The driver who met them in a flatbed lorry informed them it would be several hours' driving time to Kandy in the centre of the country, where the band were lodged. Taylor reassured him they would be in their hotel soon and could relax. When they arrived in Colombo, it was very hot, and Rhodes was uncomfortable in his clothing. They had almost no time after that was done to change clothes before catching their flight, and Rhodes wore the same leather jacket and trousers he had been wearing against the London chill. Simon Le Bon and Roger and John Taylor went ahead to the location while Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes were in London finishing mixes for the Rio album and B sides. The shoot was a difficult but memorable experience for the band. Scenes were filmed atop the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya, among the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwa and the island's southern coastline, with Simon Le Bon appearing in Speedos.
The video was filmed by director Russell Mulcahy among the jungles, beaches, and temples of Sri Lanka in April 1982. He wrote: "The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak." Guarisco described the song in a retrospective review, as being "a lilting epic". It opens with an arpeggiated delay-treated synthesizer riff which plays in the background throughout the song.ĪllMusic journalist Donald A. The verses of the song are in D minor, while the chorus is in B minor. According to Le Bon, the chorus of the song was based on Gordon Lightfoot's folk song "If You Could Read My Mind". Le Bon has described the lyrics as "realistic, and not romantic". The lyrics are about a chance meeting between two people that turns into a one-night stand. Simon Le Bon wrote the lyrics to the song while the band was on tour. The song began with Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes picking out chords together, and was then built around the sequencer track. A special US single version was finally released in January 1985 and reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It was not originally issued as a single in the United States, although the music video was very popular on MTV. It became Duran Duran's biggest hit (at the time) on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number two, held out of the top spot by Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger".
The song was the third single taken from their second album Rio (1982). Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS)."Save a Prayer" is the sixth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982. Get the embed code Duran Duran - 80's: Mullets & Synths Album Lyrics1.Save a Prayer2.Save a Prayer - Remastered 20093.The Reflex (Single Version)4.The Reflex - (Single Version) Duran Duran Lyrics provided by
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