Duran Duran are best remembered for their glossy Eighties videos, recorded in exotic places. But the music video for 'Girls on film' did not take the band halfway around the world: they simply used a studio somewhere in the UK. They created a video that was the dream of any teenage boy, with scantily clad women wrestling one another.'Girls on film' was originally co-written by Andy Wickett, one of Duran Duran's previous singers before Simon Le Bon. When Wickett left the band, Duran Duran bought the song from him for £600 and made him sign a waiver removing his rights to the song. The single reached number 5 in the UK singles chart and also went top 20 in Australia, Sweden and Ireland.
My collection: 7" single no. 2749
Found: London, October 28, 1996
Cost: 1 pound
Tracks: 'Girls on film' / 'Faster than light'
The video was done by Godley & Creme from 10cc (who also did Frankie's Two Tribes).
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