# 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
* "As Caravanas" by Chico Buarque
* "An der Copacabana" by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
* "Aquele Abraço" by Gilberto Gil
* "Afternoon in Ipanema" by Marcos Ariel [pt] with Justo Almario
* "Androids In Rio" by Christopher Just (there is an entry for him on German wiki)
* "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 Chico Buarque
* "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 Fun" by Miecio Askanasy's Braziliana
* "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
* "Girl from Rio" by Anitta
* "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
* "It's All About The Benjamins" by Puff Daddy & The Family
* "Janeiro" by Mystic Diversions (featuring Mike Francis)
* "Janeiro" by Solid Sessions
* "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
* "Menino do Rio" by Caetano Veloso
* "Me Rio de Janeiro" by Mecano
* "Me, Myself & Rio" by Doc Powell
* "Meu Lugar" by Arlindo Cruz
* "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
* "O Nome da Cidade" by Adriana Calcanhotto
* "Out from Rio" by Vernon Dalhart
* "Over Rio" by Quantum Jump
* "Pao de Assucar (Sugar Loaf)" by Shorty Rogers
* "Paris Pas Rio" by Evinha (member of Trio Esperança)
* "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
* "Ponte Entre Rio E Paris" by Evinha (member of Trio Esperança)
* "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 [nl]
* "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 Manhattan" by Hidehiko Matsumoto
* "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
* "Son of Rio" by Depth Charge (an alias of Jonathan Saul Kane)
* "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