No Exit (song)
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"No Exit" | ||||
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Single by Blondie | ||||
from the album No Exit | ||||
Released | October 22, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, rap rock | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Beyond Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Deborah Harry Chris Stein Jimmy Destri Coolio Romy Ashby | |||
Producer(s) | Craig Leon | |||
Blondie singles chronology | ||||
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No Exit |
"No Exit" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. It was the title track from their seventh studio album in 1999 and was released as a single in Europe, but not the US.
Overview
[edit]A "gothic hip hop" track[1] "No Exit" features rapper Coolio exchanging raps with Debbie Harry. It also uses an interpolation of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" and Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King".
The single was released in the UK as a special tour souvenir CD. The released CD contains remixes of "No Exit", "Maria", "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" and a cover of Karen Young's 1978 disco hit "Hot Shot".
A video was released for one of the "No Exit" remixes, which also featured rappers Inspectah Deck, U-God of Wu-Tang Clan, Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep as "The Loud Allstars".
Uses in other media
[edit]The Loud Allstar Rock Remix was featured in the 1999 film 200 Cigarettes. A music video for the song, featuring the band with Coolio and the other rap performers, was produced in conjunction with the release of the film.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Coolio, Romy Ashby unless otherwise noted
EU CD
- "No Exit" (The Loud Rock Remix Radio Version) - 4:26
- "No Exit" (The Infamous Hip Rock Version Radio Version) -3:21
- "No Exit" (Album Version) - 4:19
UK Exclusive Tour Souvenir CD
- "No Exit" (The Loud Rock Remix Radio Version) - 4:26
- "No Exit" (The Infamous Hip Rock Version Radio Version) - 3:21
- "Maria" (J & B Mix) (Destri) - 4:51
- "Maria" (Talvin Singh Rhythmic Mix) (Destri) - 4:51
- "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" (DT Edit) (Destri) - 3:13
- "Hot Shot" (Andrew Kahn, Kurt Borusiewicz) - 3:46
US 12" (promo only)
- "No Exit" (The Loud Rock Remix) Radio Version - 3:56
- "No Exit" (AMA Performance Version) Radio Version - 4:26
- "No Exit" (The Loud Rock Remix) TV Track - 5:12
- "Who's Gonna Cry" (No Exit Pt. 2, The Infamous Hip Rock Version) Radio Version - 3:21
- "Who's Gonna Cry" (No Exit Pt. 2, The Infamous Hip Rock Version) Instrumental - 3:24
- "Maria (Talvin Singh Rhythmic Radio Edit) (Destri) - 4:39
References
[edit]- ^ "Blondie "No Exit" review". Rolling Stone. 2003-02-10. Retrieved 2016-03-26.