Friday 30 April 2021

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English pop, new wave, and synth pop group founded in 1978. They are comprised of John Taylor, Nicholas James Bates, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon. They have sold over 100 million records. Their name came from a character from the movie, the Jane Fonda movie, "Barbarella." They finally had a hit with their tribute, "Electric Barbarella" in 1999.
In the 1990s, their biggest hit was "Ordinary World", their only UK Top 10 hit. It reached #3 on the US singles and #1 on the Canada singles charts.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990   20	Violence Of Summer
Jan 1993    6	Ordinary World
Apr 1993   13	Come Undone
Sep 1993   35	Too Much Information
Mar 1995   28	Perfect Day
Jun 1995   17	White Lines (Don't Do It)
May 1997   21	Out Of My Mind
Jan 1999   23	Electric Barbarella

What happened next?
Duran Duran have put on hold a 15th studio album on hold due to COVID. Duran Duran released a cover of David Bowie's "Five Years" for the fifth anniversairy of his death.

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