Peak
15
Weeks
16
Score
2,073
Chart Year
1962
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position15
Peak DateNov 24, 1962
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted16
Weeks in Top 4010
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc686
Weekly Calc1,387
Total Score2,073
Rankings
Year Ranking#85
Decade Ranking#854
Billboard Year#90
Top 5000#6,880
Details
- Album
- Jazz Samba
- Label
- Verve Records
- Genre
- Bossa nova
- Duration
- 0:00
- Composer(s)
- Stan Getz;Charlie Byrd;Antonio Carlos Jobim;N. Mendonca
- Entered Chart
- Sep 29, 1962
- Peak Date
- Nov 24, 1962
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Verve 10260
- B-Side
- Theme From Dr. Kildare (Getz)
Music Video
Notes
“Desafinado” was originally composed as a response to critics who claimed that the bossa nova genre was created for singers who cannot sing. The song has multiple English-language adaptations. Jon Hendricks, along with The Richmond Organisation (credited under the pseudonym “Jessie Cavanaugh”), created lyrics that employ consonance to reframe the concept as a love song about lovers who have fallen “slightly out of tune.” These Hendricks lyrics were notably recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1962 single and by Perry Como on his 1963 album, The Songs I Love.[2] A separate English adaptation, written by Gene Lees and more closely aligned with the original Portuguese lyric (though not a direct translation), appears on select recordings.
Chart History (16 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 29, 1962 | 93 | 33 |
| 2 | Oct 6, 1962 | 86 | 40 |
| 3 | Oct 13, 1962 | 71 | 55 |
| 4 | Oct 20, 1962 | 52 | 74 |
| 5 | Oct 27, 1962 | 31 | 95 |
| 6 | Nov 3, 1962 | 26 | 100 |
| 7 | Nov 10, 1962 | 20 | 106 |
| 8 | Nov 17, 1962 | 18 | 108 |
| 9 | Nov 24, 1962 | 15 | 111 |
| 10 | Dec 1, 1962 | 15 | 111 |
| 11 | Dec 8, 1962 | 18 | 108 |
| 12 | Dec 15, 1962 | 24 | 102 |
| 13 | Dec 22, 1962 | 32 | 94 |
| 14 | Dec 29, 1962 | 37 | 89 |
| 15 | Jan 5, 1963 | 41 | 85 |
| 16 | Jan 12, 1963 | 50 | 76 |