New Moon on Monday

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“New Moon on Monday”
Single by Duran Duran
B-side	"Tiger Tiger"
Released	January 1984
Format	Single
Recorded	Sydney, Australia,
Genre	Dance, New Wave
Label	EMI - DURAN 1
Producer	Duran Duran, Ian Little and Alex Sadkin
Duran Duran singles chronology
Union of the Snake (1983) New Moon on Monday (1984) The Reflex (1984)
Greatest track listing
"Union of the Snake" (10) "New Moon on Monday" (11) "Wild Boys" (12)

"New Moon on Monday" is the tenth single by Duran Duran, released in January 1984.

The second single to be lifted from the band's 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, the song was another success, reaching the Top 10 on both the British and American music charts. On February 11, 1984, the single reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart and on March 17, it reached #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Inexplicably, it did not chart well in Australia and Scandinavia; territories where its predecessor, "Union of the Snake", had been a big hit. This trend was reversed with the next single, "The Reflex", which became a worldwide number one.

[edit] Music video

The music video for "New Moon on Monday" was filmed by director Brian Grant during the icy first week of January 1984, in the village of Noyers in France. It has a loosely sketched storyline in which the band appear as underground rebels, organizing a revolt against an oppressive militaristic regime.

Several versions of this video exist. The longest is a 17-minute "movie version" which includes an extended introduction before the song starts (including a scene of dialogue between Simon Le Bon and the story's femme fatale), and is set to an extended remix of the song. A shorter version, with a spoken French-dialogue intro, was originally submitted to MTV, who then later requested an even shorter version without the prologue. Yet another version was produced for the Dancing on the Valentine video collection, introducing blue-lit scenes of band members in front of a full-moon backdrop. All but one of the versions were included as easter eggs on the 2004 DVD compilation Greatest.

[edit] B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

"New Moon on Monday" was backed with a remix of the instrumental "Tiger Tiger" done by Ian Little. The original version of the instrumental was found on the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album. The release was rounded out by an extended version of the title track.

[edit] Chart positions

Country	Peak position
UK	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
Canada	4
New Zealand	4
Ireland	5
Australia	48

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7": EMI DURAN 1 (UK)

1. "New Moon On Monday" – 4:16
2. "Tiger Tiger" (Ian Little Remix) – 3:28

[edit] 12": EMI 12 DURAN 1 (UK)

1. "New Moon On Monday" (Dance Mix) – 6:03
2. "New Moon On Monday" – 4:16
3. "Tiger Tiger" (Ian Little Remix) – 3:28

[edit] CD: Part of "Singles Box Set 1981-1985" boxset

1. "New Moon On Monday]" – 4:16
2. "Tiger Tiger" (Ian Little Remix) – 3:28
3. "New Moon On Monday" (Dance Mix) – 6:03

[edit] Other appearances

Aside from the single, "New Moon On Monday" appears on:

Albums:

• Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
• Greatest (1998)
• Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran (1998, US only)
• Strange Behaviour (1999)
• VH1: The Big 80's Pop (2001)
• Singles Box Set 1981-1985 (2003)

Videos:

• Dancing On The Valentine (1984)

[edit] Personnel

Duran Duran are:

• Simon Le Bon - vocals
• Nick Rhodes - keyboards
• John Taylor - bass guitar
• Roger Taylor - drums
• Andy Taylor - guitar

Other:

• Alex Sadkin - producer
• Ian Little - producer
• Andy Hamilton - saxophone
• Michelle Cobbs - backing vocals
• B.J. Nelson - backing vocals
• Raphael Dejesus - percussion
• Mark Kennedy - percussion

[edit] References