1988 Duran Duran – Do You Believe In Shame (US:#72 UK:#30)
“Do You Believe In Shame?” is a song by Duran Duran. Released on 10 April 1989, it was the third and final single from the Big Thing album.
The song was dedicated to three of the band’s dead friends: record producer Alex Sadkin, artist Andy Warhol and Simon Le Bon’s childhood friend David Miles. Le Bon has since said that “Shame” is the first part of a trilogy of songs written as a tribute to Miles, the other songs being “Ordinary World” and “Out of My Mind”.
There was a successful legal challenge over the close resemblance of the melody of “Do You Believe In Shame?” to that of the Dale Hawkins classic “Suzie Q” (more famously covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Rolling Stones). The writing credits were changed accordingly. The members of Duran Duran have always denied that they intentionally copied any other works, and that the similarity of the two songs was based on what they described as a “basic blues progression”.
Album
Big Thing is the fifth studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released on 18 October 1988 by EMI. The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart and number 24 on the US Billboard 200. In 1988, the musical climate was changing, veering to a more dance-based groove. Duran […]
Musicians
| Bass | John N Taylor |
| Drums | Steve Ferrone |
| Guitar | Warren Cuccurullo |
| Guitar | Daniel Abraham |
| Keyboards | Nick Rhodes |
| Vocals | Simon Le Bon |
Produced By
Duran Duran
Jonathan Elias
Daniel Abraham
Songwriters
Duran Duran
Charts
US:#72
UK:#30