Music / R.I.O. (group)

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R.I.O. is a German dance music band started by Manuel Reuter and Yann Peifer (DJ Manian). They featured different singers as the face of their group, such as Tony T and U-Jean. But these people left over time and new singers replace them with every new song.

Their breakthrough hits include “De Janeiro”, “Shine On”, and "Turn This Club Around" which have charted across Europe.

Discography

Albums

• Shine On (The Album) (2010)
• Sunshine (2011)
• Turn This Club Around (2011)
• Ready or Not (2013)

Tropes in R.I.O include:

• Adaptational Location Change: In the remake of “Shine On” by Madcon, they refer to “Cape Town” instead of “Trenchtown” as the song's location.
• Aborted Arc: Twice.
  • At first, they were an instrumental group, and “De Janeiro”, their debut single was intended to be a novelty song. This song, and the previous image was never brought up again after release.
  • During the Art Shift, Tony T. became the face of the group. They advertised him as a Jesus-like character with the musical likes of Bob Marley. After all, Neal Dyer is half-Jamaican. In 2012 this theme was dropped in favor of U-Jean becoming the lead singer.
• Album Title Drop: In the song named after the album, “Turn This Club Around”.
• Cover Song:
  • ”Serenade” is a cover of the same song by Steve Miller Band.
  • ”Like I Love You” contains a sample of the same song by The Hitmen.
  • ”Don't Stop Believin'” should speak for itself.
• Demoted to Extra: In the songs "Animal" and "Turn This Club Around", U-Jean is the lead singer, and Tony only raps or sings the bridge.
• Friend to All Living Things: In the video for “Shine On”, Tony saves a turtle from being run over, and the car phases through them. He also kisses the turtle while doing this.
• Precision F-Strike: U-Jean says “We’re gonna make our bitches work it on the floor!” In the chorus for “Turn This Club Around”. There was never swearing in the music until this time.
• "Shaggy Dog" Story: In the video for “Like I Love You”, Tony tries to give his girlfriend flowers in person. But when he appears at her door, his real girlfriend comes into the scene (he was cheating on her), and they both slam their doors in his face.
• Shout-Out:
  • ”Miss Sunshine” references the film, Little Miss Sunshine. The music video is about Tony being the judge of a walkway pageant on a beach.
• Sampling: There are many
  • ”One Heart” somewhat references “One Love” by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
  • ”Miss Sunshine” is set to the melody of “Sunshine” by Dance Nation.
  • ”Party Shaker” loosely samples “Ecuador” by ‘’Sash!’’, and "We Like to Party" by Vengaboys.

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