Album · Duran Duran
Medazzaland by Duran Duran
Medazzaland is an album by Duran Duran, released in 1997. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Electric Barbarella”, on 4 lists with a best position of #66.
Medazzaland, Duran Duran's ninth studio album, came out through Capitol on 14 October 1997, but only in North America, Latin America and Japan. European fans had to hunt down imports, and it wasn't properly available in the UK until a 2021 deal with BMG put it on digital platforms, with a 25th-anniversary CD and coloured vinyl following in 2022. The title nods to midazolam, the anaesthetic Simon Le Bon was given during dental surgery.
It was the year John Taylor left the band, leaving Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo to carry on, and the record sounds like a band shrugging off expectations: woozy, fractured alternative rock, a long way from the New Romantic glamour of their early '80s peak, with "Electric Barbarella" as its sleek, cheeky calling card. It reached number 58 on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Medazzaland on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electric Barbarella | 4 | #66 | – | 1997 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.