List of songs about Rio de Janeiro

This is a list of songs about Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil, or which mention the name of the city in the title or lyrics.

Song listings

• "A Day in Rio" by Les Baxter
• "A Night in Rio" by Fourplay
• "A Rainy Night in Rio" (from the 1946 film The Time, the Place and the Girl)
• "A Rendezvous In Rio" by Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
• "Addio in Rio" by Svend Asmussen & Dieter Reith
• "Ah, Rio" by Ron Carter
• "An der Copacabana" by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
• "Aquele Abraço" by Gilberto Gil
• "Afternoon in Ipanema" by Marcos Ariel with Justo Almario
• "Aquarela Carioca" by Paulo Steinberg
• "Assim Como o Rio ..." from musical Estudantes
• "Autumn in Rio" by Nelson Riddle
• "Avenida Central" by Romero Lubambo
• "Avenida Rio Branco" by Azymuth
• "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" by Modern Romance
• "Balanço Carioca" (from the animated film Rio)
• "Barra da Tijuca (Tijuca Bay)" by John Patitucci
• "Beautiful Lover" by Brotherhood of Man
• "Bedtime for Rio" by Yargo
• "Berimbau Carioca" by Laurindo Almeida
• "Biaozinho Carioca" by Azymuth
• "The Big Brass Band from Brazil" by Art Mooney & His Orchestra
• "Botafogo (dedicated to Oswald Guerra)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Cabana Carioca" by Spyro Gyra
• "Caboclo do Rio" by Nat King Cole
• "Carioca" by Blue Rondo à la Turk
• "Carioca" by Choker Campbell
• "Carioca" (from the musical film Flying Down to Rio)
• "Carioca" by Guido & Maurizio de Angelis
• "Carioca" by Paulinho da Costa
• "Carioca Blue" by Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck
• "Carioca Hills" by Bud Shank
• "Cariocas" by Adriana Calcanhotto
• "Carnaval in Rio (Carnaval No Rio)" by Djavan
• "Carnevale A Rio" by Umberto Bindi
• "Carnival in Rio (Punk Was)" by Die Toten Hosen
• "Cats of Rio" by Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour
• "Christmas in Rio" by Stanley Clarke
• "Christmas in Rio" by Tony Martin
• "Cidade Maravilhosa" by André Filho (1935)
• "Coisa da Rio" by Jeff Gardner & Gary Peacock
• "Copa Beach" by Luiz Bonfa & Eumir Deodato
• "Copacabana" by Ary Barroso
• "Copacabana" by The Chakachas
• "Copacabana" by Edmundo Ros
• "Copacabana" by Herbie Mann
• "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow
• "Copacabana" by John Klemmer
• "Copacabana" by Martha and the Muffins
• "Copacabana" by Sailor
• "Copacabana" by Two Man Sound
• "Copacabana (dedicated to Godofredo Leão Velloso)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Copacabana Dreams" by Sérgio Mendes
• "Copacabana Girl" by Les Reed
• "Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon" by Willie Colón
• "Copacabana Midnight" by Luiz Bonfá
• "Copacabana Night" by Barry Mason
• "Copacabana Ripple" by Freddy Cole
• "Copacabana Samba" by Joseph Francis Kuhn
• "Corcovado" by Antônio Carlos Jobim
• "Corcovado (dedicated to Madame Henri Hoppenot)" by Darius Milhaud
• "De Janeiro" by R.I.O.
• "Dio in Rio" by JBO
• "Do Leme ao Pontal" by Tim Maia
• "Down to Rio" by Gregg Rolie
• "Dreams of Rio" by Akira Jimbo
• "Ela é Carioca" by Carol Saboya
• "Feitio de Oração" by Noel Rosa
• "Fever in Rio" by Ray Materick
• "Flying Down to Rio", theme song from the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film of the same name
• "Flying Down to Rio" by Drugstore
• "Flying Down to Rio" by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
• "From Rio with Love" by Jakatta (pseudonym of Dave Lee (DJ))
• "Funk Me Down to Rio" by RAH Band
• "Gavea (dedicated to Madame Henrique Oswald)" by Darius Milhaud
• "The Girl from Ipanema" by Antônio Carlos Jobim
• "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" by The B-52's
• "Goin' Down to Rio" by Jeff Lynne
• "Goodbye Ipanema" by Lee Konitz
• "Guanabara Bay" by BZN
• "Guaratiba" by Azymuth
• "Gypsy in Rio" by Jean Jacques Perrey
• "Hello Rio!" by Ottawan
• "Hit 'Em Up" by 2Pac
• "I Go to Rio" by Peter Allen, Pablo Cruise
• "I'm Going to Rio" by Paulinho da Costa
• "In Copacabana" by Blue Barron and his Orchestra
