Girls on Film is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981. The single became Duran Durans Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 5 in July 1981. The band personally selected the song for release following the failure of its predecessor, Careless Memories, which had been chosen by their record company, EMI. Its popularity provided a major boost to sales of the bands eponymous debut album, Duran Duran, which had been released a month earlier. The song did not chart in the United States on its initial release, but it became popular and widely known after receiving heavy airplay on MTV when the Duran Duran album was re-issued in 1983. About the song Girls on Film was originally written by Andy Wickett, one of Duran Durans previous singers before Simon Le Bon. The original demo of the song has a very peculiar sound that differs somewhat from the final album version recorded in 1981. However, Wicketts version of the chorus remained, with very little change having been made to that part of the songs composition. When Wickett left the band, Duran Duran bought the song from him for £600 and made him sign a waiver removing his rights to the song. The song begins with a recording of the rapid whirring of a motor drive on a camera. Both manager Paul Berrow and photographer Andy Earl claim to have supplied the camera for the recording. Over the years, Girls on Film has become a staple of the encores for Duran Durans live performances and is often the final song of a concert, during which lead singer Simon Le Bon introduces the rest of the band. The song, along with Rio, was originally omitted from the 1984 live album Arena to make room for newer and less familiar album material from 1983s Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Both tracks were included as bonus material in the 2004 CD reissue of Arena.
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