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"Burning The Ground" is the 20th single by ''. The song is essentially a clever Megamix of Duran Duran's history, featuring tidbits of all of the band's hits of the previous ten years. ABOUT THE SONG Instrumental elements of "Save A Prayer", "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "The Reflex" form the core of the first part of the song, while the "chorus" is built up of alternating chants of "Girls" (from " Girls On Film ") and "Boys!" (from " The Wild Boys "). The nonsense syllables from several songs, such as the "noh-noh" bits from "Notorious", the "bop bop bop" from " Planet Earth " and the "tana nana" from " The Reflex " were also incorporated. Elements from " A View To A Kill ", "Notorious", "I Don't Want Your love" and later singles are gradually woven into the mix. The song also used several sound Samples from the film '' Barbarella '', from which the band took their name: "Barbarella?" "Mr. President!" "Your Mission, Barbarella...find Duran Duran!" The remix was created by producer John Jones , with assistance from engineer Chris Potter , in an upstairs room at Olympic Studios in Barnes while Duran Duran was downstairs recording new material for the '' Liberty '' to be released in the year after. The Duran Duran Timeline: 1989 MUSIC VIDEO The video for "Burning The Ground", like the song, used snippets of many of Duran Duran's previous work. The video also used footage of burning South American Rainforests , as well as the NASA Space Shuttle . It was directed by Adrian Martin . Rolling Stone: Burning the Ground music video (requires RealPlayer) B-SIDES, BONUS TRACKS AND REMIXES The B-side was another megamix, this one more instrumental in nature, called "Decadance". The song uses the "why" bits of "The Reflex", the "no, no" from "Notorious", "wild" from "The Wild Boys", the chorus from "All She Wants Is", the solo from "Save a Prayer" mixed with "Rio", and a little bit of "Skin Trade", as well as some of the suggestive screams from "Hungry Like the Wolf". CHART POSITIONS
TRACK LISTING 7": Parlophone - DD 13 (UK)
12": Parlophone - 12DD 13 (UK)
12": Capitol - V-15546 (US)
CD: Parlophone - CDDD 13 (UK)
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