"Hungry Like the Wolf"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Rio
B-side(s)	"Careless Memories" (live)
Released	4 May 1982
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	Air Studios, London 1982
Genre	Dance, New Wave
Length	3:42
Label	Capitol, EMI
Writer(s)	Duran Duran
Producer(s)	Colin Thurston
Peak chart positions
#3 (US Billboard Hot 100) #5 (UK Singles Chart) #5 (Australia)
Duran Duran singles chronology
"My Own Way" (1981)	"Hungry Like the Wolf" (1981)	"Save a Prayer" (1982)

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was Duran Duran's second Top 5 hit in the UK and was their breakout hit in the US. It was their fifth single, released off their 1982 album, Rio, and has become one of the band's signature songs. Its popularity was boosted by MTV which played the accompanying music video in heavy rotation. Image File history File links Duran-Duran-Hungry-Like-The-W-14123. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Duran Duran is a British pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular, hit singles and vivid music videos. ... Rio is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on May 10, 1982, but re-released in November in the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Careless Memories is the second single by Duran Duran. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... 12 single for U2s Beautiful Day The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record came into existence with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Electronic Dance Music is the contemporary form of 1970s disco music; it is usually played by mean of electronic instruments such as synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Colin Thurston (1947 – 2007) was a British recording engineer and producer. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Duran Duran is a British pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular, hit singles and vivid music videos. ... ... Save A Prayer was a 1982 hit single for Duran Duran. ... Duran Duran is a British pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular, hit singles and vivid music videos. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rio is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on May 10, 1982, but re-released in November in the United States. ... A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

About the song

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was written and recorded quickly on a Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1982 at the basement studios of EMI's London headquarters. "That track came from fiddling with the new technology that was starting to come in," guitarist Andy Taylor recollects in an interview with Blender.^[1] This refers to the rhythmic backing track they came up with by joining a Roland 808 drum machine with a sequencer and a Roland Jupiter 8 keyboard. The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... A Sythesizer made br Roland. ...

"As soon as we heard that, we knew we had something, and I started working out a Marc Bolan-ish guitar part, a very Marshall-sounding Les Paul guitar lick, to go on top of it," Taylor continues. "Then we added the bass and drums, and the whole track was finished that day, including Simon's vocal melody and lyric. He has a great ear for putting a melody to a bunch of chords. I didn't realize it at the time, but his inspiration for that lyric was Little Red Riding Hood!" This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the guitar, see Gibson Les Paul. ... A depiction by Gustave Doré. Little Red Riding Hood is a famous folktale about a young girls encounter with a wolf. ...

A final version was recorded in at London's AIR Studios with producer Colin Thurston (Kajagoogoo, Bow Wow Wow). "He was a great organizer and arranger," Taylor remembers. "We gave him far more ideas and music than the track actually needed, and he was important in the process of whittling them down to the essential elements." Thurston and the band decided to keep the demo's original electronic backing track and just rerecord the other instruments and vocals. "AIR was a big acoustic room with a very warm sound, which gave the track a distinctive sound," Taylor says. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Kajagoogoo was a British pop band best known for its first single, Too Shy, which reached Number 1 in the UK and Number 5 in the U.S in 1983. ... Bow Wow Wow was a 1980s New Wave band organized by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980 whose music is described as having an African-derived drum sound.[1] McLaren persuaded guitarist Matthew Ashman, bassist Leigh Gorman and percussionist David Barbarossa of the original lineup of Adam & the Ants...

The song was first released on May 4, 1982 in Britain, where they had attained some earlier success. The single (with the b-side "Careless Memories (Live)") peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart on May 15.^[2] May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

The song was not released in the United States until December 3, 1982, after the remix album Carnival (September), and the David Kershenbaum remaster of the Rio (November), began to gain popularity among deejays. At first the song seemed to be going nowhere as radio airplay was slim to none, but when the newly emerging MTV picked up on the video, requests began to pour into radio stations, and the song jumped into the Top Ten peaking at #3 on December 25, 1982. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Carnival is a dance music EP by Duran Duran, originally released in various markets around the world in September 1982 by EMI. // Background As part of Capitols shift in marketing strategy for Duran Duran from New Romantic act to dance band over the course of 1982 (in a bid... Rio is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on May 10, 1982, but re-released in November in the United States. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Music video

Music video director Russell Mulcahy, who had directed the band's first video "Planet Earth", was brought back to make the music videos for "Hungry Like the Wolf" and several other songs for the band's ambitious 1983 video album. The band had a vision of jungles and exotic women, and Mulcahy suggested Sri Lanka, a country he had just visited, which had the advantage of being inexpensive. Keyboardist Nick Rhodes remained behind to finish the mixing of the Rio album while the rest of the band began filming in April; Rhodes flew straight to Sri Lanka after handing over the final masters to EMI. Russell Mulcahy (born January 1, 1953) is a film director, born in Melbourne, Australia. ... Planet Earth was the first single by the pop/rock band Duran Duran, from their first album Duran Duran. ... Officially entitled simply Duran Duran (just like Duran Durans 1981 debut album and their 1993 comeback album), this video compilation is sometimes unofficially referred to in print as the Duran Duran video album or Duran Duran: The First 11 Videos. ...

