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| "Union of the Snake" | ||||
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| Single by Duran Duran | ||||
| from the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger | ||||
| B-side | "Secret Oktober" | |||
| Released | 17 October 1983[1] | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
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| Length | 4:20 | |||
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Union of the Snake
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Discográfica: EMI Capitol · Estudio de grabación: AIR (Salem, Montserrat) · Productor: Alex Sadkin , Ian Little , Duran Duran
1983 single by Duran Duran
"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.
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1983 single by Duran Duran
"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.
Leer másIt was the lead single from the band`s third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran`s most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. Further chart movement was prevented by "Say It Isn`t So" by Daryl Hall and John Oates and "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Reception
Cash Box said the song "stealthily stalks along on Simon Le Bon`s clenched vocals, but more cautiously [than `Hungry Like the Wolf`] in the night-time nightmare world depicted in these lyrics."[4]
B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes
The B-side to "Union of the Snake" was the atmospheric piece "Secret Oktober", a collaboration between keyboardist Nick Rhodes and Le Bon. Forty-eight hours before "Union of the Snake" was due to be pressed in the US, the band were informed that they didn`t have a B-side for the single, neither did the band have any material that was appropriate for the B-side. So Rhodes, Le Bon and producer Sadkin set out to work on "Secret Oktober" at 301 Studios in Sydney, Australia (where the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album was being completed); it had been written, recorded and mixed within the 24-hour period they had to meet the deadline.[5][6]
Also included on the 12" single was an extended remix of the single, titled the "Monkey" mix.
Formats and track listings
olli"Union of the Snake" – 4:24/li
li"Secret Oktober" – 2:48/li/ol
div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"h3 id=`12"_single:_EMI_/_12_EMI_5429_United_Kingdom`>12" single: EMI / 12 EMI 5429 United Kingdom[7" single: Capitol / B-5290 United States[12" single: Capitol / 8567 United States[
1983 single by Duran Duran
"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.
It was the lead single from the band`s third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran`s most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. Further chart movement was prevented by "Say It Isn`t So" by Daryl Hall and John Oates and "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Reception
Cash Box said the song "stealthily stalks along on Simon Le Bon`s clenched vocals, but more cautiously [than `Hungry Like the Wolf`] in the night-time nightmare world depicted in these lyrics."[4]
B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes
The B-side to "Union of the Snake" was the atmospheric piece "Secret Oktober", a collaboration between keyboardist Nick Rhodes and Le Bon. Forty-eight hours before "Union of the Snake" was due to be pressed in the US, the band were informed that they didn`t have a B-side for the single, neither did the band have any material that was appropriate for the B-side. So Rhodes, Le Bon and producer Sadkin set out to work on "Secret Oktober" at 301 Studios in Sydney, Australia (where the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album was being completed); it had been written, recorded and mixed within the 24-hour period they had to meet the deadline.[5][6]
Also included on the 12" single was an extended remix of the single, titled the "Monkey" mix.
Formats and track listings
olli"Union of the Snake" – 4:24/li
li"Secret Oktober" – 2:48/li/ol
div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"h3 id=`12"_single:_EMI_/_12_EMI_5429_United_Kingdom`>12" single: EMI / 12 EMI 5429 United Kingdom[7" single: Capitol / B-5290 United States[12" single: Capitol / 8567 United States[
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