Mother (Blondie song)

"Mother"
Single by Blondie
from the album Panic of Girls
Released	May 23, 2011
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2010
Genre	Punk Rock, New wave
Length	3:09
Label	Eleven Seven
Writer(s)	Deborah Harry Kato Khandwala Ben Phillips
Blondie singles chronology
"Good Boys" (2003) "Mother" (2011)
Music video "Mother" on YouTube

"Mother" is the lead single from Blondie's ninth studio album Panic of Girls and was written by Kato Khandwala, Ben Phillips and the band's lead singer Deborah Harry. It was released in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2011 on all major online platforms^[1][2]. It is the first single release from the band since "Good Boys" in 2003.

Background

The song was first performed in 2010 along with several other tracks from Panic of Girls during the band's Australian tour, as well as during festival appearances in the UK.

Release

On December 5th, 2010 "Mother" was made available as a free download from the official Blondie website ^[3]. The track was played for the first time on March 17, 2011 on BBC Radio 2's The Ken Bruce Show. On Amazon.co.uk an explicit version was released alongside the regular one ^[4].

Artwork

The cover artwork for "Mother" was revealed on May 5, 2011 on Deborah Harry's website ^[5]. It displays a band picture digitally manipulated to resemble a Chris Berens painting, like the artwork for its parent album. Elements of the Panic of Girls cover art are used. Also the text is inspired by the original writing by Berens.

Music video

The official music video was released on May 17, 2011 on the YouTube channel of Blondie's record label, Eleven Seven^[6].

The video starts with a queue of people waiting to enter the nightclub (called 'Mother') where Blondie are performing. The loudness of the song causes zombies below the club to wake and, as the song progresses, they make their way up to the dancefloor. They start to turn the clubbers into zombies until everyone in the club has been turned. The video ends with Blondie themselves being turned. The video was shot in Kingston, New York.

Track listings

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mother"	3:09

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mother (Explicit)"	3:09

Promo CD single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mother"	3:09
2.	"Mother" (Instrumental)	3:17

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Indie (The Official Charts Company)[7]	30

References

1. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mother/dp/B004ZRDGT6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307572663&sr=8-1
2. ^ http://www.deborah-harry.com/dh/?p=1757
3. ^ http://www.blondie.net/blog/free-download-of-mother-now-available/
4. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mother-Explicit/dp/B004ZRDGMS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308524889&sr=8-2
5. ^ http://www.deborah-harry.com/dh/?p=1694
6. ^ http://www.deborah-harry.com/dh/?p=1741
7. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Indie Chart. The Official Charts Company.