Overview: "Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian ...

Overview: "Mas, que Nada!" is a song written and originally performed by Jorge Ben on his debut album, which in a later cover version became the signature song of Sérgio Mendes. The song was voted by the Brazilian ...

Overview: "Delicado" is a popular song published in 1952 with music by Valdir Azevedo and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.

Overview: "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with ...

Overview: "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" is the debut single by Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, taken from their debut studio album Hijas del Tomate (2002). The song tells the story of a pimp-like gypsy (afrogitano) ...

Overview: "Insensatez" (usually translated to "How Insensitive" in English, although the Portuguese word really means 'absurdity' or 'folly') is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, loosely ...

Overview: "Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written ...

Overview: "Dindi" (- which sounds like Gin-Gee in English) is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova standard. Tom Jobim wrote this piece es ...

Overview: "Strawberry Kisses" is a pop song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marvel and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster's first album Follow Your Heart (2001). It was released as the album's ...

Overview: "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" is the English-language version of "Os Grilos" ("The Crickets"), a song written by Brazilian musician Marcos Valle with his brother Paulo Sérgio Valle.

Overview: "Bum Bum Tam Tam" (also known by the title "Joga O Bum Bum Tam Tam") is a song recorded by Brazilian singer and producer MC Fioti. A music video was released on 8 March 2017. The song samples Johann S ...

Overview: "Desafinado", a Portuguese word (usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key"), is the title of a bossa nova song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton ...

Overview: "Corcovado" (known in English as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") is a bossa nova song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. An English lyric was later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers ...

Overview: "Samba de Uma Nota Só" ("One-Note Samba") is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça. The English lyrics were written by Jobim.

Overview: "Água de Beber" ("Drinking-Water" or "Potable Water") is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and original recorded in the key of A minor with lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes ...

Overview: "Meditation" ("Meditação" in Portuguese) is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça and English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

Overview: Lua de Cristal (Spanish: Luna de Cristal; English: Crystal Moon) is a song by Brazilian singer Xuxa. It was released on July 16, 1990, by Som Livre along with his seventh studio album. Written by Michael ...

Overview: "Algo Tienes" (English: You Have Something) is a song recorded by Mexican recording artist Paulina Rubio for her seventh album Pau-Latina (2004). It was written and produced by Chris Rodríguez with ad ...

Overview: "Someone to Light Up My Life" (Portuguese: "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você", "If Everyone Was Like You") is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. It was written for ...