

The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song. Antnio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, coecido artisticamente como Tom Jobim, nado no Ro de Xaneiro o 25 de xaneiro de 1927 e finado en Nova York o 8 de decembro de 1994, foi un compositor, cantante, guitarrista e pianista brasileiro de bossa nova. Hänen sävellyksistään monet tulivat tunnetuksi João Gilberton esittäminä. Jobim oli yksi ja kenties tärkein 1950-luvun lopulla syntyneen bossa novan luojista. They were also used by Johnny Mathis in his 1970 Close to You album and by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (sung by Lani Hall with Mendes) on their second album, Equinox, in 1967. Jobim recorded several solo albums, including 'Wave and Tide' (1967), 'Stone Flower' (1970), 'Urubu' (1975) and 'Terra Brasilis' (1980), as well as scores for for films, notably 'Bahia' (with. joulukuuta 1994 New York) oli brasilialainen säveltäjä, sovittaja, laulaja ja pianisti. The English lyrics were used on the Februrecording by Frank Sinatra, on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company. Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year. "Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese "I am going to tell you" in English) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim.
