Duran Duran: Hear Their Funky New Song ‘Black Moonlight’ Ft. Nile Rodgers

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

September 22nd, 2023 3:20 PM

Duran Duran has released the latest preview to their new album Danse Macabre, and it features the legendary Nile Rodgers.

The new track is titled “Black Moonlight” and can be heard below. Singer Simon Le Bon said of the collaboration, “‘Black Moonlight’ is this classic Duran Duran-Nile Rodgers collaboration. When Nile started playing his guitar in the studio, he really inspired everyone with his riff, and the song just kind of wrote itself.”

As previously reported, Danse Macabre is due out on October 27 and is available for pre-order here. Per the band’s website, “Catalyzed by one special live performance that Duran Duran filmed in Las Vegas on October 31 of last year, ‘Danse Macabre’ is the soundtrack to their ultimate Halloween party.”

Duran Duran – Danse Macabre – Tracklisting

“Nightboat” (originally on Duran Duran)
“Black Moonlight” (new original song)
“Love Voodoo” (originally on The Wedding Album)
“Bury a Friend” (Billie Eilish)
“Supernature” (Cerrone)
“Danse Macabre” (new original song)
“Secret Oktober” (originally a B-side for “Union of the Snake”)
“Ghost Town” (The Specials)
“Paint It Black” (The Rolling Stones)
“Super Lonely Freak” (combines Duran Duran’s “Lonely in Your Nightmare” and “Super Freak” by Rick James)
“Spellbound” (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
“Psycho Killer” (Talking Heads)
“Confession in the Afterlife” (new original song)

Duran Duran: Ranking the 7 Music Videos of 'Rio'

• 7. ‘My Own Way’

  The video for “My Own Way” was a pretty easy choice for last place. It’s not a bad video, per se, but compared to the rest of the evocative videos that make up this list, a flashy performance video just doesn’t measure up.

• 6. ‘Lonely In Your Nightmare’ (Version 2)

  Fun fact: There are two versions of the “Lonely In Your Nightmare” music video! While both share the same narrative, “Version 2” features fewer interactions between Simon Le Bon and model Vanya Seager and is, thus, far less sensual.

• 5. ‘Save A Prayer’

  “Save A Prayer” is the third single from Rio and the second video in the Russell Mulcahy trilogy from the LP, with the other videos being “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio.” The trilogy was filmed with Sri Lanka, with the video highlighting various beach views, Buddhist temple ruins and, of course, John Taylor getting water sprayed on him by on elephant. While that latter part is certainly whimsical, the video, itself, still maintains a sense of melancholy as echoed in the tender song about a one-night stand.

• 4. ‘Lonely In Your Nightmare’

  The magic of the “Lonely In Your Nightmare” video is the chemistry between Simon Le Bon and model Vanya Seager, and the various points in the video where Le Bon gently sings in Seager’s ear, “Because you’re lonely in your nightmare/Let me in.” It’s a type of heat that still holds up today.

• 3. ‘The Chauffeur’

  This noir-style music video is too risqué to post due to NSFW imagery, but it’s certainly worth a watch as it is beautifully shot and incredibly sexy without being exploitive. (You can watch it here for yourself.)

  Before Rio, Duran Duran made waves with the music video for “Girls On Film,” which even director Kevin Godley told Yahoo, “I don’t honestly think it would get made today…Let’s face it, it was emblematic of the time, more than anything else.” However, the videos for Rio took a distinct turn. As Yahoo Music Editor in Chief Lyndsey Parker noted in a retrospective in honor of Rio‘s 40th anniversary, “Part of Rio’s appeal for female fans was undoubtedly its pro-woman imagery. Along with the [Patrick] Nagel [album] cover, the band’s bold music video castings…always depicted strong, self-assured women, almost like Nagel ladies sprung to life. This was a welcome contrast from the usual video vixens that starred other exploitative clips of the era.”

• 2. ‘Rio’

  Finally! A depiction of yachting that doesn’t look like a WASP-y Ralph Lauren ad! For real, if sailing was actually as sexy like what we saw in the video for “Rio,” much more of us would be inclined to take to the sea. (At least this writer would.) Between the cheeky phone scene to John Taylor’s brief fantasy sequence to the sight of Simon Le Bon in a speedo, “Rio” is a picturesque delight.

• 1. 'Hungry Like the Wolf'

  It’s the song and music video that truly broke Duran Duran in the United States, and it’s easy to see why. Inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, Andy Taylor would perfectly describe the video in his 2008 memoir Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran as “Indiana Jones is horny and wants to get laid.” One look at stunning model Sheila Ming, and yeah…you can understand the motive. Add in that iconic table flip and you have one of the greatest music videos of all time.

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