Released: October 17, 1983
Songwriter: Nick Rhodes Andy Taylor Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) John Taylor Simon Le Bon
Producer: Alex Sadkin Ian Little Duran Duran
[Verse 1]
Telegram force and ready
I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing
My senses together
And I think it's about to break
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Verse 2]
Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Gonna move up to the borderline
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
Telegram force and ready
I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing
My senses together
And I think it's about to break
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Verse 2]
Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
[Pre-Chorus]
If I listen close I can hear them singers
Voices in your body coming through on the radio
[Chorus]
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Gonna move up to the borderline
The Union of the Snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break
Through the borderline
The Singles 81-85
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- New Moon on Monday (Dance Mix)
- Faster Than Light
- Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- Girls on Film [Night Version]
- Planet Earth (Night version)
- Like an Angel
- Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix)
- Careless Memories (live)
- Union of the Snake (Monkey Mix)
- The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (Early version)
- A View to a Kill (That Fatal Kiss)
- The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix)
- Hold Back the Rain (12'’ remix)
- Faith In This Colour
- Tiger Tiger
- Hold Back the Rain (Alternate Remix) [Strange Behaviour Remix]
- Faith In This Colour (Alternate Slow Mix)
- Save a Prayer (7" edit)
- The Wild Boys [45 Mix]
- A View to a Kill
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Girls on Film
- Planet Earth
- Union of the Snake
- Careless Memories
- New Moon on Monday
- My Own Way
- (I’m Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement
- Khanada
- Secret Oktober
- Fame
- Late Bar
- My Own Way (Night version)
- The Reflex (7'’ version)
- The Reflex (Dance Mix)
- Rio (Part Two)
- Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Live) [London, Hammersmith Odeon, UK - 1982/11/16]
- Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
- Arena (1984)
- Decade (1989)
- Greatest (1998)
- The Singles 81-85 (2003)
- Seven and the Ragged Tiger (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
- Decade [digital version] (2017)
- Greatest [digital version] (2017)
- Ordinary World
- Come Undone
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- Rio
- Save a Prayer
- Girls on Film
- The Reflex
- The Chauffeur
- Notorious
- A View to a Kill
- The Wild Boys
- New Moon on Monday
- Planet Earth
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Union of the Snake
- New Religion
- Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
- Faster Than Light
- Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- American Science (Meltdown Dub)
- Girls on Film [Night Version]
- I Believe / All I Need To Know
- I Don’t Want Your Love (7" mix)
- This Is How A Road Gets Made