• "In Rio de Janeiro" by Mireille Mathieu
• "Incident in Rio" by Skeewiff
• "Ipanema (dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Ipanema Amour" by Mad Professor
• "Ipanema 2000" by Richard Bone
• "Ipanema Lady" by George Duke
• "Ipanema Sol" by Lee Ritenour
• "Ipanema Walk" by Ronnie Foster
• "Janeiro" by Mystic Diversions (featuring Mike Francis)
• "Je Rêve à Rio" by Robert Charlebois
• "Je vais à Rio" by Claude François
• "Jesus of Rio" by Crosby & Nash
• "Jesus of Rio" by Violent Femmes
• "Knee Deep in Rio" by Maynard Ferguson
• "La Rua Madureira" by Nino Ferrer
• "Laranjeiras (dedicated to Audrey Parr)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Last Summer in Rio" by Azymuth
• "Leblon" by Romero Lubambo
• "Leme (dedicated to Nininha Velloso-Guerra)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Les Cariocas, Elles Sont Si Belles Les Cariocas" by Sacha Distel
• "Les Rues de Rio" by Caravelli
• "L'incendie de Rio" by Sacha Distel
• "The Lights of Rio" by Johnny Mathis
• "Luá Joá (Moon in Joá)" by Sebastião Tapajós & Zimbo Trio
• "Lunada en Rio" by Luiz Bonfa
• "Luzes do Rio" by Luiz Bonfa
• "Maracana" by Azymuth
• "Maxixe Carioca - Samba" by Roberto Inglez
• "Me Rio de Janeiro" by Mecano
• "Me, Myself & Rio" by Doc Powell
• "Meu Rio de Janeiro" Salgueiro
• "Moonlight in Rio" by Luiz Bonfá
• "Morning In" by Earl Klugh
• "Morning in Rio" by Earl Klugh
• "Mourir a Rio" by Claude Morgan (member of Bimbo Jet)
• "My Friend from Rio" by Greg Abate Quintet featuring Richie Cole
• "My Own Way" (Night Mix) by Duran Duran
• "Nancy's Goin' to Rio" (from the musical comedy Nancy Goes to Rio)
• "Next Summer in Rio" by Azymuth
• "New York - Rio - Tokyo" by Trio Rio
• "Ob in Bombay, Ob in Rio" by Mary Roos
• "Oh Rio" by Cuban Soldiers
• "One Night in Rio" by Albert West
• "Only a Dream in Rio" by James Taylor
• "Out from Rio" by Vernon Dalhart
• "Over Rio" by Quantum Jump
• "Pao de Assucar (Sugar Loaf)" by Shorty Rogers
• "Parque do Flamengo (Flamingo Park)" by Paul Horn
• "Parque Laje (A Park in Rio)" by Paul Horn
• "Passeio Ho Rio (Walk in Rio)" by Luis Bonfá
• "Pe do Samba" by Mart'nália
• "The People of Rio" by Lincoln Mayorga
• "Piano na Mangueira" by Paula Morelenbaum
• "Pieces of Ipanema" by Azymuth
• "Praia do Flamengo" by Passport (band)
• "Pregões Cariocas" (originally known as "Cena Carioca") by Braguinha
• "Primavera no Rio" by Carmen Miranda and Heriberto Muraro
• "Prisoner of Rio" by Ronnie B
• "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" by Cannonball Adderley
• "Radio Rio" by Masayoshi Takanaka
• "Rancho do Carioca" by Oscar Castro-Neves
• "Real in Rio" by Sérgio Mendes
• "Rendezvous in Rio" by Michael Franks
• "Rendezvous in Rio" by Philip Green
• "Rhapsody in Rio" by Marcos Ariel with Justo Almario
• "R.I.O" by R.I.O.
• "Riding To Rio" by William Orbit
• "Rio" by Affinity
• "Rio" by Edmundo Ros
• "Rio" by Gerard Joling
• "Rio" by Hubert Giraud
• "Rio" by Lee Morgan
• "Rio" by Leonard Feather
• "Rio" by Les Baxter
• "Rio" by Paul Winter Luiz Bonfá Roberto Menescal Luiz Eça
• "Rio" by Maywood
• "Rio" by McCoy Tyner
• "Rio" by Michael Nesmith
• "Rio" by Netsky
• "Rio" by Private Line
• "Rio" by Raul de Souza
• "Rio" by Sylvia Telles
• "Rio" by Victor Feldman
• "Rio" by Victor Silvester
• "Rio" from Welcome to the Club (musical)
• "Rio.com" by Alex Bugnon
• "The Rio Convoy" by Bob Rowe's O.M.O.
• "Rio 40 Graus" by Fernanda Abreu
• "Rio Acima" by Luiz Bonfa
• "Rio After Dark" by Lalo Schifrin
• "Rio and Me (Eu E o Rio)" by Walter Wanderley
• "Rio Antigo" by Los Indios Tabajaras
• "Rio Batucada" by George Cates
• "Rio Bonito (Beautiful Rio)" by Laurindo Almeida and the Bossa Nova All Stars
• "Rio Brasil" by Edmundo Ros
• "The Rio Connection" by Steve Hackett
• "Rio Dawning" by Oscar Castro-Neves
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Afric Simone
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Ary Barroso
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Barry White
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Bill Wyman
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Edmundo Ros
