The tide is high - Blondie

On the 15th of November 1980 Blondie were at #1 in the UK charts with''The tide is high' a song written by Jamaican singer songwriter John Holt. This was Blondie's 5th #1 single and their 3rd in 1980. The single also went to #1 in the US charts.
The song had originally been a minor hit fo John Holt's band 'The Paragons' in 1967 and Blondie wanted to keep its Jamaican feel, so they hired 3 percussionists and added a string and horn arrangement. 
The percussion allegedly features 8 tracks of drumsticks tapping on a piano bench.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYgrdJ0pWk
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It's not the things you do that tease and wound me bad
But it's the way you do the things you do to me

I'm not the kind of girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no'
 here is The Paragons version.