DURAN DURAN

written by Duran Duran

produced by Colin Thurston

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This page is another birthday tribute, though a little bit of time has

gotten away from me. I made this page on June 21st, 2021, the day

after the 61st birthday of Duran Duran’s bassist (Nigel) John Taylor.

Happy 24-hour Belated Birthday, JT!!

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Here’s hands-down my favorite Duran Duran tune, from the Fab Five’s second album, whose title track (“Rio”) renders the band needing virtually no introduction. Birmingham, England’s DD made a huge name for themselves with their sophisticated brand of new wave/new romantic pop, beautifully makeup-caked image and reputation as one of the groundbreaking era-shapers of the ’80s. After signing with EMI Records, album one (Duran Duran) dropped in mid-June 1981 (40th anniversary!), opening with the record’s two biggest singles and hits, “Girls On Film” and “Planet Earth.”

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Just shy of one year later, building on the debut’s success with a measure more, Rio crashed to Earth, dancing on the sand all the way. Its first two singles—“My Own Way” and this one, “Hungry Like The Wolf”—preceded the album’s release. “Wolf” brought the band their first #1, in Canada.

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The song’s “No-No-Notorious” music video takes place in the jungles of Sri Lanka, and is something of an homage to the new at the time Spielberg/Lucas brainchild Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Despite its naughty and raunchy nature, MTV ran the hell out of it, making DD one more act that owed much of its success to the (again, at the time) innovative new music video channel... and vice versa. You work yourself up into a bit of a sweat just watching it.

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Absolutely legendary song and video.

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YT:

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music video

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Duran Duran’s official website

Lyrics

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Darken the city, night is a wire / Steam in the subway, Earth is afire / Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo / Woman, you want me, give me a sign / And catch my breathing, even closer behind / Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo / In touch with the ground / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / Smell like I sound, I’m lost in a crowd / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / Mouth is alive, juices like wine / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Stalked in the forest, too close to hide / I’ll be upon you by the moonlight side / Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo / High blood drumming on your skin, it’s so tight / You feel my heat, I’m just a moment behind / Doo doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo / In touch with the ground / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / Scent and a sound, I’m lost and I’m found / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Straddle the line, it’s discord and rhyme / I howl and I whine, I’m after you / Mouth is alive, all running inside / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Hungry like the wolf / Hungry like the wolf / Hungry like the wolf / Burning the ground, I break from the crowd / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / I smell like I sound, I’m lost and I’m found / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / Mouth is alive, with juices like wine / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Burning the ground, I break from the crowd / I’m on the hunt, I’m after you / Scent and a sound, I’m lost and I’m found / And I’m hungry like the wolf / Straddle the line, it’s discord and rhyme / I howl and I whine, I’m after you / Mouth is alive, all running inside/[fade]