Album · Duran Duran
Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran
Seven and the Ragged Tiger is an album by Duran Duran, released in 1983. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 28 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Reflex”, on 18 lists with a best position of #22.
Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Duran Duran's third album, came out through EMI and Capitol on 21 November 1983, and it was made the hard way. Tax exiles now, the band recorded in France, the Caribbean and Australia from April to October 1983, co-producing with Alex Sadkin and Ian Little, and the sessions dragged while the five of them argued about where to go next.
They wanted to move on from Rio, and the result is glossier and more synthetic, all shimmering keyboard textures. Singer Simon Le Bon pitched it as an adventure yarn about a small commando squad, and the title counts the band and their two managers, with the tiger standing for success. Critics sniffed, but "Union of the Snake" and "New Moon on Monday" kept the machine rolling, and Nile Rodgers' remix of "The Reflex" went to number one in Britain and America. At home, it gave them the one chart-topping album of their career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Seven and the Ragged Tiger on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reflex | 18 | #22 | – | 1983–2023 | |
| 2 | Union of the Snake | 7 | #4 | – | 1983–2023 | |
| 3 | New Moon On Monday | 3 | #67 | – | 1984–2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.