Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland

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"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"
Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland.jpg
Single by The B-52's
from the album Bouncing Off the Satellites
Released1986
GenreNew wave
Length4:22
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson
Producer(s)Tony Mansfield
Shep Pettibone
The B-52's singles chronology
"Summer of Love"
(1986) 		"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"
(1986) 		"Wig"
(1987)

"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" is the second single from the album Bouncing Off the Satellites by American new wave band The B-52's. The single peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, their fourth Top 10 entry on that chart.[1] It was one of the last songs that guitarist and founding member Ricky Wilson recorded with the band before his death.[2] The song title refers to Antonio Carlos Jobim's 1963 hit song "The Girl from Ipanema".

Track listing[]

  1. "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (Extended Mix) – 8:56
  2. "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (Single edit) – 3:58
  3. "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (12" Mix) – 7:05
  4. "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" (Dub) – 7:02
  • Track 1 remixed by Shep Pettibone.
  • Tracks 3 and 4 remixed by The Latin Rascals.

Charts[]

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 10

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 34.
  2. ^ Che, Cathy (5 February 2002). "52's Still Rockin' at 25". The Advocate. Here Publishing. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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