"Do You Believe in Shame?" is a song by the English

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, released on 10 April 1989 as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, '' Big Thing'' (1988).

Background

The song was dedicated to three of the band's dead friends: record producer

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's childhood friend David Miles. Le Bon has since said that "Shame" is the first part of a trilogy of songs written as a tribute to Miles, the other songs being " Ordinary World" and " Out of My Mind". ''

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'' said that the song "is a shameless ripoff of ' Suzie Q'. Same feel, same melody. And not surprisingly, it's the best thing we've heard out of D.D." There was a successful legal challenge over the close resemblance of the melody of "Do You Believe in Shame?" to that of the

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classic "Suzie Q" (more famously covered by

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). The writing credits were changed accordingly.

Release

"Do You Believe in Shame?" was released to coincide with the band's Electric Theatre Tour which began in Newcastle on 15 April 1989. As such, the 7" triple pack issued by EMI in the UK included tour dates on the artwork. The song's first week of release was complicated because the original CD single was discovered to have an overlong playing time that disqualified it from some of the sales charts. The CD single was recalled two days after its release, and reissued a few days later, but for several days during the song's initial promotion, the CD was unavailable in shops. Despite the collectibility of this release, it reached no higher in the charts than #30 in the UK, #14 in Italy, #72 in the US and #88 in

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Music video

The video for "Do You Believe in Shame?" was filmed by the Chinese director

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, who later directed critically acclaimed films such as '' Farewell My Concubine''. It was set in New York City, and shows the three original members of Duran Duran in separate storylines. At the end of the music video, a long line of dominoes can be seen falling in succession by forming a question mark which is akin to the single's sleeve where all of the members of Duran Duran are seen in a little room located in an apartment building.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

In lieu of a remix of the single track, EMI issued bonus material across a number of formats—triple 7″ pack, 3″ CD and

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numbered 10″ single. "Official Bootleg: The LSD Edit", a previously promo-only edit of ''Big Thing'' album tracks "The Edge of America" and "Lake Shore Driving" finally had its commercial debut, "LSD" presumably an acronym for "Lake Shore Driving". The song was renamed "The Krush Brothers LSD Edit" for release on the "Do You Believe in Shame?" single. The original Daniel Abraham mix of "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)" also appeared on this single. John Taylor believed in this mix of "Drug" so vehemently, he has since said he almost left the band over the mishandling of the track. Other items include an edit of ''Big Thing'' album track "Palomino" and a live version of "Notorious", recorded in Rotterdam, which was previously from the promo-only 12″ EP ''Duran Goes Dutch''. Also included in the pack were two

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pieces by Le Bon, "God (London)" and "This Is How a Road Gets Made", recorded and produced by John Jones. They were used during the tour as intros to the band coming on stage. Le Bon swears in "God (London)" and it was released in two versions, censored and non-censored.

Formats and track listings

7″: EMI / Triple Pack United Kingdom

EMI / DDA 12 (

picture sleeve) # "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:23 # "The Krush Brothers LSD Edit" – 3:30 .k.a. "Edge of America" (The Krush Brothers LSD Edit)/small> EMI / DDB 12 (

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picture sleeve) # "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:23 # "God (London)" – 1:36 # "This Is How a Road Gets Made" – 0:47 # "Palomino" (edit) – 3:30 EMI / DDC 12 ( John Taylor picture sleeve) # "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:23 # "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)" (original version) – 4:18 Daniel Abraham Mix"/small>

10″: EMI / 10 DD 12 United Kingdom

# "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:23 # "The Krush Brothers LSD Edit" – 3:30 .k.a. "Edge of America" (The Krush Brothers LSD Edit)/small> # "Notorious" (live) – 4:06 ecorded live at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, 7 May 1987/small>

7″: Capitol / B-44337 United States

# "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:23 # "The Krush Brothers LSD Edit" – 3:30 .k.a. "Edge of America" (The Krush Brothers LSD Edit)/small>

12″: Capitol / V-15456 United States

3″ CD: EMI / CD DD 12 United Kingdom

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# "Do You Believe in Shame?" – 4:25 # "The Krush Brothers LSD Edit" – 3:32 .k.a. "Edge of America" (The Krush Brothers LSD Edit)/small> # "God (London)" – 1:40 # "This Is How a Road Gets Made" – 0:49 # "Palomino" (edit) – 3:30 # "Drug" (original version) – 4:18 Daniel Abraham Mix"/small> # "Notorious" (live) – 4:16 ecorded live at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, 7 May 1987/small>

Charts

Covers

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and her band Halo Circus recorded a cover version for the 2014 compilation album '' Making Patterns Rhyme: A Tribute to Duran Duran''.

Other appearances

The song has also appeared on the soundtrack to the film ''

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'' (1988).

Personnel

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– vocals *

– keyboards * John Taylor – bass guitar Additional musicians *

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– guitar *

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– drums *

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– drums * Daniel Abraham – primitive guitar Technical * Jonathan Elias – co-producer * Daniel Abraham – co-producer and mixer

References

{{Authority control 1988 songs 1989 singles Duran Duran songs Songs written by John Taylor (bass guitarist) Columbia Records singles EMI Records singles Songs written by Simon Le Bon Songs written by Nick Rhodes