The video was lush and cinematic, with shots of jungles, rivers, elephants, cafes and marketplaces evoking the atmosphere of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The storyline reflected the lyrics "I'm on the hunt, I'm after you," featuring singer Simon Le Bon pursuing a tiger-like woman from parties in the city through obstacles in the jungle, culminating in a final chase and struggle in a jungle clearing. In the meantime, other band members hunted for Le Bon. Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a 1981, Academy Award-winning adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. ...

Les Garland, senior executive vice president at MTV, said “I remember our director of talent and artist relations came running in and said, ‘You have got to see this video that’s come in.’ Duran Duran were getting zero radio airplay at the time, and MTV wanted to try to break new music. ‘Hungry Like A Wolf’ was the greatest video I’d ever seen.”^[1]

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was #11 on the century-end MTV "100 Greatest Videos Ever Made"^[3] and #31 on the "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos". ^[4] MTV also named "Hungry" the fifteenth of their most-played videos of all time.^[5]

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The "night version" remix of "Hungry" appeared on the 12" single. For some reason, it was released in various mixes with various BPM.

A live version of "Careless Memories", recorded in December 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, was released in 1982 as the b-side to "Hungry Like the Wolf". Careless Memories is the second single by Duran Duran. ... The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ...

Complete list of mixes

1. "Hungry Like the Wolf" - 3:40 (127 BPM)
2. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Album Version]" - 3:35 (132 BPM)
3. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Single Version]" - 3:27 (127.5 BPM)
4. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Single Version]" - 3:25 (130 BPM)
5. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Night Version]" - 5:14 (127 BPM)
6. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Night Version]" - 5:12 (129 BPM)
7. "Hungry Like the Wolf [US Album Remix]" - 4:02 (127.5 BPM)

Covers, samples, & media references

Over the years the song has been covered by many artists, including Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Hole, Incubus, Buck O’ Nine, and Jebediah. In live performances the band Reel Big Fish claimed that the song was originally a Charlton Heston poem. Image File history File links DuranDuran_HungryLikeTheWolf_Screenshot. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Reel Big Fish is an American third wave ska band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, originally formed in 1992 as a punk trio with heavy punk rock influences. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... Incubus is a five-piece alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. ... Jebediah is an alternative/pop rock band from Perth, Western Australia. ... Reel Big Fish is an American third wave ska band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ...

On their June 18, 2006 in San Francisco, Gnarls Barkley performed dressed as chefs and opened the show with a cover of "Hungry Like the Wolf". June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Gnarls Barkley is a Grammy-award winning musical collaboration between DJ, multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway), from Atlanta. ... Chefs in training in Paris A chef is a professional cook, who may work in a restaurant, hotel, institutional food service or other professional kitchen. ...

The song has been used in the soundtracks of several movies, including Hot Dog...The Movie (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989 TV movie), Big Fat Liar (2002), and Old School (2003). The "Far Far Away Idol" contest at the end of the movie Shrek 2 featured a performance of the song by the Big Bad Wolf. It has also appeared in episodes of the television shows Keen Eddie, King of the Hill, Lizzie McGuire and The Shield. Small Sacrifices is a 1989 made for TV movie based on the real life events of Diane Downs , a mother who on May 19, 1983 drove to a hospital with a gun shot wound to her arm and claimed that an unknown assailant attempted to carjack her and shot her... Whoo-hoo Big Fat Liar is a 2002 film directed by Shawn Levy. ... Old School is a comedy motion picture released by DreamWorks SKG in 2003, about three thirty-somethings who seek to re-live their college days by starting a fraternity, and the tribulations they encounter in doing so. ... Shrek 2 is the 2004 sequel to the 2001 computer-animated DreamWorks Pictures film Shrek that was released in the United States on May 19, 2004. ... The Big Bad Wolf (sometimes called the Big Ol Wolf) is a fictional character who first appeared in the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and other folk tales. ... Keen Eddie was an action/dramedy television series, first aired in 2003, about a brash American police detective who is sent to help solve crimes in London. ... King of the Hill is a satirical American animated television series created by Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butt-head) and Greg Daniels for the FOX Network. ... Lizzie McGuire is a popular Disney Channel Original Series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. ... The Shield is an American police-drama television series shown on FX Networks in the U.S. and other networks internationally. ...

The song is also used as the walk on music by BDO darts player Martin Adams.

