Rio (song)

"Rio" is the seventh single by English new wave band Duran Duran and is the title track to their second album. It went to number 3 in Canada, number 9 in Ireland and the United Kingdom and number 14 in the United States. It was first released in Australia in August 1982.

"Rio"
Single by Duran Duran
from Rio"
B-side
ReleasedAugust 1982 (Australia)
1 November 1982 (UK)
March 1983 (US)
RecordedJanuary–February 1982
at AIR Studios, London
Genre
Length
  • 4:40 (single version)
  • 5:11 (Part 1)
  • 5:29 (Part 2)
  • 4:34 (US single version)
  • 3:57 (US single remix)
LabelEMI (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Colin Thurston
Duran Duran singles chronology
""Save a Prayer"
(1982)
Rio ""Is There Something I Should Know?"
(1983)
"Rio" at YouTube

References

  1. People Weekly, Vol. 62. Time, Incorporated. 2004. "But the big-haired lineup that gave us such '80s synth-pop hits as "Girls on Film," "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio" has reunited for Astronaut, which finds the group taking creative flight again."
  2. "CLASSIC TRACKS: Duran Duran 'The Reflex'". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.