Careless Memories

"Careless Memories"
"Careless Memories"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Duran Duran
B-side	"Khanada"; "Fame";
Released	20 April 1981
Recorded	December 1980
Studio	Red Bus (London)
Genre	Synth-pop; Eurodisco; new wave;
Length	3:41 (single version); 3:53 (album version);
Label	EMI; Capitol;
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon; John Taylor; Roger Taylor; Andy Taylor; Nick Rhodes;
Producer(s)	Colin Thurston
Duran Duran singles chronology
Music video
	"Careless Memories" on YouTube

"Careless Memories" is the second single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 20 April 1981. It reached no. 37 in the UK and no. 60 in Australia.

^ ^a ^b ^c S. Borthwick & R. Moy (2004), "Synthpop: into the digital age", Popular Music Genres: an Introduction, Routledge, p. 123, ISBN 978-0-7486-1745-6, More conventional soul/disco acts such as Chic also influenced synthpop. A track such as Duran Duran's Careless Memories is a classic hybrid of Euro-disco, new wave guitar pop and Bowie/Kraftwerk

[Borthwick-1] S. Borthwick & R. Moy (2004), "Synthpop: into the digital age", Popular Music Genres: an Introduction, Routledge, p. 123, ISBN 978-0-7486-1745-6, More conventional soul/disco acts such as Chic also influenced synthpop. A track such as Duran Duran's Careless Memories is a classic hybrid of Euro-disco, new wave guitar pop and Bowie/Kraftwerk

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