“Hungry Like the Wolf” was too cheery to be gross, too fun to be ugly.
It’s a come-on whose sleek keyboards and big guitar riff came to symbolize the giddy, empty thrills of 1980s pop. A song about desire, the Rio cut made the art of seduction seem like one big glossy dance party. “Hungry Like the Wolf” wasn’t Duran Duran’s first single, but it was their first big smash in the States, making them huge on radio and (especially) MTV. Does it help that the song is so vague - and undeniably catchy - that it mostly just feels harmless? Almost certainly.
Is it mostly just another variation on the perennial “Girl, I’m really into you” tune? Oh, probably. Is it a song about treating your mate like prey? Possibly. For all the years that “Hungry Like the Wolf” has been in the world, listeners generally haven’t wrestled with what Simon Le Bon has been singing about. It’s important to suss out the iffy connotations of certain songs - how their declarations of true love are actually tangled up in gross macho attitudes or potentially stalkerish behavior - while also acknowledging that, sometimes, the lyrical content is so dopey that it’s more innocuous than actively troublesome. They think the song is stupid and sexist, and they do nothing to hide that fact. They play “Hungry Like the Wolf” in a jokey, snotty way. The cover is less a tribute than a driveby dunking that seeks to call out what they perceive as the song’s gross sexual/primal metaphor - carnal desire boiled down to its animalistic, predatory urges. And when I catch her - being the predator, the hunter - I’m gonna kill her,” he says with sarcasm in his voice. Thank you for your help.Their version kicks off with frontman Aaron Barrett “explaining” the song’s lyrics. You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. **24bit FLAC only available for seven days! Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)ĭown Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning MachineĪrtwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., U.S.A. Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version) 5:14įormat: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single, Winchester Pressing This USA 7″ 2nd US single release of “Hungry Like The Wolf” with different mixes, to promote the “Rio” album re-release and the “Carnival” Mini-LP release, eatures the US Album Remix which appeared on the 2nd US editions of the “Rio” album on the A-side along with the Carnival/Night Version as it’s b-side. The video won the first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984. Subsequently, the group gained much exposure the song peaked at the number 3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1983, and Duran Duran became an international sensation.
Although the band initially failed to break into the US market, MTV placed the “Hungry Like the Wolf” video into heavy rotation. The music video for “Hungry Like the Wolf” was directed by Russell Mulcahy and filmed in the jungles of Sri Lanka. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, and received a gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry. The song was released in May 1982 as the band’s fifth single in the United Kingdom. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group’s second studio album Rio. “Hungry Like the Wolf” is a song by the British new wave band Duran Duran.
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