"Nothing Is Real but the Girl" is a song from Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

's 1999 comeback album No Exit

No Exit (Blondie album)

No Exit is the seventh studio album by the US rock/new wave group Blondie. It was released in February 1999 and marked the first time the band recorded or performed together since 1982, when they released their previous studio album The Hunter....

. Written by the band's keyboardist Jimmy Destri

Jimmy Destri

Jimmy Destri is an American musician. He played keyboards in the rock band Blondie, and is one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. Destri stopped touring with the band in 2004, but remained an official member of the band for several more years...

, the song was released as a single in the UK on June 12, 1999 in various formats. A promotional video for the song was also produced.

Due to the incredible success of the album's first single, the number one "Maria

Maria (Blondie song)

"Maria" is a song by the American band Blondie, taken from their 1999 album No Exit. This song was Blondie's comeback single, their first since "War Child" in July 1982. In the UK, it was the band's sixth no.1 single, topping the charts exactly 20 years after their first UK no.1 "Heart of Glass" in...

", expectations for the song were high. The single, however, performed poorly in the charts, peaking at 26 in the UK and 89 in Germany. In the UK, the band did not release any further singles from the album.

Destri wrote the song with his daughter in mind; however, when the song was re-recorded for the single release, the narrative was changed from the third person to the first, shifting the focus of the song onto vocalist Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

. For example, "Only her eyes feel solid" became "Only my eyes feel solid". New lyrics were also written for the bridge.

Track listing

All tracks (Jimmy Destri) unless otherwise noted

UK CD 1

1. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Boilerhouse Mix) - 3:29
2. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Danny Tenaglia
   Danny Tenaglia
   Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him...
   
    Club Mix) - 9:47
3. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Danny Tenaglia Instradub) - 5:33

UK CD 2

1. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Radio Remix With Alternate Intro) - 3:27
2. "Rip Her to Shreds
   Rip Her to Shreds
   "Rip Her to Shreds" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, which features on the band's self-titled debut album . It is rumored to be about punk rock singer Cherry Vanilla.- Single information :...
   
   " (Live) (Harry, Stein) - 3:32
3. "Maria
   Maria (Blondie song)
   "Maria" is a song by the American band Blondie, taken from their 1999 album No Exit. This song was Blondie's comeback single, their first since "War Child" in July 1982. In the UK, it was the band's sixth no.1 single, topping the charts exactly 20 years after their first UK no.1 "Heart of Glass" in...
   
   (Live) - 5:10

UK Cassette

1. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (Boilerhouse Lounge Mix) - 3:26
2. "Rip Her to Shreds" (Live) (Harry, Stein) - 3:32