the most famous rio de janeiro song is tom jobim's  garota de ipanema (girl from ipanema), the hit that became a world-wide success and put ipanema and bossa novaon the international map.

however, since the song only mentions ipanema, a landmark district of rio, but does not talk about the city herself, we only gave the song an honorary mention in this section.

following, is our selection of the best ten songs, that specifically homage rio de janeiro and capture her spirit.