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| Music by | Antonio Carlos Jobim |
| Lyrics by | Vinicius de Moraes (Portuguese) and Norman Gimbel (English) |
| Date | 1962 |
| Publisher | Corcovado Music Corp. and New Thunder Music Co. |
This bossa nova song is one of the most frequently recorded popular songs in history, and was a world-wide hit in the 1960's.
- It was sung by Petula Clark (as "The Boy from Ipanema") with one of the Bossmen in episode 220 of The Muppet Show. The skit is included on Playhouse Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies.
- It was also sung by Miss Piggy in a 1996 ad for Frito-Lay.