Hungry Like the Wolf World Champion, Martin "Wolfie" Adams uses this as his walk-on music in darts. Hungry Like the Wolf "Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the British new wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album "Rio". The song was released in May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom. It reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The music video for "Hungry Like the Wolf" was directed by Russell
UK Singles Chart Rage Against the Machine became the first song that was not a new release to reach No. 1 on downloads alone. This was the result of a Facebook campaign urging people to download the song in a bid to prevent "The X Factor" winning song from becoming the Christmas No. 1 single again after four consecutive years. The song originally peaked at No. 25 in 1992. New rules were added to the chart on 16 September 2007 to include one-track CD singles (with a limit of 15 minutes) and to retail at a minimum of 40p per one-track CD single.