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Irving Fields Trio
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Patricia Paay
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Sérgio Mendes
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Tele
• "Rio de Janeiro" (from Time Out for Rhythm)
• "Rio de Janeiro" by Ugly Duckling
• "Rio de Janeiro Blue" by Richard Torrance & John Haeny (1977)
• "Rio de Janeiro Blue" by Freddy Cole
• "Rio de Janeiro Underground" by Romero Lubambo
• "Rio de Janvier" by Gold
• "Rio do Brasil" by Dalida
• "Rio Dreamin'" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• "Rio Drive" by Gregg Karukas
• "Rio (Eu Te Quero Mais)" by Dizzy Man's Band
• "Rio et Venise" by Nicole Croisille
• "Rio Favela" by Mad Professor
• "Rio from the Air" by Vince Guaraldi
• "Rio Funk" by Lee Ritenour
• "Rio Girl" by Timmy Thomas
• "Rio Greyhound" by Stan Ridgway
• "Rio Jam" by Passport
• "Río-Líze" by Vital Information
• "Rio Loco" by Raul de Souza
• "Rio Nights" by Moulin Rouge Orchestra (featuring Ben Selvin)
• "Rio Nights" by Shakatak
• "Rio Non Stop" by André Gagnon
• "Rio One" by Gerry Mulligan
• "Rio Party Nights" by Stevie B
• "Rio Reggae" by Michel Pagliaro
• "Rio Rhapsody" by Bud Shank
• "Rio Rio" by Lu Colombo
• "Rio Rocks" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• "Rio Romance' by Sam Most
• "Rio Rush" by Fourplay
• "Rio Samba" by Joachim Heider & Michael Holm
• "Rio Samba" by John Brimhall
• "Rio Samba" by Larry Carlton
• "Rio Sangre" by Deodato
• "Rio Sol" by Lee Ritenour
• "Rio Sunrise" by Jim Horn
• "Rio Tropico" by Tim Weisberg
• "Rio with Love" by Luiz Bonfá
• "Rock & Rio" by Focus
• "Roll Down to Rio" by Peter Bellamy
• "Rolling Down To Rio" from Just So Songs
• "Romantic Rio" by Les Baxter
• "Roses of Rio" by The Four Aces
• "Sabado em Copacabana" by Zelia Duncan
• "Salva o Rio" by Raul de Souza
• "Samba de Janeiro" by Bellini
• "Samba de Orly" (from the animated film Rio)
• "Samba del Rio" by Craig Chaquico
• "Samba do Avião" by Tom Jobim
• "Samba do Carioca" by Elza Soares
• "Samba do Rio" by Tom Jobim
• "Sambamé Rio" by Foxy
• "Saturday in Rio" by Luiz Bonfa & Eumir Deodato
• "See You in Rio" by Elephant's Memory
• "Sex Bomb Boogie" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• "She Is Carioca" by Tom Jobim
• "Si Tu Vas À Rio" by Dario Moreno
• "Slow Boat to Rio" by Earl Klugh
• "Som do Rio (The Sound of Rio)" by Paul Horn
• "Sound of Leblon Beach" by Lizzy Mercier Descloux
• "Souvenir from Rio" by Space
• "Spanish Eyes" by Ricky Martin
• "The Star of Rio" ("Stern von Rio", from the film The Star of Rio)
• "Stars Over Rio" by Victor Silvester
• "Streets of Rio" by Elements
• "Sugar Loaf" by Art Mooney
• "Sugar Loaf" by Dick Hyman
• "Sugarloaf" by Herb Alpert
• "Sugar Loaf" by Luiz Bonfá
• "Sugarloaf at Twilight" by Ahmad Jamal
• "Sugarloaf Express" by Lee Ritenour
• "Sugar Loaf Mountain" by George Duke
• "Sugar Loaf Mountain Rag" by John Sheahan & Michael Howard
• "Sugar Loaf Samba" by Stanley Black<--this is an orchestrated, piano-based Samba that has no words -->
• "Sugar Loaf Sunrise" by Wade Marcus
• "Suiça Carioca" by Azymuth
• "Summer Nights in Rio" by Wilton Felder
• "Swingin' Down To Rio" by Charlie Barnet
• "Take You to Rio", by Justin Bieber, from the animated film Rio
• "Tango del Rio" by Thierry Lang
• "That's the Way the Money Goes" by M (band)
• "Theme of Rio" by Salomé de Bahia
• "They Met in Rio" by Edmundo Ros
• "Tijuca (dedicated to Ricardo Viñes)" by Darius Milhaud
• "Twilight in Rio" by Victor Silvester
• "Two Tickets for Rio" by Gruppo Sportivo
• "Un Américain Dans les Rues de Rio" by Franck Fernandel
• "Un Poco Rio (Little Rio)" by Joe Harnell
• "Up from the Sea It Arose and Ate Rio in One Swift Bite" by George Duke
• "Valsa Carioca" (from the animated film Rio)
• "Valsa de uma Cidade" by Teresa Salgueiro
• "Venceremos - We Will Win" by Working Week
• "Vida Gal" by Daniela Mercury
• "Virginia Plain" by Roxy Music
• "Viva o Rio" by Raul de Souza
• "What Do They Do On A Rainy Night In Rio?" by Tony Pastor
• "Suburbio" by Chico Buarque

See also

• List of songs about cities