Fun (Blondie song)

The single made the UK radio Airplay charts in early February 2017, reaching number 22 on February 24, 2017. The single was also chosen as Record of the Week on BBC Radio 2 and added to their A-List{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/834862937441447936|title=BBC Radio 2 on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-03-02}} of songs which are the most played on the station. In the Official Charts, Fun debuted at number 3 in the UK Physical Chart Top 100{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20170210/1/ |title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts |date=February 10, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2017}} and at number 2 in the Vinyl Singles Top 40.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/20170210/897/ |title=Official Vinyl Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts |date=February 10, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2017}} The single spent eight weeks in the top 10 in both charts.

On the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for the issue dated May 13, 2017, the single reached number 1.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/ |title=Dance Club Songs Chart for May 13, 2017|magazine=Billboard }} It is Blondie's most successful single worldwide since 1999's "Maria".

The official music video directed by Dikayl Rimmasch was released on February 15, 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-blondies-kaleidoscopic-mars-rave-in-fun-video-w467161|title=Watch Blondie's Kaleidoscopic Mars Rave in 'Fun' Video|newspaper=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-02-18}}

It begins with an astronaut played by actor Daeg Faerch who is hurtling through space along with black and white clips of the band playing the track. The astronaut lands on Mars and meets an intergalactic character (played by Raja). Then the androgynous male, actor Daeg Faerch, astronaut goes to Earth and the video concludes with a Studio 54-like nightclub party followed by the astronaut flying off into space again.

Rimmasch described the main character as "a beautiful androgynous kid kind of drugged-out, cruising to Mars and finding a party there." Speaking of the narrative he said "the whole trip was in this character's mind. We didn’t want to take the sci-fi elements too seriously, so we did these light-hearted animations and shot in this minimal Apollo capsule set."{{Cite news|url=http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/02/17/blondie-fun-dikayl-rimmasch|title=Blondie 'Fun' by Dikayl Rimmasch on Promo News|newspaper=Promo News|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 7-inch single

| title1 = Fun

| writer1 = David Sitek, Daniel Ledinsky, Erik Hassle, Adiam Feireiss

| length1 = 4:19

| title2 = My Monster

| writer2 = Johnny Marr

| length2 = 3:29

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital maxi-single{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Blondie-Fun-Remixes/release/9947318 |title=Blondie = Fun (Remixes) (file) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs |date=March 8, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2017}}

| title1 = Fun

| note1 = Eric Kupper Disco Edit

| length1 = 4:12

| title2 = Fun

| note2 = Eric Kupper Disco Remix

| length2 = 7:33

| title3 = Fun

| note3 = Greg Cohen Spirit of 79 Short Edit

| length3 = 4:36

| title4 = Fun

| note4 = Greg Cohen Spirit of 70 Long Edit

| length4 = 5:07

| title5 = Fun

| note5 = Kyodee Radio Edit

| length5 = 3:22

| title6 = Fun

| note6 = Kyodee Remix

| length6 = 5:20

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital maxi-single{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/es/Blondie-Fun-Remixes/release/9997910 |title=Blondie = Fun (Remixes) (file) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs |date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2017}}

| title1 = Fun

| note1 = Crooked Man Remix

| length1 = 6:09

| title2 = Fun

| note2 = Greg Cohen Spirit of 79 Remix

| length2 = 4:35

| title3 = Fun

| note3 = Eric Kupper Disco Remix

| length3 = 4:12

| title4 = Fun

| note4 = Kyodee Remix

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Fun

| note5 = StoneBridge Remix

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = Fun

| note6 = DrewG. Remix

| length6 = 4:19

| title7 = Fun

| note7 = Kris Vanderheyden Remix

| length7 = 3:57

}}

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Category:2017 singles

Category:2017 songs

Category:Blondie (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Dave Sitek

Category:Songs written by Erik Hassle