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<h1>Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim song)</h1><p><br></p><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Wave"</strong> (also known as <strong>"Vou Te Contar"</strong> in Portuguese; <strong>"I am going to tell you"</strong> in English) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bossa nova</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz standard</a> song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antônio Carlos Jobim</a>. Recorded as an instrumental on his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Antonio_Carlos_Jobim_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1967 album of the same name</a>, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>The English lyrics were used on the February 11, 1969, recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a>, on his 1970 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_%26_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sinatra &amp; Company</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> They were also used by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Mathis</a> in his 1970 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_You_(Johnny_Mathis_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Close to You</em></a> album and by Sergio Mendes &amp; Brasil '66 (sung by Lani Hall with Mendes) on their second album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_(S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Equinox</em></a>, in 1967.</p><p>The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rolling Stone</em></a> to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Discography" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Jazz Discography</em></a> by Tom Lord, the song has been recorded nearly 500 times by jazz artists.^[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^{<em>citation needed</em>}</a>^]</p><h2>Notable recordings</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Carlos_Jobim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antonio Carlos Jobim</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Antonio_Carlos_Jobim_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Wave</em></a> (1967) and <em>Antonio Carlos Jobim and Friends</em> (1993)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elis_Regina" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elis Regina</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_Thielemans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toots Thielemans</a> – <em>Aquarela do Brasil</em> (1969)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscar Peterson</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motions_and_Emotions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Motions and Emotions</em></a> (1969; arrangement by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Ogerman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claus Ogerman</a>)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Desmond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Desmond</a> – <em>Live</em> (1975)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joao_Gilberto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joao Gilberto</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoroso_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Amoroso</em></a> (1976)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hersch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fred Hersch</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frisell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Frisell</a> – <em>Songs We Know</em> (1998)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ahmad Jamal</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(Ahmad_Jamal_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Awakening</em></a> (1970)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Carlos_Jobim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antonio Carlos Jobim</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_%26_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sinatra &amp; Company</em></a> (1970)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">McCoy Tyner</a> with Ron Carter and Tony Williams – <em>Supertrios</em> (1977)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarah Vaughan</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Japan_(Sarah_Vaughan_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Live in Japan</em></a> (1973)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim_song)#cite_note-standards-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roberto Carlos</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caetano_Veloso" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caetano Veloso</a> – <em>Jobim</em> (2000)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane_Elias" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eliane Elias</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(Eliane_Elias_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fantasia</em></a> (1992) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Classics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Brazilian Classics</em></a> (2003)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>