"Union City Blue" is a song by the US rock band 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...

. It was written by Deborah 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...

 and Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....

, and was featured on their 1979 album Eat to the Beat

Eat to the Beat

Eat to the Beat is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It reached no.1 on the UK album charts in October 1979, no.9 in Australia and no.17 in the US.-History:...

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Single information

The song was released as the second single from the album in the U.K.

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, where it reached no.13 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 in late 1979, however it was never released as a single in the US.

The track was re-released on CD and vinyl in 1995 as a maxi-single in both the UK and US, featuring various remixes of the song by Diddy

Sean Combs

Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...

, Burger Queen, OPM and Jammin' Hot. A previously heavily bootlegged live version from 1979 of Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

's disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 hit "I Feel Love

I Feel Love

"I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...

" was included as a b-side. Charting a second time after its original 1979 release, the single peaked at no.31 in the UK. The remixed version of "Union City Blue" was also included on the compilations Beautiful - The Remix Album

Beautiful - The Remix Album

Beautiful - The Remix Album is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the UK during 1995. The album spun off a series of remix singles in various formats...

(UK) and Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project

Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project

Remixed Remade Remodeled—The Remix Project is a remix album of recordings by Blondie released by Chrysalis/EMI Records in the US and the UK in 1995 as part of EMI’s Brilliant series...

(US).

The song is featured in the 1981 horror film The Hand

The Hand (film)

The Hand is a 1981 psychological horror film written and directed by Oliver Stone, based on the novel The Lizard's Tail by Marc Brandell and a remake of the 1946 film The Beast with Five Fingers. The film stars Michael Caine and Andrea Marcovicci. Caine plays Jon Lansdale, a comic book artist who...

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Track listing

UK 7" (Chrysalis CHS 2400)

1. "Union City Blue" (Nigel Harrison
   Nigel Harrison
   Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
   
   , Deborah 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...
   
   ) – 3:18
2. "Living in the Real World" (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...
   
   ) – 2:53

UK 1995 Remix CD1 (7243 8 82466 2 0)

1. "Union City Blue" (Diddy's Power & Passion Edit) - 3:38
2. "Union City Blue" (Diddy's Power & Passion Mix) - 8:34
3. "Union City Blue" (Vinny Vero's Turquoise Mix) - 8:23
4. "Union City Blue" (Jammin Hot's I Can't Believe It's Not Diddy Mix) - 7:37
5. "Union City Blue" (Burger Queen Peroxide Power Mix) - 7:40

UK 1995 Remix CD2 (7243 8 82467 2 9)

1. "Union City Blue" (Diddy's Power & Passion Edit) - 3:45
2. "I Feel Love
   I Feel Love
   "I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...
   
   " (Live) - 7:53
3. "Union City Blue" (The OPM Poppy Mix) - 8:48
4. "Union City Blue" (Original Version) - 3:18

US 1995 Remix CD (7243 8 58474 2 4)

1. "Union City Blue" (Diddy's Remix Edit) - 3:38 *
2. "Union City Blue" (Original Single Version) - 3:18
3. "Union City Blue" (Vinny Vero's Turquoise Mix) - 8:23
4. "Union City Blue" (Burger Queen Peroxide Power Mix) - 7:40
5. "Union City Blue" (OPM Poppy Mix) - 8:48
6. "Union City Blue" (Diddy's Power & Passion Mix) - 8:34
7. "I Feel Love
   I Feel Love
   "I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...
   
   " (Live) - 7:53

• * Identical to the UK Diddy's Power & Passion Edit mix.

Chart peaks

Chart (1979)	Peak Position
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	17
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	54
New Zealand Singles Chart	47
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	13