Duran Duran: "Notorious" (1988)

"Notorious" is the 14th single by Duran Duran. It was released internationally by EMI on 20 October 1986. "Notorious" was the first single issued from the album Notorious, and the first released by Duran Duran as a 3-piece band after the departure of Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor. It was a hit all around the world, reaching #7 in the UK, #2 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 5 in several countries. Duran Duran's success was on the wane, however, and the band would reach the Top 10 in the US only once more with "I Don't Want Your Love" in 1988, before 1993's "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone".


- Lyrics:

No.. no.. notorious!
No.. no.. notorious!

I.. can't read about it, burns the skin from your eyes,
I'll do fine without it, here's one you don't compromise.
Lies come hard to disguise
Let me to fight it out, not wild about it
Lay your seedy judgements, who says they're part of our lives?

You own the money, you control the witness,
I hear you're lonely - don't monkey with my business
You pay the profits to justify the reasons
I heard your promise but I don't believe it -
That's why I'll do it again


No.. no.. notorious.


Girls will keep the secrets, so long as boys make the noise,
Fools run rings to break up, something they'll never destroy.
Grand notorious slam, (BAM!) and who really gives a damn -
For a flaky bandit?
Don't ask me to bleed about it, I need this blood to survive.

(chorus)

No.. no.. notorious
Notorious!
Notorious!

(chorus) (chorus)

No!
No..no.. (That's why I'll do it again)
No!
Notorious! (Yeh! that's why I'll do it again)
No..no.. notorious.

Yeeeehh! that's why I'll do it again
No.. notorious.
No..no.. notorious.
Yeeeehh! that's why I'll do it again
No.. notorious.
No..no.. notorious.