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"Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl From Ipanema") is a Brazilian Bossa Nova and Jazz song. It was written in 1962 with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. The first commercial recording of "Garota de Ipanema" occured that same year, performed by singer Pery Ribeiro and released on his 1963 album Pery É Todo Bossa ("Pery Is All Bossa"). 

During the March 1963 recording of Jobim, João Gilberto, and Stan Getz's album Getz/Gilberto, the idea of cutting an English-language version of "Garota de Ipanema" came up. English lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel[1], while Gilberto's wife Astrid, who spoke the best English, provided English vocals along with his Portugeuse vocals. A shortened version of "The Girl From Ipanema", omitting the Portuguese vocals, was released as a single and became an international hit. In the US, the single peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Easy Listening chart[2]. In the 1965 Grammy Awards, "The Girl From Ipanema" won Record of the Year.

"Garota de Ipanema" is allegedly the second most covered pop song of all time, after "Yesterday" by The Beatles[3]. In 2001, "The Girl From Ipanema" was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame[4], while in 2004, it was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress[5]. Numerous recordings of "Garota de Ipanema" have been used in films, often as elevator background music.

In Sing, Mike performs "Garota de Ipanema" on saxophone when introducing himself to Nancy.

Lyrics

Olha que coisa mais linda
Mais cheia de graça
É ela menina
Que vem e que passa
No doce balanço, a caminho do mar

Moça do corpo dourado
Do sol de ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar

Ah, porque estou tão sozinho
Ah, porque tudo é tão triste
Ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha
Que também passa sozinha

Ah, se ela soubesse
Que quando ela passa
O mundo inteirinho se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo
Por causa do amor


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References

  1. STAN GETZ - "The Girl From Ipanema". OldieLyrics.com. Retrieved on July 2019.
  2. Error on call to Template:cite book: Parameter title must be specifiedWhitburn, Joel{{#if: | {{{author2}}} (2002). {{#if: | {{{editor2}}} . Record Research Inc..
  3. Vinciguerra, Thomas. "The Elusive Girl From Ipanema", The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, July 02, 2012. Retrieved on July 2019. 
  4. Latin GRAMMY® Hall Of Fame - 2001. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved on July 2019.
  5. 2004. National Recording Registry. Library of Congress. Retrieved on July 2019.


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