#Duran duran rio lyrics tv#

#Duran duran rio lyrics tv#

“Stevie’s Radio Station” by TV Eye, which provided musical inspiration for the chorus of Rio. Just like that river twisting through a dusty landĪnd when she shines she really shows you all she can Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand Two of a billion stars it means so much to meīut then I’m sure that you know it’s just for you I’ve seen you on the beach and I’ve seen you on TV Which they did, after Hungry Like the Wolf peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1983. On the VH1 show True Spin, the band explained this reference: Rio is a metaphor for America, and the song expressed their desire to succeed there. The Rio Grande River separates the US from Mexico. The lyrics clearly state, however, “from mountains in the North down to the Rio Grande,” which is the span of America. Rio is continually sung as if it’s a girl’s name, and the word conjures images of the popular and glamorous Brazilian city, which goes with the exotic image the band was cultivating.

The song contains some interesting wordplay in the lyrics. The song was the fourth and final single lifted from the band’s album of the same name, and becoming a Top 10 hit in both the UK, Ireland, Canada, and – eventually – the US. It was first released as a single in Australia in August 1982, followed by a UK release on 1 November 1982. Rio was the band’s seventh single overall, and the fourth from the Rio album. Simon Le Bon explained on social media, “I was in a restaurant in the middle of town and I saw this waitress literally swanning across the floor, and that was how the lyric was born.” These lines were however inspired by a moment in Birmingham, England rather than somewhere like the Brazilian beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Moving on the floor now babe you’re a bird of paradiseĬherry ice cream smile I suppose it’s very nice The song’s opening lines waste no time in bringing those very elements to the forefront of our minds with its references to suave ladies and exotic locations. Rio is the quintessential Duran Duran song, launching the 1980s as a glamorous decade filled with high fashion, models, and luxurious surroundings.