Vistas, a 2003 album by The Bad Plus, a cover in the vocal harmony pop style of the 1930s and 1940s is included in The Puppini Sisters' 2006 album "Betcha Bottom Dollar". In 2010 Hesta Prynn released a mash-up of her own song "You Winding Me Up" with "Heart of Glass" under the title "Hesta Prynn vs Blondie" as half of the "You Winding Me Up" single from the Can We Go Wrong EP.
"Heart of Glass" was covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah.
In 1999, Scottish band Pacifica used elements of the song as a backing track in their #54 record Lost In The Translation
"Heart of Glass (Single)" by Finnish punk and ska band The Valkyrians, released 07 June 2011.
Lily Allen covered the song both live and in studio in 2007, and used it as a b-side. She performed it along with Blondie on the Today Show and also recorded a duet with Deborah, produced by Super Buddha, which is available on the producer's website
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