Union of the Snake

"Union of the Snake"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger
B-side	"Secret Oktober"
Released	17 October 1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	AIR (Montserrat, Caribbean)
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	4:20
Label	EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon John Taylor Roger Taylor Andy Taylor Nick Rhodes
Producer(s)	Alex Sadkin Ian Little Duran Duran
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Is There Something I Should Know?" (1983) "Union of the Snake" (1983) "New Moon on Monday" (1984)
Music video
"Union of the Snake" on YouTube

"Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983.

It was the lead single from the band's third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran's most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. Further chart movement was prevented by "Say It Isn't So" by Daryl Hall and John Oates and "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]