Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland

"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland" is the second single from the fourth studio 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.^[2] It was one of the last songs that guitarist and founding member Ricky Wilson recorded with the band before his death.^[3] The song title refers to Antônio Carlos Jobim's 1963 hit song "The Girl from Ipanema".

"Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"
Single by the B-52's
from the album Bouncing Off the Satellites
Released	1986
Studio	Sigma Sound (New York City)
Genre	New wave synth-pop[1]
Length	4:22
Label	Warner 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)

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