Song · Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
“The Girl From Ipanema” by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
“The Girl From Ipanema” by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2020. Its best result is #355 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,118 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Antônio Carlos Jobim wrote the music in 1962, Vinícius de Moraes the Portuguese words, and Pery Ribeiro recorded it first, but the version of "The Girl From Ipanema" that swept the planet is the Stan Getz recording on Getz/Gilberto, cut in March 1963 and released a year later. It's bossa nova at its most unhurried, and it marked the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto, then married to João Gilberto, who sings the Portuguese lyric on the album take; Norman Gimbel wrote the English one.
The single shaved the album version down and still went to number five on the Hot 100, spent two weeks atop the Easy Listening chart and won Record of the Year at the 1965 Grammys. The 1964 Verve release by Getz and Astrud entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, and by common reckoning only "Yesterday" has been recorded more often.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 607 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2018 | 355 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 586 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: The Girl from Ipanema.
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