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"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a 1982 release by the British 'new wave' band Duran Duran. The single reached reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification. Although the band initially failed to break into the US market with it, it was the fledgling MTV that placed the band's video of the song into heavy rotation giving the group much exposure. Subsequently, the song peaked at the #3 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 making Duran Duran an international sensation, and the single a certified gold. The video won the first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984. "Hungry Like the Wolf" is another spin on the Little Red Riding Hood story invoking an oblique, sometimes apocalyptic spin on pop romance that received generally positive reviews from contemporary pop music critics. The song won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a 1982 release by the British 'new wave' band Duran Duran. The single reached reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification. Although the band initially failed to break into the US market with it, it was the fledgling MTV that placed the band's video of the song into heavy rotation giving the group much exposure. Subsequently, the song peaked at the #3 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 making Duran Duran an international sensation, and the single a certified gold. The video won the first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984. "Hungry Like the Wolf" is another spin on the Little Red Riding Hood story invoking an oblique, sometimes apocalyptic spin on pop romance that received generally positive reviews from contemporary pop music critics. The song won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984.
