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 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
 * "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