Song · Duran Duran
“New Religion” by Duran Duran
From the album Rio (1982)
“New Religion” by Duran Duran appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Rio. Its best result is #568 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,686 alternative song of all time.
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"New Religion" sits on Rio, Duran Duran's second album, released by EMI in May 1982, and it's credited to Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor together. Colin Thurston produced and engineered it.
The band had written and demoed most of the Rio material before going into AIR Studios in London, where they recorded between January and March 1982 and pushed well past their debut, reaching for everything from vibraphone and marimba to the crackle of ice cubes. It's a record of new wave, synth-pop and dance-rock with disco and funk running through it, and a band that suddenly sounded sure of what it wanted.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 568 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 750 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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