both the album cover and upcoming tour programme. Surrounded by crew members, local journalists, TV cameramen and fans, Duran Duran were dressed in all-black attire: Rhodes donned a "black lizard suit", John and Roger in "evening dress", while Le Bon and Andy wore suede and leather; John later quipped in his memoir that "we all looked like successful young men". The shoot reportedly cost upwards of £65,000. According to Paul Berrow, the plan was to shoot a promo in Kashmir involving the tiger but Andy and Rhodes vetoed the idea. Another idea involving the use of smoke bombs was scrapped when the tiger was spooked by them. Garrett's final sleeve design solely features the tiger's eye and a small portion of its fur. Against the caramel-coloured artwork are various logos, including the band's new DD logo, a crescent moon, a triple-X glyph and a Chinese-style antique map depicting snowy mountains and rivers; Davis says this represents the trips Duran Duran would venture on during their upcoming tour. Malins finds the map suggests secrets that are waiting to be unfolded, offering a visual representation of Le Bon's "soul-searching on the album through [the] admittedly ambiguous lyrics". Release and singles The music video for "Union of the Snake", featuring the band members in a cave with serpent-like dancers and Le Bon as a Mad Max-type road warrior, was sent to MTV by Capitol a full week before the single was set to release to radio, which drew backlash from radio stations who found the move unfair. The band later expressed distaste for the video. Upon its release as a single on 17 October 1983, "Union of the Snake" peaked at number three in both the UK and the US. However, the placement earned disenchantment from the band who were expecting another number one following "Is There Something I Should Know?"; Le Bon confessed to its poor release in 1984. Additionally, the group's failure to hit number one led some critics to conclude Duran Duran had hit their peak. The simultaneous worldwide release of Seven and the Ragged Tiger followed a month later on 21 November 1983, shortly after the band commenced a worldwide tour. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, becoming the band's first number-one album. Nevertheless, the LP's sales fell off after the first week at a faster pace than EMI had expected. Upon debuting on the US