Biography

Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that their pop-funk — described by the group as the Sex Pistols meets Chic — would never have made them international pop stars. While Duran Duran did have sharper pop sensibilities than their new romantic contemporaries like Spandau Ballet and Ultravox, none of their peers exploited MTV and music video like the Birmingham-based quintet. Each video the group made was distinctive, incorporating a number of cinematic styles to showcase the band as either part of the jet-setting elite ("Rio") or as worldly adventurers ("Hungry Like the Wolf"). While early videos like "Girls on Film" and "The Chauffeur" sparked controversy in England over their sexual content, their best-known clips were often based on hit contemporary movies. "Hungry Like the Wolf" uncannily recalled Raiders of the Lost Ark, while "Union of the Snake" and "The Wild Boys" brought to mind The Road Warrior. The clever videos helped make Duran Duran's rise to popularity remarkably swift. Between 1982 and 1984, they rocketed from underground British post-punk sensations to teen idols. But their fall from grace was equally fast. By the late '80s, the group's lineup had fragmented, and the remaining members had trouble landing hit singles. Nevertheless, the group pulled off a surprising, if short-lived, comeback in the early '90s as a sophisticated soft rock trio.

Top Albums
1. A Diamond In..	2. Greatest	3. Red Carpet M..	4. All You Need..	5. Rio (Remaste..
6. Rio (Collect..	7. Live from Lo..	8. Duran Duran	9. Duran Duran ..	10. Astronaut
11. Seven and th..	12. Seven and th..	13. Nice - EP	14. Arena (Live)..	15. Live At The ..
16. Duran Duran ..	17. Decade	18. The Singles ..	19. Medazzaland	20. Notorious

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Hungry Like the Wolf	Greatest	3:25	$1.29
2.	Come Undone	Duran Duran (The Wedding Al..	4:38	$1.29
3.	Ordinary World	Duran Duran (The Wedding Al..	5:40	$1.29
4.	Rio (US Edit)	Greatest	4:45	$1.29
5.	Reflex	Greatest	4:24	$1.29
6.	Come Undone (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	4:45	$0.99
7.	Save a Prayer (Single Version)	Greatest	3:47	$1.29
8.	View to a Kill	Greatest	3:34	$1.29
9.	Ordinary World	Greatest	4:42	$1.29
10.	Wild Boys	Greatest	4:17	$1.29
11.	Girls On Film	Greatest	3:27	$1.29
12.	Rio	Rio (Remastered)	5:38	$1.29
13.	Hungry Like the Wolf	80's Super Hits	3:26	$1.29
14.	Notorious	Greatest	4:00	$0.99
15.	View to a Kill (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	3:54	$0.99
16.	Hungry Like the Wolf (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	4:06	$0.99
17.	Ordinary World (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	6:12	$0.99
18.	Come Undone (Edit)	Greatest	4:15	$1.29
19.	View to a Kill	Best of Bond... James Bond	3:35	$1.29
20.	Wild Boys / Relax (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	5:56	$0.99
21.	Is There Something I Should Know	Greatest	4:10	$1.29
22.	Save a Prayer	Rio (Collectors Edition) [R..	5:33	$1.29
23.	Reflex (Live)	Diamond In the Mind (Live A..	5:14	$0.99
24.	Union of the Snake	Greatest	4:22	$1.29
25.	Hungry Like the Wolf	Rio (Remastered)	3:41	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Hungry Like Th..	2. All You Need I..	3. Rio (2003 Digi..	4. Falling Down (..	5. A View to a Ki..
6. Come Undone	7. (Reach Up for ..	8. Ordinary World..	9. The Reflex (20..	10. Save A Prayer ..
11. Girl Panic!	12. Wild Boys (7&q..	13. (Reach Up for ..	14. New Moon On Mo..	15. (Reach Up for ..
16. The Chauffeur ..	17. Union Of The S..	18. Is There Somet..	19. Lonely In Your..	20. Notorious (200..

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