From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Meet El Presidente
Meet El Presidente
""Meet El Presidente"" vocals (including a recurring "Ooh ooh" hook). In these
ways, the non-album version is somewhat more similar
to songs recorded for the subsequent Big Thing album
than it is to other songs on Notorious.
Duran Duran played this song live, among others, on
the final episode of British music show The Tube.
Music video
"Meet El Presidente" was the third video directed for Du-
ran Duran by Peter Kagan and Paula Greif. It was a basic
concert video, featuring the band in their stagewear from
the Strange Behaviour tour which supported the release of
the Notorious album. It was also filmed in black and white
Single by Duran Duran Super-8.
from the album Notorious
B-side "Vertigo (Do The Demolition)" B-sides, bonus tracks and
Released April 1987 (1987-04) - May 2, 1987 [US] remixes
Recorded Jun-Sep 1986, London "Meet El Presidente" was backed by album track "Vertigo
(Do The Demolition)". This was the second single from
Genre Dance-Pop, New Wave, Funk
Notorious to have an album track as b-side.
Length 3:38 (7" remix) It was also the first single that Duran Duran released
as a CD single, on which they included the "Meet El Beat"
Label EMI - TOUR 1
remix.
Writer(s) Duran Duran
Producer Nile Rodgers, Duran Duran Chart positions
Duran Duran singles chronology • #24 UK Singles Chart (25 April 1987)
• #70 Billboard Hot 100 (2 May 1987)
"Skin "Meet El "I Don’t Want Your
• #40 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
Trade" Presidente" Love"
(1987) (1987) (1988) • #10 Italian charts
"Meet El Presidente is the 16th single from Duran Duran,
Meet Presidente" Track listing
and the third single from the Notorious album.
7": EMI / Tour 1 (UK)
About the song 1. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) - 3:38
2. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" - 4:43
According to a studio report in Star Hits magazine, one of
the early drafts of this song was called "One of the Faith-
12": EMI / 12 Tour 1 (UK)
ful". A demo version using that name can be found on
several bootlegs. 1. "Meet El Presidente" - 7:12
The album version of the song is considerably dif- 2. "Meet El Presidente" (Meet El Beat) - 5:30
ferent from the version used on the single and remixes 3. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) - 3:38
and on the video. The album version has the same tempo 4. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" - 4:43
but slightly different drums during the chorus, while the • also available on CD (CD TOUR 1)
other versions use stronger basslines, a horn section, in- • labelled ’The Presidential Suite’ in the US
creased percussion (most notable during the lyric "Hell
has no fury like a young girl’s ego"), and female backing
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Meet El Presidente
12": EMI / 12 Club-Tour 1 (UK) • Nile Rodgers - Guitars
• The Borneo Horns - Horns
1. The Presidential Suite:
• Curtis King - Background Vocals
1. "Meet El Presidente" - 7:12
• Brenda White-King - Background Vocals
2. "Meet El Presidente" (Meet El Beat) - 5:30
• Tessa Niles - Background Vocals
3. "Meet El Presidente" (Radio) - 3:38
• Cindy Mizelle - Background Vocals
2. "Skin Trade" (Parisian Mix) - 8:10
Production:
3. "Skin Trade" (S.O.S. Dub) - 7:16
• Nile Rodgers - Producer
• UK promo 12"
• Duran Duran - Producer
• Daniel Abraham - Remixer, Engineer and Mixer
• Larry Levan - Remixer
Personnel
Duran Duran are: External links
• Simon Le Bon - Vocals
• TM’s Duran Duran Discography
• John Taylor - Bass
• Nick Rhodes - Keyboards
With: References
• Warren Cuccurullo - Guitars
• Andy Taylor - Guitars
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Categories:
• 1987 singles
• Duran Duran songs
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