Single:
Hungry Like the Wolf entered the Australian singles chart* on 7 June 1982 and peaked at #5. The song was #37 on the Top 100 of 1982.
Album:
The song is on Rio which entered the Australian albums chart* on 14 June 1982 and peaked at #1.
Songwriters:
Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor
Producer:
Colin Thurston
Record label of Australian release:
EMI
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
In 1982, new synthesisers and sequencers were coming on the market that changed the landscape of pop music, as groups like The Eurythmics and The Human League coaxed new sounds out of them. Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor was able to take advantage of the technology on this song, creating the distinctive track by linking a Roland 808 drum machine with a sequencer and a Roland Jupiter 8 keyboard. In an interview with Blender magazine, guitarist Taylor explained that the track “came from fiddling with the new technology that was starting to come in.”
According to the band’s Blender interview, lead singer Simon Le Bon’s lyrics were inspired by the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, which features the Big Bad Wolf.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/duran-duran/hungry-like-the-wolf
Wikipedia – the music video:
The music video for Hungry Like the Wolf was directed by Russell Mulcahy and filmed in Sri Lanka. It won the first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Like_the_Wolf#Music_video
Lyrics:
Dark in the city, night is a wire
Steam in the subway, earth is afire
(Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
Woman, you want me, give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind
(Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
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