![]() Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?Īnd say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?Īnd tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 1 here in the U.S., despite strong Top 10 attempts by Paul McCartney and Wings, Sheena Easton, Madonna, Adele and the unforgettable Shirley Bassey.And say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. 1 – 1984’s “The Reflex” (also aided by a remix, this one by Nile Rodgers, a longtime collaborator with the band), and 1985’s “A View To A Kill,” still the only James Bond theme to reach No. 15 of those reached the Top 40, 11 of those reached the Top 10, and two went to No. 1 on BILLBOARD’s Rock chart.īetween 19, Duran Duran racked up 21 BILLBOARD Hot 100 hits. 36 on BILLBOARD’s Dance chart, and spent three weeks at No. 4 in Finland, Italy, New Zealand and South Africa, No. It will forever be one of my all-time favorite albums.Īround the globe, fans of the Fab 5 were hungry for “Hungry Like The Wolf,” and it spent five weeks at No. That’s the way I will always remember RIO though - the “U.S. For the longest time, I didn’t know certain other versions of some of RIO’s songs even existed. Harvest Records version of RIO, a version of the album that I have had in my collection for almost 40 years. Some Carnival remixes that didn’t make the CARNIVAL EP ended up on the U.S. Both songs finished the year in the Top 20 for all of 1983 here in America. ![]() 2 (behind Michael Jackson’s monster hit, “Billie Jean”), and true to form, for the same three weeks, “Hungry Like The Wolf” peaked at No. Starting for three weeks at the end of March 1983, “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” peaked at No. Within a month, it worked its way inside the Top 40, and for awhile, it seemed to be a chart race between “Hungry Like The Wolf” and Culture Club’s debut single, “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me,” which had been on the chart for a few weeks more.īoth songs reached the Top 10 of the BILLBOARD Hot 100 the same week in the second half of February 1983, with Culture Club consistently and directly in front of Duran Duran every week for 10 consecutive weeks. On Xmas Day 1982, “Hungry Like The Wolf” finally made its debut on the BILLBOARD Hot 100, at No. ![]() By then, it was only a matter of time before Duran Duran would get their wish for success in America. The powers that be at MTV absolutely loved the video for “Hungry Like The Wolf,” and less than a couple of months after the video was shot, it was already in heavy rotation at MTV. MTV (or MTV Music Television as it was known back in the day) was less than a year old at that point, and Duran Duran was not getting any airplay on the new music video channel AT ALL.īut, in a smart move by music video director Russell Mulcahy, who had directed the band’s first video, for “Planet Earth,” the video for “Hungry Like The Wolf” (and two other songs on RIO) was filmed in Sri Lanka, was inspired by RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, and the exotic, slick and creative video paid off. ![]()
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