Editing Berlin (band) (section)

===Eventual success===
Nunn rejoined the band as singer in 1980, after which they signed to independent label [[Enigma Records]]. They then released a [[double A-sided]] single, "Tell Me Why" / "[[The Metro (song)|The Metro]]". The single was intended as a one-off, since Crawford was by then focusing on his new band, Fahrenheit, and regarded Berlin as a "just for fun" side project.<ref name="Record8">{{cite journal|last=Meyer|first=Marianne |title=We Now Take 'Sex' Seriously, Thanks to a Shot in the Dark|journal=Record|date=June 1983|volume=2 |issue=8|page=6}}</ref> However, the single was a success, helping to finance the [[Extended play|EP]] album, ''[[Pleasure Victim]]'', which was recorded on a $2,900 budget.<ref name="Record8"/> The EP included their first significant hit: the controversial synth-driven "[[Sex (I'm a ...)]]" (1982), which was banned by some radio stations due to its graphic lyrics. The song was intentionally written and composed to get airplay on Los Angeles area radio station [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]], which specialized in playing music that was not heard on other stations, and of which members of the group were fans.<ref name="Ink19">{{cite web|url=http://www.ink19.com/issues/june2006/interviews/beyondMetroAn.html|title=Beyond The Metro: Terri Nunn|last=Worley|first=Gail|publisher=Ink 19|access-date=August 10, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104050738/http://www.ink19.com/issues/june2006/interviews/beyondMetroAn.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to the attention brought on by the single, wider release offers were made by larger record labels for ''Pleasure Victim''.<ref name="Record8"/> Geffen Records' offer was accepted and the label re-released ''Pleasure Victim'' worldwide in early 1983. The label also re-released "The Metro", which then became another hit. By this point, the band consisted of core members Nunn, Crawford, and long-time keyboardist/guitarist David Diamond, augmented by guitarist Ric Olsen, keyboardist Matt Reid, and a series of drummers.  Van Patten still contributed heavily to ''Pleasure Victim'' but was ultimately replaced by Rod Learned, who performed on ''Pleasure Victim'''s opening track and later appeared with the band during their performance at the 1983 [[US Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://landtradio.com/the-1983-us-festival/ | title=THE 1983 US FESTIVAL – L&T World | date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref> Learned's tenure in the band proved short-lived, and by the following year, new drummer Rob Brill had joined the group in his place.

In 1984, the band released their next album, ''[[Love Life (Berlin album)|Love Life]]'', and the single "[[No More Words]]", whose subsequent video saw Terri Nunn and bandmates re-enact a [[Bonnie and Clyde]]-style car chase and shoot-out, became their first top-40 hit. "[[Take My Breath Away]]" (for the movie ''[[Top Gun]] soundtrack''), co-written and produced by [[Giorgio Moroder]], became their best-selling single in 1986 and a huge international hit, but also their last big hit.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}