White Lines (Duran Duran song)

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"White Lines"
"White Lines" cover
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Thank You
Released 1995
Format 12" And CD Single
Recorded 1995
Length  ?:??
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel
Duran Duran singles chronology
Perfect Day
(1995)		 White Lines
(1995)		 Out Of My Mind
(1997)

"White Lines" is the second single from the Duran Duran covers album Thank You. It is a cover version of the 1983 song "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel.

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[edit] About the song

The funky anti-cocaine rap music anthem "White Lines" may have seemed like an odd choice of covers for a middle-class white pop band, some of whose members were known to have substance abuse issues.

[edit] Music video

The black and white video was shot in January of 1995 by Nick Egan. The video features the band and the Furious Five performing the song, with breakdancers and people in skeleton masks.

[edit] B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

[edit] Media references

[edit] Chart positions

The song reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Parlophone 7243 8 82005 2 3 (Italy)

  1. "White Lines (album version)" [actually Edit version]
  2. "White Lines (70's Club Mix)"
  3. "Thank You (Demo)"
  4. "None Of The Above (Driza Bone Mix)"

[edit] CD: Parlophone 7243 8 82097 2 4 (Canada)

  1. "White Lines (Junior's House Mix)" (5:37)
  2. "White Lines (Oakland Funk Mix)" (5:29)
  3. "White Lines (70's Club Mix)" (7:54)
  4. "None Of The Above (Driza Bone Mix)" (5:18)

[edit] CD: Part of "Singles Box Set 1986-1995" boxset

  1. "White Lines (Album version)
  2. "Save A Prayer (Single version)"
  3. "None Of The Above (Drizabone mix)"
  4. "White Lines (70’s Club Mix)"
  5. "White Lines (Oakland Funk Mix)"
  6. "White Lines (Junior Vasquez Mix)"
  7. "Ordinary World (Acoustic version – Simon Mayo Show)"

[edit] Other appearances

Apart from the single, White Lines also appears on:

Albums:

Singles:

[edit] Personnel

Duran Duran are:

Featuring:

Also credited:

  • Anthony J. Resta - additional percussion and keyboards, additional production, remixer

[edit] References


Duran Duran
Simon Le Bon | Nick Rhodes | John Taylor | Roger Taylor
Andy Taylor | Warren Cuccurullo | Sterling Campbell
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Duran Duran | Rio | Carnival | Seven and the Ragged Tiger | Arena | Notorious | Big Thing | Liberty | Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) | Thank You | Medazzaland | Pop Trash | Astronaut
Compilations and remix albums: Decade: Greatest Hits | Greatest | Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran | Strange Behaviour | Singles Box Set 1981-1985 | Singles Box Set 1986-1995
Singles: "Planet Earth" | "Careless Memories" | "Girls on Film" | "My Own Way" | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | "Save A Prayer" | "Rio" | "Is There Something I Should Know?" | "Union of the Snake" | "New Moon on Monday" | "The Reflex" | "The Wild Boys" | "A View to a Kill" | "Notorious" | "Skin Trade" | "Meet El Presidente" | "I Don't Want Your Love" | "All She Wants Is" | "Do You Believe In Shame?" | "Burning The Ground" | "Violence of Summer" | "Serious" | "Ordinary World" | "Come Undone" | "Too Much Information" | "Perfect Day" | "White Lines" | "Out Of My Mind" | "Electric Barbarella" | "Someone Else, Not Me" | "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise" | "What Happens Tomorrow" |
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