He wrote: "The music maintains the stormily romantic quality of the lyric by combining meditative verses with an aching chorus that swells and ebbs in a way that perfectly captures the song's heartbreak. Although we do not know the exact dates for the writing and recording of this song, it is safe to assume it was written in early 1982.

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And at one point, the elephant Roger was sitting on went charging over the pool, climbed on top of this other elephant, and started to hump it, with roger sat on the back of it. Video Version: at approximately 4:41 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated twelve times until fade out.Video: at approximately 4:41 "Save a prayer 'til the morning after" is repeated 12 times until fade out. Midnight” is a song about finding a love that is so true that it provides a calming feeling through every storm.

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With the nostalgic sentiment and the overall tone of the song, I think Keane is attempting to express a Portuguese term known as 'saudade', which does not have a direct English translation but roughly means "that which we remember because it is gone. Duran Duran's recording places an emphasis on Nick Rhodes' swirling, minimalist synth lines and Simon Le Bon's pained vocals as the rhythm section holds down a steady but subdued beat, with Andy Taylor adding a few searing bursts of electric guitar during the chorus.Indeed, some other bands would have just put an instrumental on the b-side and kept Hold Back The Rain for a future single.

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And he really figured out some beautiful inversions of a chord sequence that worked with what I had. The result was a stylish mood-piece that became a number two hit in the UK and earned plenty of airplay on MTV with a glossy video that featured the band jet-setting around the atmospheric locale of Sri Lanka.And I was playing that on top of [the synth loop], and as I was sort of fiddling around, Andy Taylor arrived. And, of course, most artists will tell you the song means what you want it to mean, and it means something different to each listener. Dance-friendly items like "Rio" and "Hungry Like The Wolf" gave Duran Duran their chart breakthrough in the U.