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 becoming a Top 20 in October 1955 and "NME"s becoming a Top 30 in April 1956. Another rival publication, "Melody Maker", began compiling its own chart; it telephoned 19 stores to produce a Top 20 for 7 April 1956. It was also the first chart to include Northern Ireland in its sample. "Record Mirror" began running a Top 5 album chart in July 1956; from November 1958 onwards it was run by "NME". In March 1960, "Record Retailer" began compiling an EP (album) chart and had a Top 50 singles chart. Although "NME" had the largest circulation of charts in