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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Hits List: Duran Duran

This British group was on fire for much of the 80's.  Then, they went through a seven-year period in which they scored just one Top 10 hit.  That losing streak was halted with the great song "Ordinary World" in 1993.  Here is the complete Hits List for Duran Duran:

1981:  "Planet Earth" (#12 U.K., #8 Australia, #14 Ireland)
           "Careless Memories" (#37 U.K., #60 Australia)
           "Girls on Film" (#5 U.K., #11 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #16 Ireland)
           "My Own Way" (#14 U.K., #10 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #20 Ireland)
1982:  "Hungry Like the Wolf" (#3, #5 U.K., #5 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #4 Ireland)
           "Save a Prayer" (#2 U.K., #56 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
           "Rio" (#14, #9 U.K., #60 Australia, #36 New Zealand, #9 Ireland)
1983:  "Is There Something I Should Know?" (#4, #1 U.K., #4 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
           "Union of the Snake" (#3, #3 U.K., #4 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)

1984:  "New Moon on Monday" (#10, #9 U.K., #48 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)
           "The Reflex" (#1, #1 U.K., #4 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Ireland)
           "The Wild Boys" (#2, #2 U.K., #3 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
1985:  "Save a Prayer" (edited version) (#16)
           "A View to a Kill" (#1, #2 U.K., #6 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
1986:  "Notorious" (#2, #7 U.K., #17 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #5 Ireland)
1987:  "Skin Trade" (#39, #22 U.K., #36 New Zealand, #10 Ireland)
           "Meet El Presidente" (#70, #24 U.K., #26 New Zealand, #13 Ireland)
1988:  "I Don't Want Your Love" (#4, #14 U.K., #23 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #8 Ireland)
           "All She Wants Is" (#22, #9 U.K., #98 Australia, #47 New Zealand, #10 Ireland)
1989:  "Do You Believe in Shame?" (#72, #30 U.K., #17 Ireland)
           "Burning the Ground" (#31 U.K., #23 Ireland)
1990:  "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" (#64, #20 U.K., #59 Australia, #21 Ireland)
           "Serious" (#48 U.K.)
1993:  "Ordinary World" (#3, #6 U.K., #18 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #3 Ireland)
           "Come Undone" (#7, #13 U.K., #19 Australia, #8 New Zealand, #9 Ireland)
           "Too Much Information" (#45, #35 U.K., #93 Australia, #48 New Zealand)
           "Drowning Man"
1995:  "Perfect Day" (#28 U.K.)
           "White Lines" (#67, #17 U.K., #20 Australia, #31 New Zealand)
           "Lay Lady Lay"
1997:  "Out of My Mind" (#21 U.K., #91 Australia)
           "Electric Barbarella" (#52)
1998:  "Electric Barbarella" (#23 U.K.)
           "Girls on Film" (remix)
2000:  "Someone Else Not Me" (#53 U.K.)

2004:  "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" (#89, #5 U.K., #22 Australia, #37 New Zealand, #32 Ireland)
2005:  "What Happens Tomorrow" (#11 U.K., #47 Ireland)
2007:  "Falling Down" (#52 U.K.)
2010:  "All You Need is Now" (#38 U.K.)
2011:  "Girl Panic!"
           "Leave a Light On"

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