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In 1982, music video director Russell Mulcahy, who had directed the band's first video, "Planet Earth", was brought back to make the music video for "Hungry Like the Wolf" and two other songs for the band's 1983 video album. [20] The band had a vision of jungles and exotic women, and Mulcahy suggested Sri Lanka, a country he had just visited. [5]
MTV placed "Hungry Like the Wolf" and several other Duran Duran videos into heavy rotation, pushing the single and album into the US top twenty in early 1983. The ballad "Save a Prayer" also did well. [35] "The band was a natural for music television," noted Rolling Stone. "They may be the first rock group to ride in on a video wave."
In both instances, separate music videos were also produced for the songs. The Night Ranger video for "The Secret of My Success" featured the band and other musicians only. In contrast, Vanilla Ice's "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" video featured scenes from the film, which included the models.
The song became Huey’s first No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, won “Favorite Single” and “Favorite Video Single” at the 13th Annual American Music Awards, and was nominated for an ...
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.
A cover version of the song appears on Eagles of Death Metal's 2015 album, Zipper Down. [32] Duran Duran and Eagles of Death Metal played the song together on TFI Friday . [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Following the November 2015 Paris attacks , a Facebook campaign was launched to get the cover of "Save a Prayer" to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 35 ]
In July, the band was announced as the nominees for Alternative Press ' first Music Awards, nominated for Best Live Band and Best International Band and also performed at the ceremony itself, covering Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" featuring guest vocals from Jonathan Davis.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran; sung by the Three Pigs (Cody Cameron) and the Big Bad Wolf (Aron Warner) "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred; sung by Prince Charming (Randy Crenshaw) "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash; sung by The Three Blind Mice (Randy Crenshaw) "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies; sung by Gingy (Conrad Vernon)