Drummer Roger Taylor was sitting on an elephant when someone in the crew played a recording of a female elephant's mating call. With Russell Mulcahey serving as director, the band survived a series of comical but potentially dangerous hazards. The exotic music video was the result of a harrowing shootĭuran Duran famously decamped to the island of Sri Lanka to shoot the splashy music videos for the Rio album. Simon Le Bon was inspired by Gordon Lightfoot when he wrote "Save a Prayer"Īccording to the singer himself, the chorus to "Save a Prayer" was inspired by Lightfoot's 1970 hit, "If You Could Read My Mind."Ĥ. The #1 song in America that week: REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling."ģ. Not a moment too soon, as it crashed the top 20 to peak at #16 on the Hot 100 for the week of March 15, 1985.
It wasn't until January 1985 when "Save a Prayer" was officially issued as a single in the U.S. As the network helped the boost the band's profile in America, record label EMI was doing everything they could to meet the growing demand. The band didn't really click in America until the advent of MTV, which luckily for Simon Le Bon and company, lined up nicely with the Rio album campaign. The States were constantly playing catch-up in terms of Duran Duran mania. "Save a Prayer" wasn't released as a single in America until January 1985
The song remained stuck at #2, however, thanks to the band Survivor and the very American "Eye of the Tiger," from the Rambo III soundtrack.Ģ. "Save a Prayer" almost became Duran Duran's first #1 hit in the UKįollowing the success of "Hungry Like the Wolf" on the UK charts, "Save a Prayer" made a beeline for the top when it was the follow-up release. Let's look back at this classic track with five fun facts.ġ.
When it came time for single number three, the group delivered a change-up in the form of sultry one-night-stand anthem, "Save a Prayer." Released on August 9, 1982, it's among the most beloved songs in Duran Duran's discography, and is played at virtually every one of the band's live performances.
The band's fifth single, "Hungry Like the Wolf," was a hit on the UK charts, peaking at #5.
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