When the song came out, it shocked some of Blondie’s earlier fans.
They were just a plaintive moan about lost love."
Harry also toldEntertainment Weeklyin a 2014 interview that, “People got upset because I sang ‘ass.’
Maybe because it’s a three-letter word and not afour-letter word?
I think we got banned in a few places because of that.”
Blondie lyricist Chris Stein said that there was none of this heavy-duty imagery going on in the Blondie song.
It’s very gratifying."
