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
With Pen in Hand No. 25 on "Billboard"s Easy Listening chart, No. 25 on the "Cash Box" Top 100, No. 29 on "Record World"s "100 Top Pops", No. 21 on "Record World"s "Top Non-Rock" chart, No. 12 on Canada's "RPM" 100, and No. 20 on "Record World"s "Juke Box Top 25". Vikki Carr, who has said: "I had to fight for 'With Pen in Hand', had a 15 November 1968 UK single release with a cover of the song. Carr, herself in London at the time, promoted the single on British television and radio, facilitating its charting at No. 39 on the UK Singles