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"Hungry Like the Wolf" was the greatest video I'd ever seen". [40] The band's video work was influential in several ways. First, Duran Duran filmed in exotic locales like Sri Lanka and Antigua , creating memorable images that were radically different from the then-common low budget "band-playing-on-a-stage" videos.
EMI issued "Hungry Like the Wolf" as the lead single from the album on 4 May 1982; [42] Duran Duran mimed to the song on Top of the Pops nine days later. Entering the UK Singles Chart at number 35, it reached the top ten by the end of May, [ 16 ] and peaked at number five in late June.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by English new wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album, Rio (1982). The song was released on 4 May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom, and 8 June 1983 in the United States.
During the trial, the prosecution plays Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" to demonstrate to the jury Diane's choice of song used to motivate her to kill. Diane Downs is sentenced to life in prison, and her two surviving children are adopted by the prosecutor Frank Joziak and his wife, Lola.
Simon John Charles Le Bon MBE (born 27 October 1958) is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia . Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors , including the award for Outstanding Contribution ...
In 2014, singer-songwriter David Mead released a cover version of the song on the multi-artist compilation album Here Comes the Reign Again: The Second British Invasion. [ 45 ] In December 2019, Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses released a cover version of the song on their Unplugged EP.
The first one had the "clean" or "day version" of "Girls on Film" alongside "Hungry Like The Wolf", while the other had the uncensored "night versions" of each. [1] In February 1984, the video album Duran Duran won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, while Video 45 won the Best Short Form award.
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