Duran Duran’s second album ‘Rio’ celebrates its 40th anniversary this week.
‘Rio’ was released 10 May 1982. It reached no 2 in the UK, no 3 in Australia and no 6 in the USA, establishing Duran Duran was one of the biggest pop bands of the year.
Singles off ‘Rio’ were:
My Own Way (no 14 UK, no 10 Aus)
Hungry Like A Wolf (no 5 UK, no 5 Aus, no 3 USA)
Save A Prayer (no 2 UK)
Rio (no 9 UK, no 14 USA)
All four videos were directed by Australian Russell Mulcahy who also made videos for Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, AC/DC, Icehouse and The Saints.
‘Rio’ came just 11 months after the first album ‘Duran Duran’. That album established the band with the hits ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Girls On Film’.
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