Blame It on the Bossa Nova

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single song

"Blame It on the Bossa Nova" is a 1963 pop song, famously recorded by Eydie Gormé, that blends American pop with Brazilian bossa nova rhythms and became an international hit.

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Label Occurrences
Blame It on the Bossa Nova canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Eydie Gormé’s signature songs ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNorway 1 ⓘ
chartPositionSouthAfrica 1 ⓘ
chartPositionSweden 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 32 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 7 ⓘ
chartSuccess international hit ⓘ
composer Barry Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1960s ⓘ
describedAs American pop song with Brazilian bossa nova influence ⓘ
novelty love song ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre bossa nova ⓘ
easy listening ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasBside Blame It on the Bossa Nova (B-side track – often listed as "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" single’s flip side; specific song may vary by territory) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Claudine Longet version ⓘ
French-language versions by various artists ⓘ
Manuela German-language version "Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trini Lopez version ⓘ
hasInstrumentation orchestral pop arrangement ⓘ
rhythm section with Latin percussion ⓘ
hasTitle Blame It on the Bossa Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy bossa nova ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 20 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Cynthia Weil NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme falling in love while dancing the bossa nova ⓘ
mediaType audio recording ⓘ
musicalStyle blend of American pop and Brazilian bossa nova ⓘ
notableRecording Eydie Gormé 1963 version ⓘ
partOf Eydie Gormé’s 1963 singles discography ⓘ
performer Eydie Gormé NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Al Kasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1963 ⓘ
recordingArtist Eydie Gormé NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
rhythmicStyle bossa nova rhythm ⓘ
vocalist Eydie Gormé NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Barry Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cynthia Weil NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry Mann → notableWork → Blame It on the Bossa Nova ⓘ
Cynthia Weil → notableWork → Blame It on the Bossa Nova ⓘ
Eydie Gormé → notableWork → Blame It on the Bossa Nova ⓘ