# AUGH, what is this 80's song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786 "2005-01-14T23:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/21 "2005-01-15T03:54:02Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Sorry for the hijack, but does anyone know that 80’s song where the video had a guy in a suit sitting on the front of a sailboat? I think it was the Pet Shop Boys. That’s definitely “Rio” by Duran Duran. Or is it “Hungry like the Wolf”? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/22 "2005-01-15T03:58:19Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > That’s definitely “Rio” by Duran Duran. Or is it “Hungry like the Wolf”? Definitely “Rio”. MTV used to use that part of the video for commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/23 "2005-01-15T04:01:32Z")
What’s that song with a three-letter title by that good-looking, well-dressed New Wave group? Dammit, can’t think of it! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/24 "2005-01-15T04:21:34Z")
Rio By **Nirvana** of course. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/25 "2005-01-15T04:26:26Z")
OK, it IS Duran Duran. The clips on Amazon weren’t of the section of the song I was thinking of so it threw me off. Also: I seem to have inadvertently created a monster. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/26 "2005-01-15T04:27:43Z")
It’s Rio, but it was done by an obscure band called the _Hi Opals!_ ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/27 "2005-01-15T04:27:55Z")
> [@Pride of the Peaches](#): > > OK, it IS Duran Duran. The clips on Amazon weren’t of the section of the song I was thinking of so it threw me off. > > Also: I seem to have inadvertently created a monster. It’s ok. It’s silly night on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/28 "2005-01-15T04:36:17Z")
Really? 😃 Then the song I’m really looking for is “Strawman Hiopal’s 1920’s Style Band Name” by the Dog-Burning Death Ray Hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/29 "2005-01-15T04:41:02Z")
Cite! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/30 "2005-01-15T04:52:13Z")
Dude, you know so little about music. The Dog-Burning Death Ray Hamsters didn’t write “Strawman Hiopal’s 1920’s Style Band Name.” Duran Duran did. It was the B-side to a single called Rio. You ever heard that one? It’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/31 "2005-01-15T04:55:10Z")
I thought they wrote “Penis Ensues.” Or maybe it was that 1960’s group - you know, the one that was popular for about 20 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/32 "2005-01-15T04:59:01Z")
I think the song you’re looking for is “Duran” by the group Rio Rio. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/33 "2005-01-15T05:59:08Z")
I think the song you’re looking for is “Duran” by the group Rio Rio. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/34 "2005-01-15T06:01:30Z")
When come back bring Rio. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/35 "2005-01-15T06:36:39Z")
I, for one, welcome our New Wave overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/36 "2005-01-15T06:51:31Z")
I know this one so I’m just skipping to the bottom without reading the thread. It’s “Rio” by Duran Duran. Apologies if that’s been posted already. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/37 "2005-01-15T06:58:48Z")
_sigh_ To answer the OP, it’s got to be “Rio” by Duran Duran. Get with it, people! :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/38 "2005-01-15T06:59:24Z")
Oh c’mon. This is just pathetic. This thread has become nothing more than an excuse to pack in every SDMB cliche possible. And that sort of thing makes baby Og cry. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/39 "2005-01-15T07:05:54Z")
All Your Durans Are Belong To Us!! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786/40 "2005-01-15T07:21:44Z")
Ahh, it’s 1980s “Rio” by Duran Duran. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augh-what-is-this-80s-song/284786.md?page=3)