Versions
The versions appearing on the U.S. and UK 7" and 12" singles were quite different. The US 7" single, also issued with a different cover picture, used the regular Autoamerican album version and the US 12" single used a version with an additional verse, making it just 40 seconds longer. For the UK and international single releases, producer Mike Chapman remixed the track completely. The Special Disco Mix has a different intro, a longer instrumental break with new percussion overdubbed and including the extra verse, making it ten minutes long. The UK 7" version (4:59) was an edit of this Special Disco Mix without the extra verse and a slightly different edit with the extra verse (5:33) appeared on the band's first 'greatest hits' compilation The Best of Blondie in 1981. The track "Live It Up" was also extended and remixed for the B-side of the international 12" single, the 8 minute version was included on the deleted 1994 UK CD edition of Autoamerican but was re-issued as part of EMI's lavish 14 disc Singles Box in 2004.
The picture of Debbie Harry used for the UK/international editions of the original 7" and 12" "Rapture" singles was later used for the cover of 1995 compilation Beautiful - The Remix Album.
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