Duran Duran

Hungry Like the Wolf (1982)

Duran Duran

2

1

7

6

5

4

3

dark

1

in

1

the

1

cit

1

y

3

night

4

is

3

a

4

wire

5

steam

1

in

1

the

1

sub

1

way

3

earth

4

is

3

a

4

fire

5

Black Or White (1991)

Michael Jackson

5

4

3

2

1

7

6

5

4

3

I

5

took

1

my

3

ba

4

by

3

on

1

a

5

Sat

4

ur

3

day

4

bang

5

"Boy

5

is

5

that

1

girl

3

with

4

you?"

3

yes

1

we're

5

one

4

and

3

the

4

same

5

Points of connection

• The verse of each song starts with a two-bar phrase, starting on the "and" of 1, ending on beat 3 of the second measure, and repeating twice
• The second measure in each phrase opens by traversing scale degrees 4̂-3̂-4̂-5̂ using eighth notes
• Both songs are in the E mixolydian mode
• Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran recounted in a 2021 interview that Michael Jackson called him in 1984 to propose a collaboration, but the band declined