Song · Duran Duran
“Do You Believe in Shame” by Duran Duran
From the album Big Thing (1988)
“Do You Believe in Shame” by Duran Duran appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1989. It was first released in 1988 on the album Big Thing. Its best result is #71 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #162 alternative song of 1989.
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Duran Duran closed out Big Thing, their fifth album, with "Do You Believe in Shame?", its third and last single, in April 1989, timed to the Electric Theatre Tour that kicked off in Newcastle that month. It carries a dedication to three friends the band had lost: producer Alex Sadkin, Andy Warhol, and David Miles, Simon Le Bon's friend since childhood. Le Bon has since called it the first of three songs for Miles, the others being "Ordinary World" and "Out of My Mind".
The melody leaned so hard on Dale Hawkins' "Suzie Q" that Cash Box called it a shameless ripoff, and also the best thing it had heard from the band. A successful legal challenge followed, and the credits now name Hawkins, Eleanor Broadwater and Stanley Lewis beside Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor. Daniel Abraham and Jonathan Elias produced it with the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 71 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
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