Embarked on first US tour

The video was heavily edited for MTV. The album also included ” Tel Aviv “, a track with lyrics Simon Le Bon wrote in 1980 after working on a kibbutz in Israel . The song was later reworked into a Middle Eastern-influenced instrumental before appearing on the album. The album peaked in the UK top twenty at number three. Later in 1981 the band embarked on their first United States club tour followed by more dates in Germany and the UK. This second tour of Britain coincided with a wave of riots sparked by unemployment and racial tension, including those of Moss Side and Toxteth . The band played Birmingham the day after the Handsworth riots . The band also began writing and demoing songs for a new album. In November 1981, they released a new single, the disco -influenced ” My Own Way “, that reached number 14 in the UK, followed in early 1982 by the recording of their second album at AIR Studios in London.