Careless Memories

"Careless Memories"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Duran Duran
B-side
  • "Khanada"
  • "Fame"
Released20 April 1981 (1981-04-20)
RecordedDecember 1980
StudioRed Bus (London)
Genre
Length
  • 3:41 (single version)
  • 3:53 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Colin Thurston
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Planet Earth"
(1981)
"Careless Memories"
(1981)
"Girls on Film"
(1981)
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.

  1. ^ 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