"Meet El Presidente"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Notorious
B-side"Vertigo (Do the Demolition)"
Released4 April 1987 (1987-04-04)
RecordedJune–September 1986
Genre
Length
  • 3:38 (7" remix)
  • 5:30 (Meet El Beat)
  • 7:12 (The Presidential Suite)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Skin Trade"
(1987) 		"Meet El Presidente"
(1987) 		"I Don't Want Your Love"
(1988)
Music video
"Meet El Presidente" on YouTube

"Meet El Presidente" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran, released in April 1987 as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Notorious (1986). It stalled at number 24 in the UK and outside the top 40 in America.

Duran Duran played this song—among others—live, on the final episode of British music show The Tube. The band would perform "Meet El Presidente", along with "Skin Trade", first on The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers on 27 February 1987 and again on the show Soul Train on 4 April 1987.[1]

Music video

"Meet El Presidente" was the third video directed for Duran Duran by Peter Kagan and Paula Greif. It was a basic concert video, featuring the band in their stagewear from the Strange Behaviour tour which supported the release of the Notorious album and was filmed during rehearsals. It was also filmed in black and white Super-8. Like the song, the music video would come and go with little fanfare on MTV.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

"Meet El Presidente" was backed by album track "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)". This was the second single from Notorious to have an album track as B-side.

It was also the first single that Duran Duran released as a CD single, on which they included the "Meet El Beat" remix.

There are 3 official mixes of "Meet El Presidente":

Formats and track listings

7": EMI / Tour 1 United Kingdom

  1. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) – 3:38
  2. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" – 4:43

12": EMI / 12 Tour 1 United Kingdom

  1. "Meet El Presidente" – 7:12
  2. "Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat)" – 5:30
  3. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) – 3:38
  4. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" – 4:43[2]

12": EMI / 12 Club Tour 1 (Promo) United Kingdom

The Presidential Suite:

  1. "Meet El Presidente" – 7:12
  2. "Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat)" – 5:30
  3. "Meet El Presidente" (45 mix) – 3:38
  4. "Skintrade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
  5. "Skintrade" (S.O.S. dub) – 7:16

7": Capitol / B-44001 United States

  1. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) – 3:38
  2. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" – 4:43

12": Capitol / V-15294 United States

  1. "Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite)" – 7:12
  2. "Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat)" – 5:30
  3. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) – 3:38
  4. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" – 4:43[2]

12": Capitol / SPRO-79008 (Promo) United States

The Presidential Suite:

  1. "Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite)" – 7:12
  2. "Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat)" – 5:30
  3. "Meet El Presidente" (radio) – 3:38
  4. "Skintrade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
  5. "Skintrade" (S.O.S. dub) – 7:16

CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set

  1. "Meet El Presidente" (7" remix) – 3:38
  2. "Vertigo (Do the Demolition)" – 4:43
  3. "Meet El Presidente" – 7:12
  4. "Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat)" – 5:30

information Note:

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 13
Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[4] 27
Italy (Musica e dischi)[5] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 31
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 24
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 70
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles Sales 40

Personnel

Duran Duran

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ^ Duran Duran Performing Meet El Presidente, Skin Trade and Band Interview on Joan Rivers Show - 1987, retrieved 23 November 2023
  2. ^ a b https://musicbrainz.org/release/577905e6-5c52-4ec8-9f69-58a9e9d85b9c at MusicBrainz
  3. ^ "Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ "European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 23 May 1987. pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2022. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Meet el presidente" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
  6. ^ "Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  7. ^ "Duran Duran: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Duran Duran Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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