Hungry Like the Wolf of the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Although the band initially failed to break into the US market, MTV placed the "Hungry Like the Wolf" video into heavy rotation. Subsequently, the group gained much exposure; the song peaked at the number 3 spot on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in March 1983, and Duran Duran became an international sensation. The video won the first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984. "Hungry Like the Wolf" was written and recorded on a Saturday in the spring of 1982 at the basement studios of EMI's London headquarters.
Hungry Like the Wolf murderer Diane Downs, noted that Downs had been playing the song in her car before she shot her three children. Downs, who maintains that her children were shot by a "bushy-haired stranger" on the road, sang the song's chorus in court while recalling her version of events. This scenario, with the soundtrack was reenacted in the 1989 made-for-TV movie "Small Sacrifices" based on the book of the same name written by Ann Rule. Diane Downs was played by Farrah Fawcett. Rule, who witnessed the court proceedings, says that "Hungry Like the Wolf" gives her "chills" to this day. Three-time BDO