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Hungry Like the Wolf is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Gordon Lightfoot and Marc Bolan. Those roots explain a lot about how Hungry Like the Wolf arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Another One Bites the Dust, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Every Breath You Take, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 5 Seconds of Summer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Hungry Like the Wolf, reaching back through Gordon Lightfoot and forward to 5 Seconds of Summer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album, Rio (1982). The song was released on 4 May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom, and 7 June 1982 in the United States. It reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart, and received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
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Hungry Like the Wolf grew out of Gordon Lightfoot and Marc Bolan, shares an orbit with Another One Bites the Dust, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Every Breath You Take, went on to shape 5 Seconds of Summer. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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