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Of Crime and PassionDuran Duran

Released: November 21, 1983

Songwriter: Andy Taylor John Taylor Nick Rhodes Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) Simon Le Bon

Producer: Duran Duran Ian Little Alex Sadkin

[Verse 1]
Why did you let me run
When you knew I'd fall for the gaping hole
Where your heart should be
Liar-couldn't cut me deeper with a knife if you tried
Just take a look (before you run off and hide)
At your victim
Arise
Clouds on you shoulder
Aren't they grazed by the afterglow
How quiet they gather
When the storm is about to blow

[Chorus]
No don't look away
Caught in the crossfire
And it ain't no wind of change
I'm talking of crime and passion's rage

[Verse 2]
Summer of madness or the undertow
Dragged me up an alley for the blossoming fire
On a stranger's smile
Bride of wire-how disguise so easily cracked
Saw your heart turn spade
This orchid's turned to black
Graze on your shoulder
Like the clouds in the afterglow
How quiet they gather
When the storm is about to blow

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Way down by the shoulder
In the haze of the afterglow
Stranded together
And the storm is about to blow

[Chorus]

Duran Duran

DURAN DURAN has a total of over 80 million records sold, 18 American hit singles, 30 UK top 30 tunes, and a global presence which guarantees them huge concert audiences on five continents. They’ve managed to fuse pop music, art, technology and fashion with a unique sense of style and confidence. Princess Diana also admitted that Duran Duran was her favourite Band among others.

Bassist John Taylor has said the original vision for the band’s sound was ‘to fuse the Sex Pistols and Chic’ after hearing those two bands back-to-back on a pub jukebox one night.

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