Singles
The first single of the band's career was "Planet Earth" (released on 2 February 1981), which reached #12 on the UK charts.
The band followed up with the release of "Careless Memories" on 20 April 1981, but it only reached UK #37.
The third single from this album was the most successful. "Girls on Film", released 13 July, went to #5 in the UK. The video for the single was directed by Godley & Creme and was filmed in August, just two weeks after MTV was launched in the United States, before anyone knew what an impact the music channel would have on the industry. The raunchy "soft porn" video which featured semi-naked women created an uproar and a heavily edited "day version" was aired on MTV (though the uncut version did receive regular airings on the Playboy Channel), and the band enjoyed and capitalized on the controversy.
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