DURAN DURAN: The New Romantic kings?

Automatic translation. Improvements are constantly being worked on.

45 years ago on February 2, 1981, Duran Duran ‘s debut single “Planet Earth” was released. Did you already know these 5 facts?

★ “Planet Earth” was particularly well received by the new youth movement New Romantic, which was also partly part of the British gothic scene.

★ The sequenced part of this song was recorded with a Prophet 5 synthesizer, while a Roland Jupiter 4 and a Crumar Performer were used for strings and other sounds.

★ She celebrated 12th place in her native England. In Australia even 8th place.

★ For the music video for “Planet Earth”, Duran Duran worked with director Russell Mulcahy for the first time.

★ According to bassist John Taylor, the main motivation for producing the video was to support the growing awareness of the song in Australia through television appearances, rather than traveling there for promotional appearances.

Watch the video clip for “Planet Earth”: