The Wild Boys
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The Wild Boys is a song by British band Duran Duran from 1984 .
history
The Wild Boys was released on October 1, 1984 and is one of the band's most successful pieces. In Germany, the song stayed in first place for four weeks (from December 7, 1984 to January 3, 1985).
The director Russell Mulcahy wanted to make a feature film based on the 1971 surrealistic and sexually oriented novel The Wild Boys: A Book Of The Dead by William S. Burroughs . According to his idea, the band should contribute a contemporary soundtrack, like Queen later for the film Highlander - There can only be one .
The track was released on the albums Arena (1984), Decade: Greatest Hits (1989), Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran (1998, US only), Greatest (1998) and Strange Behavior (1999).
B side
The B-side, the live version of the piece ( I'm Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement , was recorded in the Maple Leaf Gardens sports arena , where the video for the Duran-Duran classic The Reflex was made during the same concert . For the compilation Greatest , released in autumn 1998, EMI commissioned the band to produce remixes, including two by The Wild Boys , which were only released on promo CDs.
Music video
The video for the song, directed by Mulcahy himself, was supposed to show his ideas for the feature film. It was shot in the Pinewood Studios and cost over a million dollars to produce because of the elaborate equipment with a metal pyramid , a windmill in front of a water basin, prostheses , make-up effects and, for the time, the most modern computer graphics . The clip was named "Best British Video" at the 1985 BRIT Awards .
Cover versions
- 1997: Atrocity
- 1997: Deathline Int'l
- 1999: Touch-Down
- 1999: Robyn Loau / Ronin System
- 2002: M @ d (It's Name Is)
- 2002: Quenn of Japan
- 2003: Midnite Club
- 2004: Mnemic
- 2004: New Romantic Orchestra
- 2004: Phixx
- 2004: Light Zone feat. Mark Hanna
- 2004: Sample Gangsters (Star Industry)
- 2007: US5 (Rhythm Of Life)
- 2009: Pilgrim feat. Dorian