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May 7, 2008

Hungry Like The Wolf

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The Hungry Like The Wolf Tee features a cotton composition, and the LRG ?L? logo on the chest in a wolf print pattern. The piece also features the LRG logo on the back.1

But the young music-video cable network was gaining strength, and when it placed the video for Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf” into heavy rotation in 1982, the single jumped onto the charts. Its success was proof: Suddenly, MTV was the kingmaker.2

The band opened in an explosion of red and orange lights before an energetic Le Bon launched into a crowd-pleasing rendition of Hungry Like the Wolf. Reminding fans of an era long before Al Gore’s inconvenient truths and Earth Hour, their early New Wave hit Planet Earth was another celebration of a time when hairspray dominated the charts.3

There was a time - more than 20 years ago - when MTV had the power to dictate which artists were relevant and worthy simply by playing their videos. Duran Duran was an easy favourite, with sexy cinematic fare to accompany perfect pop tunes such as Girls on Film, Hungry Like the Wolf, and Rio.4

There was a time - more than 20 years ago - when MTV had the power to dictate which artists were relevant and worthy simply by playing their videos. Duran Duran was an easy favourite, with sexy cinematic fare to accompany perfect pop tunes such as Girls on Film, Hungry Like the Wolf, and Rio.5

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