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| Released = 1 November 1982 (UK) 2 April 1983 (US) | Format = | Recorded = January–February 1982 at AIR Studios, London | Genre = | Length = | Label = | Writer = Duran Duran | Producer = Colin Thurston | Certification = | Last single = "Save a Prayer" (1982) | This single = "Rio" (1982) | Next single = "Is There Something I Should Know?" (1983) }} "Rio" is the seventh single by Duran Duran, released on 1 November 1982. The song was the fourth, final, and title single lifted from the band's album of the same name, and was edited for its release. It was issued worldwide in January 1983 and became an immediate Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #9 on 11 December 1982. The song did not attract much notice in the United States upon its initial global release, but received very early airplay at highly influential KROQ in Los Angeles as early as 2 August 1982.〔Audio recordings of the station obtained by industry publication Radio & Records show in an archived column written by Adam Jacobson.〕 After the band's breakthrough hit "Hungry Like the Wolf" stormed MTV and scaled the American charts in December 1982, radio programmers paid closer attention to the catchy melody and insistent, intricate bass line of "Rio", and Capitol Records reissued the single in March 1983 to great success. It is one of the band's most recognizable songs, mostly due to its famous music video, which is widely regarded as symbolic of 1980s glamour and excess. ==About the song== The musical hook for "Rio", well-known among Duran Duran fans and synthesizer enthusiasts, was produced by an arpeggiator—a software tool which can play the individual notes in a chord in a chosen pattern. It was once rumored that the synthesiser used to achieve this was a Roland Jupiter-8. However, it has been said by Nick Rhodes to actually be a Roland Jupiter-4 using the random mode on the arpeggiator with a Cmaj7 chord.〔(Vintage Synth Explorer )〕 Rhodes created the unusual sound at the beginning of the song by throwing several small metal rods onto the strings of a grand piano in the studio. The recorded sound was then reversed to create the intro.〔Duranduran.com, "(Ask Katy )" section, 14 November 2000〕 The laughter on the track was that of Rhodes' girlfriend at the time. The song's verse was musically inspired by their earlier song "See Me, Repeat Me" and the chorus was taken from "Stevie's Radio Station", a song written by TV Eye which featured singer Andy Wickett who went on to be one of Duran Duran's early singers. The song was a favourite of Nick and John's and was incorporated into Duran Duran live sets during Wickett's tenure.〔(Interview with Andy Wickett )〕 The Tenor saxophone solo was performed by Andy Hamilton, who has also worked with Wham! and Elton John amongst others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rio (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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