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<h1>Once I Loved</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#mw-head" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump to navigation</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#searchInput" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump to search</a><strong>"Once I Loved"</strong> (<strong>"O Amor Em Paz"</strong>) 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 composed in 1960 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antônio Carlos Jobim</a>, with lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C3%ADcius_de_Moraes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vinícius de Moraes</a>.^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#cite_note-Severiano-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>} Words in English were later added by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gilbert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Gilbert</a>. In a few early cases, the song was also known as (<strong>"Love in Peace"</strong>), a translation into English of the original Portuguese title.</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/938f502c7afca904edf20812ed25801c.jpg#938f502c7afca904edf20812ed25801c" alt="Astrud"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>The first recording was in 1961 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Gilberto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">João Gilberto</a> on his self-titled album <em>João Gilberto</em> (Brasil, Odeon 3202).^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a>} Jobim recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1963 on his debut album, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Composer_of_Desafinado_Plays" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Composer of Desafinado Plays</a></em>.</p><p>In <em>The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire</em>, jazz critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Gioia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ted Gioia</a> credits <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a> for the popularity of the song. "Even during the height of the bossa nova craze, which peaked around 1964-65, 'Once I Loved' was not widely known and it is conspicuously missing from most of the bossa nova theme albums of the day. But after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Albert_Sinatra_%26_Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sinatra's 1967 recording</a>, the song became one of Jobim's best-known and most-covered compositions."^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#cite_note-Gioia-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a>}</p><p>Describing the uniqueness of the song, Gioia writes, "[T]here are a handful of songs in the standard repertoire that convey a sense of introspection and quiet soul-searching. For the most part, they are slow pieces, delicate ballads that sacrifice rhythmic drive in exchange for a ruminative self-questioning. But 'Once I Loved' is that rarity--a melancholy soliloquy that shouldn't be played too slowly. The composition works best at a medium tempo, almost as if the lingering nostalgia of the lyrics needs to tussle with the forward momentum of the bossa nova beat."^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_I_Loved#cite_note-Gioia-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a>}</p>