"I Go to Rio" from the Diana Ross episode

[Princeton]

The song was "I Go to Rio" and it takes place on a beach with different species of birds singing it. I think it's the best opening number from the episodes I've seen. But somebody told me that it's a real song but couldn't remember who sang it. Can anyone help me?

 

[JaniceFerSure]

I Go To Rio

I remember the late Peter Allen sang I Go To Rio(sang now by Hugh Jackman in the musical Boy From Oz,playing Peter Allen).That is a very good Muppet opening number,one of my favorites too.I love Lullaby of Broadway as well.Thanks for the thread.Here are the lyrics to the song.

I Go To Rio:

When my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro, my-oh-me-oh
I go wild and then I have to do the Samba
And La Bamba
Now I'm not the kind of person
With a passionate persuasion for dancin'
Or roma-ancin'
But I give in to the rhythm
And my feet follow the beatin' of my hear-eart

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lightens up my li-ife
And I am free at last, what a blast

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me
I feel like Tarzan, of the Jungle
There on the hot sand
And in a bungalow while monkeys play above-a,
We-ee make love-a
Now I'm not the type to let vibrations (Rio...)
Trigger my imagination easily (Rio...)
You know that's just not me
But I turn into a tiger (Rio...)
Everytime I get beside the - one I love (Rio...)
Woh, oh, woh, woh-oh..., Rio... - Rio...
Yeah Ugh - Rio... - Ugh

Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my ba-a-aby (when my baby)
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (Rio...)
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow-ow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lightens u-up my li-ife
And I am free at last, what a blast

When my baby (when my baby)
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (Rio...)
That's when I go to Rio (Rio)
Rio - Rio De Janeir-eiro
Rio...., Rio...., Rio....

 

[Princeton]

JaniceFerSure, thank you SO much for those lyrics!!!!!! I never knew the whole Tarzan verse til now. Thanx again!

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Your quite welcome. Glad I could help you.

 

[Muppetsdownunder]

Yeah that song is by Peter Allan and the Boy from oz is a musical about Peter Allan, it was in Australia for years and now is on Broadway with Hugh Jackman.

 

[Xerus]

It was a great skit. But It was a shame that the audience gave it a zero scoring.

 

[Princeton]

I totally agree, Xerus. I was SO mad at Statler and Waldorf.

 

[Skekayuk]

Here Here.
I agree, it's a wonderful number, quite a TMS classic - and with all their best vocal talents on top form.

 

[jediX]

Pablo Cruise recorded a version of the song, too.

This was the first song I ever did a homemade mp3 of off a tape...aaaaah memories.