Duran Duran: All The Top 40 Hits - Softcover

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(Up-dated April 2026) An English new wave band, Duran Duran was formed in 1978 in Birmingham, West Midlands, by John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy. The band was named after Dr. Durand Durand, a character played by Milo O’Shea in the 1968 sci-fi film, Barbarella.

The following year, Roger Taylor joined the band, which experienced a number of changes before May 1980, when Duran Duran’s classic five-man line-up was established: Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor and Simon Le Bon.

Duran Duran’s debut single, Planet Earth, gave them their first hit. The hits kept on coming, with two singles ~ Is There Something I Should Know? and The Reflex ~ and the band’s third album, SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER, all going to no.1 in the UK.

Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor quit the band in 1986, which led to a number of changes in personnel, before Duran Duran’s classic line-up reformed in 2003, with a new album ASTRONAUT released the following year.

Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

For the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 chart in at least one of the featured countries. The Top 40 hits are detailed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one or more of the featured countries. Each Top 40 single and album is illustrated and the catalogue numbers and release dates are detailed for the UK, followed by the chart runs in each country.

The main listings are followed by ‘The Almost Top 40 Singles’, which gives an honourable mention to singles that peaked between no.41-50 in one or more countries, but which failed to enter the Top 40 in any. There is also a points-based list of the Top 30 singles and Top 20 albums, plus a fascinating Trivia section, which looks at the most successful singles and albums and in each of the featured countries.

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