Hungry Like the Wolf the door in America for the New Romantic/synth rock crossover." Stewart Mason, also from Allmusic, called "Hungry Like the Wolf" a "spectacular pop single", and "the finest song Duran Duran ever wrote", adding that it was a "much more kinetic and exciting song than earlier flop singles like 'Planet Earth'." In 1982, music video director Russell Mulcahy, who had directed the band's first video "Planet Earth," was brought back to make the music video for "Hungry Like the Wolf" and two other songs for the band's 1983 video album. The band had a vision of jungles and exotic women, and
UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums, use as sources for the unofficial period, the "NME" before 10 March 1960 and "Record Retailer" until 1969. However, until 1969 the Record Retailer chart was only seen by people working in the industry. The most widely circulated chart was the NME one, as used by Radio Luxembourg's legendary Sunday night "Top 20" show, as well as by ABC TV's "Thank Your Lucky Stars", which had an audience of up to 6 million on ITV. Before 1969 there was no official singles chart. "Record Retailer" and the BBC commissioned the