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{{Infobox album
| name         = Sing Blue Silver
| type         = video
| artist       = [[Duran Duran]]
| cover        = Duran_Duran_Sing_Blue_Silver_VHS.jpg
| released     = 1984 ([[VHS]], [[LaserDisc]])<br />{{start date|2004|4|5|df=y}} ([[DVD]])
| recorded     = 1984
| studio       = 
| venue        = 
| genre        =
* [[Dance music|Dance]]
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
| length       = 85 minutes
| label        = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| director     = Michael Collins
| producer     = 
| prev_title   = [[Dancing on the Valentine]]
| prev_year    = 1984
| next_title   = [[Arena (An Absurd Notion)]]
| next_year    = 1984
}}

'''''Sing Blue Silver''''' is a [[documentary film|documentary]] about [[Duran Duran]]'s 1983–1984 world tour directed by Michael Collins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sing Blue Silver|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/14978/Duran-Duran-Sing-Blue-Silver/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307190055/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/14978/Duran-Duran-Sing-Blue-Silver/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}}</ref> A sixty-minute edited version of the documentary was aired on MTV (and later other music channels) under the title '''''Blue Silver'''''.

''Sing Blue Silver'' was originally released on [[videotape]] (in [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] formats) and on [[LaserDisc]], near the end of 1984. It was re-issued on [[DVD]] in April 2004. A 1984 book of the same name featured still photography by official tour photographer [[Denis O'Regan]].
The title comes from a verse from the song "[[The Chauffeur]]", released in 1982. It was certified gold by the RIAA (''Billboard'' magazine week ending February 23, 1985).

==Synopsis==
Filmed at the height of their fame, ''Sing Blue Silver'' follows the band around Canada and the United States for three months from 30 January to 17 April 1984 as they toured in support of their ''[[Seven and the Ragged Tiger]]'' album around North America.

The documentary features much footage of the band live on stage, with other standout moments including a [[Francesco Scavullo]] photo shoot in New York, meeting a couple of [[Los Angeles Raiders|L.A. Raiders]] players backstage, and a [[Beatles]]-style press conference tinged with a bit of comedy. It also captures the band in more candid moments, from backstage antics to trying to stay entertained on the journey between cities.

The film also documented the band's [[teen idol]] status, showing hordes of hysterical young—mainly female—fans attempting to cope with seeing their heroes live in an arena.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Duran Duran Timeline: 1984 |website= The Duran Duran Timeline |url= http://www.durandurantimeline.com/years/1984.html |archive-date= 9 December 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031209145132/http://www.durandurantimeline.com/years/1984.html}}</ref>

Live footage from this tour was later used for the ''[[Arena (An Absurd Notion)]]'' long-form video and the ''[[As the Lights Go Down]]'' concert video. The video for "[[The Reflex]]" was shot at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] in [[Toronto]] on 5 March 1984.

Michael Collins left the tour after the first few weeks.

==Track listing==
===DVD===
# Intro
# Press Conference
# Load In/Backstage
# "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]"
# Meeting the L.A. Raiders
# On the Road Again/"[[Planet Earth (Duran Duran song)|Planet Earth]]"
# John on Touring
# Simon & Nick on Image & Recording 
# In New York
# Francesco Scavullo: Photo Shoot
# Back on the Road
# "[[Girls on Film]]"
# Coca-Cola Press Conference
# Visit to the F.B.I.
# Discussing Filming/"The Seventh Stranger"
# In New Orleans
# "[[Save a Prayer]]"
# Oakland, California
# Soundcheck/Backstage
# "[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]"
# "[[Careless Memories]]"
# The End of the Tour
# Credits

==Personnel==
'''Duran Duran'''
* [[Simon Le Bon]]&nbsp;– lead vocals
* [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]]&nbsp;– guitar
* [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]]&nbsp;– bass  
* [[Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)|Roger Taylor]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Nick Rhodes]]&nbsp;– keyboards and synthesizers

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5093738}}
* [http://www.denis.co.uk/ Denis O'Regan – official Sing Blue Silver tour photographer and author of Sing Blue Silver official book]
* [http://wc04.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:14978 AllMovie review]

{{Duran Duran}}

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