Desafinado

" Desafinado ", a Portuguese word (usually rendered into English as " Out of Tune ", or as " Off Key "), is the title of a  bossa nova song COMPOSED by  Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by  Newton Mendonça. The English language lyrics were written by  Jon Hendricks and "Jessie Cavanaugh" (a pseudonym used by  The Richmond Organisation). Another English lyric, more closely based on the original Portuguese lyric (but not a TRANSLATION) was written by  Gene Lees, and appears on some recordings as well. The version by  Stan Getz<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;"> and  Charlie Byrd<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;"> (from the album  Jazz Samba<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">) was a major hit in 1962, reaching #15 and #4 on Billboard's pop and easy-listening charts, respectively; their definitive rendering also reached #11 in the UK, whilst Ella Fitzgerald's version made #38. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;">[ 1 ]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;"> The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of  Rolling Stone<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;"> as the 14th greatest Brazilian song. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;">[ 2 ]