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"Desafinado" (a Portuguese word, usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key") is a 1959 bossa nova song and jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça.

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Performer
Stan Getz
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language of work or name
Portuguese
publication date
1958-00-00
title
Desafinado
form of creative work
bossa nova
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8 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Chart performance
  • Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
  • Accolades
  • Other recordings
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

"Desafinado" (a Portuguese word, usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key") is a 1959 bossa nova song and jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça.

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