"Backfired" is the debut solo single from American singer and Blondie vocalist Debbie Harry.

Giger, who appeared in the video wearing a mask and mimes the male back-up vocals on the song.

Written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the Chic who had just written and produced a huge hit album for Diana Ross, "Backfired" further developed Harry's experimentation with dance music as seen in some of Blondie's material (the Chic-inspired "Rapture" having been a No.

The original extended 12" mix from 1981 appears as a bonus track on both the 1994 and 2005 CD re-issues of the album KooKoo.

In his "singles review" prior to the album's release, David Hepworth of Smash Hits was disappointed by the song by saying that "if this is the best that KooKoo has to offer then Debbie Harry's solo career is going to be short".