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
Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime zither known as a guzheng. The song was released on 12 May 1980 from the group's second album, "Dumb Waiters". The single reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart and #18 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The song topped the singles charts at #1 in France and #1 in Spain, and charted at #5 in Ireland, #6 in Switzerland, #11 in The Netherlands, #11 in Australia, #12 in New Zealand, and #14 in Belgium. This represented the peak of The Korgis' music chart success. The original 1980 version of "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" appears on the following