Rio (song)

"Rio"
"Rio"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Rio
B-side	"The Chauffeur" (Sing Blue Silver); "Hold Back the Rain"; "Rio Part 1"; "My Own Way";
Released	August 1982 (Australia); 1 November 1982 (UK); March 1983 (US)
Recorded	January–February 1982; at AIR Studios, London
Genre	New wave; synth-pop; synth-rock;
Length	4:40 (single version); 5:11 (Part 1); 5:29 (Part 2); 4:34 (US single version); 3:57 (US single remix);
Label	EMI (UK); Harvest; Capitol (US);
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon; John Taylor; Roger Taylor; Andy Taylor; Nick Rhodes;
Producer(s)	Colin Thurston
Duran Duran singles chronology
Music video
	"Rio" on YouTube

"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.

References

↑ 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."
↑ "CLASSIC TRACKS: Duran Duran 'The Reflex'". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

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[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.

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