Rio (song)

"Rio"
"Rio"
	12-inch vinyl single
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Rio
B-side	"The Chauffeur (Blue Silver)"; "Hold Back the Rain"; "Rio" (part 1); "My Own Way";
Released	August 1982
Studio	AIR (London)
Genre	Synth-pop; synth-rock; new wave;
Length	5:33 (album version); 4:40 (single version); 5:11 (part 1); 5:29 (part 2); 4:34 (US single version); 3:57 (US single remix); 5:03 (video version);
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 rock band Duran Duran. It was first released as a single in Australia, in August 1982, followed by a UK release on 1 November 1982.

The song was the fourth and final single lifted from the band's second studio album of the same name and was edited for its release. It was issued worldwide in October 1982 and became a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 9 on 11 December 1982.^[6] As of October 2021, "Rio" is the third most streamed Duran Duran song in the UK.^[7]

"Rio" was released as the third single from the album in Australia, and debuted on the Kent Music Report top 100 singles chart dated 6 September 1982.^[8] The song did not attract much notice in the United States upon its initial global release but received early airplay at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles as early as 2 August 1982.^[9] After the band's breakthrough hit "Hungry Like the Wolf" found success in the American charts in December 1982, Capitol Records reissued the single in March 1983 to be the band's second US top 20 hit, peaking at number 14.

^ 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."
^ Erlewin, Stephen (27 October 2023). Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked. The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ Owen, Tom (30 April 2024). "The top 25 greatest 1980s synthpop songs ever". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "CLASSIC TRACKS: Duran Duran 'The Reflex'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ "Now playing: yacht rock". The Economist. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference uk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Duran Duran's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs revealed". Official Charts Company. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. p. 97. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Audio recordings of the station obtained by industry publication Radio & Records show in an archived column written by Adam Jacobson.

[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] Erlewin, Stephen (27 October 2023). Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked. The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

[Owen_2024-3] Owen, Tom (30 April 2024). "The top 25 greatest 1980s synthpop songs ever". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[4] "CLASSIC TRACKS: Duran Duran 'The Reflex'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[5] "Now playing: yacht rock". The Economist. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[uk-6] Cite error: The named reference uk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "Duran Duran's Official Top 20 most-streamed songs revealed". Official Charts Company. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[aus-8] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. p. 97. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[9] Audio recordings of the station obtained by industry publication Radio & Records show in an archived column written by Adam Jacobson.

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