Absolutely 80’s Friday Forgotten 45: Duran Duran

Hello Friday! The weekend means Nina Blackwood will be in Saturday night from 9 to midnight with Absolutely 80’s, three hours of awesome 80’s music and stories from the MTV era. It’s where I found today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Duran Duran with “Planet Earth”.

While the song didn’t chart in America, this was the very first hit for the band reaching #11 in England, top 10 in Australia, and #1 in France. The song paved the way for the band’s global domination and the second British Invasion fueled by MTV.

Selling over 100 million albums, charting 21 top 40 hits, it doesn’t get any more 80’s than Duran Duran. Check out their live performance of “Planet Earth” today’s Forgotten 45!