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"The Chauffeur" is a Duran Duran song from their second album Rio. The song was written by Simon Le Bon as poetry, several years before Rio was even begun. Two different versions of the song were originally recorded by Duran Duran, and the song has been covered by three mainstream artists. Two music videos of the song have been made at different times, by different directors. Unusually for the band, the song's title does not appear anywhere in the song's lyrics, but the refrain from the song has been used by Duran Duran as the title of both a tour video and a book. The origins of the lyrics for The Chauffeur have become part of the Duran Duran legend.
In May 1980, while the band were working for Paul and Michael Berrow, who at the time ran the Rum Runner night club in Birmingham, one of the Rum Runner bar maids recommended her ex-boyfriend to be their new lead singer. Simon Le Bon auditioned in May of 1980, bringing with him a book of poetry and lyrics, including the lyrics to the song which would eventually become The Chauffeur.
The word chauffeur does not appear in the lyric at any point, however the song is written from the point of view of someone who is driving another person, a woman, on a hot day. Some versions of the song feature words at the end of the track, spoken sotto voce by a man. This monologue is taken from a natural history recording - the man is speaking about insects in the grass.
The song refrain Sing Blue Silver was used as the title of the band's video covering its 1983-84 tour. A book of the same name was also produced to support the tour, showcasing still photography by official tour photographer Denis O'Regan.
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I've seen their other videos in which they performed other songs such as "Rio" and "Save a Prayer" in this same studio and I don't think they quite matched up to this one. Thank you for posting this!!!
ecsisof3 11 months ago
@ecsisof3 thanks this is one of my all time favorite duran songs though i think the new track The man who stole a leopard may take its title
notoriousgit 11 months ago