"Rush Rush" is a song written by

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and performed by American singer

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. It was released as the fourth and final single from the

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to the 1983 film ''

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''.

Background

"Rush Rush" was the first single Harry released after Blondie broke up in 1982, and was one of the several projects she worked on in between her first and second solo albums. It was Harry's second collaboration with Italian producer

, the first being Blondie's 1980 number-one single " Call Me" (from the 1980 film ''

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''). The song was a reference to drug use, "''llello''" being a Spanish colloquialism for

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Release and reception

"Rush Rush" was released both as a 7-inch single and an extended 12-inch, the A-side of which would later be included on the 1988 Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation ''

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'', as well as Harry's 1999 compilation '' Most of All: The Best of Deborah Harry''. A music video was produced, but it was primarily a montage of clips from Harry's past videos including ones from Blondie. In the United States, "Rush Rush" peaked at number 105 on the US

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chart and number 28 on the

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chart. The single also peaked at number 87 on the UK Singles Chart.

Uses in Media

The song was also featured in the 2001 video game ''

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'' on the fictional in-game radio station "Flashback 95.6" (Flashback FM) alongside four other songs from the Scarface soundtrack. The song also appears in the 1986

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film ''

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''. It was also used in the video game '' Scarface: The World Is Yours''.

Other versions

The song was covered by the British band

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for their 2007 album ''

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''. The song was also sampled by

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for their 2002 song "Yae Yo". In 2008,

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covered the song on its debut studio album, ''Caged'', which also features a remix of "Rush Rush" called the "Trip mix".

Track listing

*US 7-inch single :A. "Rush Rush" – 3:33 :B. "Dance Dance Dance" (performed by Beth Anderson) – 2:41 *UK 7-inch single :A. "Rush Rush" – 3:33 :B. "Rush Rush" (dub version) – 3:26 *US and UK 12-inch single :A. "Rush Rush" (extended version) – 4:45 :B. "Rush Rush" (extended dub version) – 4:45

Charts

References

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