
As you are probably aware, Saturday, May 21, 2011 was pinpointed by some as the date of The Rapture, a prediction that resulted in a great deal of media coverage and Twitter jokes, but, as the day came and went, very little in the way of actual Rapture-like activities. There was, however, in our corner of the world at least, one very tangible effect: Rhapsody subscribers had the sudden urge to listen to
Blondie's "
Rapture." Per this chart, note that streams of the song skyrocketed that day:
Debbie Harry's ill-advised rap breakdown therein is pretty apocalyptic, it's true. We should've made
Blondie's greatest hits our
Album of the Day that day, instead.