Meditation (Antônio Carlos Jobim song) explained

Meditação
English Title:	Meditation
Language:	Portuguese

"Meditation" ("Meditação" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça. The English version has lyrics by Norman Gimbel.^[1] In Finland, the song was recorded in 1963 by Olavi Virta with lyrics by Sauki under the title "Hymy, flower and love".^[2] Erkki Liikanen recorded the song in 1967 with lyrics by Aarno Raninen under the title "Taas on hiljaisuus".^[3]

Recordings

• Maysa on Maysa é Maysa... é Maysa, é Maysa! (1959)
• João Gilberto on O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (1960)
• Cal Tjader on Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (1962)
• Herbie Mann on Right Now! (Atlantic 1962)
• Charlie Byrd on Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (Riverside 1962)
• Antônio Carlos Jobim on The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (1963)
• Pat Boone released this song as a single in 1963, reaching number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Cliff Richard on Kinda Latin (Columbia EMI, 1965)
• Doris Day [Latin for Lovers album] 1965
• Astrud Gilberto on The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
• Andy Williams on The Shadow of Your Smile (1966)
• Frank Sinatra on the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
• Claudine Longet recorded the song for her A&M debut album Claudine (1967) and was her first single for the label. This recording reached #98 on the Hot 100.^[4]
• Blossom Dearie recorded the song for her 1967 album Soon It's Gonna Rain
• Jack Jones

featured as the B-side of Kapp 45 Far Away (1968)

• Dexter Gordon on More Power! (Prestige 1969)
• Jazz Guitarist Joe Pass on Intercontinental (album) (1970) and on (Pablo 2002)
• Johnny Hartman on I've Been There (1973)
• Antônio Carlos Jobim & Ana Caram on Rio After Dark (Chesky Records 1989)
• Adalberto Bravo on Smooth Passions (2004)
• Nellie McKay recorded the song for her 2009 album Normal as Blueberry Pie – A Tribute to Doris Day
• Jazz pianist Gene Harris on Another Night in London (2010)

Charts

Pat Boone version

See also

• List of bossa nova standards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Original versions of Meditation by Astrud Gilberto | SecondHandSongs. SecondHandSongs .
2. Web site: Suomen äänitearkiston tietokanta. https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020320/http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/fi/kappale.php?Id=Hymy+kukka+ja+rakkaus. 2018-01-14 . 2017-05-14.
3. Web site: Hakutulos kappaleelle Meditacao. Suomen äänitearkiston tietokanta vuosilta 1901–1999. Suomen äänitearkisto ry. https://web.archive.org/web/20180628131147/http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/fi/hakufi.php. 2018-06-28 . 2018-07-02.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 512.