According to the band, the Burger King company has repeatedly asked to use the song in its advertising since the year it came out, but Duran Duran has consistently refused.^[1] Burger King (often abbreviated to BK) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... Commercialism redirects here. ...

While the song itself was not played , the classic "painted wild woman" from the video was briefly recreated in the opening scenes of the second season (summer 2006) premiere episode of the animated series The Venture Bros. The scene included the famous "faces screaming at each other" pose. The Venture Bros. ...

The Reel Big Fish cover of the song gets referenced in the webcomic, Impy and Aevy

In 2006, online voters rated "Hungry Like the Wolf" #3 on VH1's list of "The 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s" behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" at number 1 and Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" at number 2. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Livin on a Prayer is Bon Jovis second single from their Slippery When Wet album. ... Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Pour Some Sugar On Me is a song recorded by British hard rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. ...

In May 2007, Old Spice released a commercial featuring Bruce Campbell performing a piano version of "Hungry Like the Wolf" to a group of female admirers. Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor. ...

Chart positions

Track listing

7": EMI EMI5295 (UK)

1. "Hungry Like the Wolf [single version]" (3:27)
2. "Careless Memories [Live Version]" (4:11)

7": Harvest B-5195 (US)

1. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Night version]" (5:14)
2. "Hungry Like the Wolf [US album remix]" (4:02)

• This "Night Version" runs at 127 bpm

12": EMI 12 EMI5295 (UK)

1. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Night version]" (5:14)
2. "Careless Memories [Live Version]" (4:11)

• This "Night Version" runs at 127 bpm

CD: Part of "Singles Box Set 1981-1985" boxset

1. "Hungry Like the Wolf [single version]" (3:27)
2. "Careless Memories [Live Version]" (4:11)
3. "Hungry Like the Wolf [Night version]" (5:12)

• This "Night Version" runs at 129 bpm

Singles Box Set 1981-1985 is a boxset by Duran Duran. ...

Notes

• "Careless Memories" was recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1981
• Remixes done by David Kershenbaum

The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ...

Other appearances

Albums:

• Rio (1982)
• Arena (1984)
• Decade: Greatest Hits (1989)
• Greatest (1998)
• Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran (1998)
• Strange Behaviour (1999)
• Singles Box Set 1981-1985 (2003)
• Singles Box Set 1986-1995 (2004)

Singles: Rio is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide on May 10, 1982, but re-released in November in the United States. ... Arena is a live album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide in 1984 (see 1984 in music), and reissued with two bonus tracks in 2004, (see 2004 in music). ... Greatest is a greatest hits compilation album released in 1998 by the band Duran Duran. ... Strange Behaviour is a compilation album of remixes by Duran Duran. ... Singles Box Set 1981-1985 is a boxset by Duran Duran. ... Singles Box Set 1981-1985 is a boxset by Duran Duran. ...

• "Ordinary World" (1993)
• "Too Much Information" (1993)

Videos: Ordinary World is the 23rd single by Duran Duran. ... TMI - Too Much Information -- A trendy phrase which orriginated in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Believed to be said first by an orginization in Portland, Oregon. ...

• Duran Duran [Long Video] (1983)
• Duran Duran Video 45 (1983)
• Sing Blue Silver [Video/DVD] (1984)
• Arena (An Absurd Notion) [Video/DVD] (1984)
• Live from London [DVD] (2005)

Officially entitled simply Duran Duran (just like Duran Durans 1981 debut album and their 1993 comeback album), this video compilation is sometimes unofficially referred to in print as the Duran Duran video album or Duran Duran: The First 11 Videos. ... Sing Blue Silver is a tour documentary about Duran Durans world conquering 1983-1984 World Tour. ... Arena (An Absurd Notion) is a concept concert video filmed during the course of Duran Durans 1984 Sing Blue Silver North American Tour. ... Live from London is a concert film by the British group, Duran Duran for their 2005 tour. ...

Personnel

Duran Duran are:

• Simon Le Bon - vocals
• Nick Rhodes - keyboards
• John Taylor - bass guitar
• Roger Taylor - drums
• Andy Taylor - guitar

Also credited: Simon John Charles Le Bon (born October 27, 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the pop band Duran Duran. ... Nick Rhodes in 1981. ... Taylors first solo recording was a hit single for the 9½ Weeks movie soundtrack. ... Roger Andrew Taylor (born April 26, 1960) is the drummer for the pop band Duran Duran. ... Taylor in 2001 Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station. ...

• Colin Thurston - producer and engineer

Colin Thurston (1947 – 2007) was a British recording engineer and producer. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "The Greatest Songs Ever! Hungry Like the Wolf", Blender, Jan/Feb 2003
2. ^ The Duran Duran Timeline: 1982
3. ^ MTV: 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999)
4. ^ VH1: 100 Greatest Videos (2001)
5. ^ DuranDuran.com: Official Bio