New Moon On Monday – Duran Duran

This track by Duran Duran spent two weeks in the UK top 10 in 1984.

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Thirty years ago this week, New moon on Monday by Duran Duran was at its highest position of number 9 in the UK singles chart for the first of two weeks, having entered the top 40 the previous week at number 12. After two weeks in the top 10, the song slipped into the lower top 40 for the final two weeks of its chart life.

New moon on Monday was released on the EMI record label and was the seventh of fourteen UK top 10 hits for Duran Duran. It was taken from the platinum-selling album Seven and the ragged tiger, which spent one week at the top of the UK album chart.

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UK singles chart for the week ending 11 February 1984

1. Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2. Radio ga ga – Queen

3. Girls just want to have fun – Cyndi Lauper

4. Break my stride – Matthew Wilder

5. Doctor doctor – Thompson Twins

6. That’s living alright – Joe Fagin

7. Holiday – Madonna

8. (Feels like) heaven – Fiction Factory

9. New moon on Monday – Duran Duran

10. Here comes the rain again – Eurythmics