“New Moon on Monday” hit #9 in the UK and #10 in the US. While members of D2 do not agree with me about the video (Andy Taylor wrote, “Everybody hates it, particularly the dreadful scene at the end where we all dance together. Even today, I cringe and leave the room if anyone plays it.“), I love it. (Nick dances!) There are several versions, ranging from a 17 minute mini film to a MTV-single length clocking in at just under 4 minutes.

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There are several versions of the video for the single, including a 17 minute mini movie as well as a couple of shorter versions more palatable to the short-attention span MTV viewers. Filmed in Noyers, France, the band members are part of a fictional rebellion group called “La Luna.” I was a insane Duranie in ‘84: my Duranie name was La Luna Le Bon and while on vacation with my family that summer we drove from Calais, France to Marseilles through the French countryside. I convinced myself that every little town we drove through was the setting for the video – obviously we didn’t as Noyers is most definitely not on that driving route, but I didn’t know that when I was 13. Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes have both complained that “New Moon on Monday” is their least favorite video, especially the ending where the band dances together in the village square. (But it’s probably the only time Nick Rhodes ever danced, so there’s that.)

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