| "Night Boat" | ||||
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| Song by Duran Duran from the album Duran Duran | ||||
| Released | June 15, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1980 at Red Bus Studios, Abbey Road Studio, Utopia Studio and Chipping Norton Studio | |||
| Genre | New Wave, Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 5:25 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer | Simon Le Bon | |||
| Composer | Duran Duran | |||
| Producer | Colin Thurston | |||
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"Night Boat" or "(Waiting for the) Nightboat " is a song by Duran Duran appearing as track six on their debut album.
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The song was originally written by Simon Le Bon when he was waiting for a ride from the nightbus home. It is spooky and atmospheric, unlike most of the other songs on the album. It is instrumental for a little over two minutes. Simon Le Bon recites the beginning of the Queen Mab speech before singing original lyrics for the rest of the song. Another song (which also focuses heavily on the use of synthesizers) featuring a long intro like this is New Order's 1983 hit, "Blue Monday"
The video for "Nightboat" was directed by longtime music video director Russell Mulcahy. The video is a mini horror film shot on the Caribbean island side of Antigua. A brief bit of dialog before the music starts includes Le Bon's recitation of one of Mercutio's speeches From Romeo and Juliet. The band gathers on a small beach village as the sun is setting, only to be separated and set upon by zombies one by one, until the ragged Nightboat arrives to carry Le Bon away. It is possible that the video is a homage to the Italian horror film Zombi 2, with settings and zombies that look very much like the ones in the film. The video was filmed in May 1982, several months before Michael Jackson began to work on the video for his song Thriller, which also features zombies.
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