| South American Way | |
| Cover: | Carmen Miranda in Down Argentine Way, 1940.jpg |
| Caption: | Carmen Miranda in performance of "South American Way" in Down Argentine Way. |
| Artist: | Carmen Miranda |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Released: | December 26, 1939 |
| Label: | Decca Records |
| Composer: | Jimmy McHugh |
"South American Way" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. Carmen Miranda introduced the song in the 1939 Broadway musical The Streets of Paris. Miranda performed it on-screen a year later in her breakout role for U.S. audiences in the film Down Argentine Way (1940), causing it to become very popular in the United States.[1] [2]
The song became very popular in the United States, and had cover versions by several international artists, and as part of the soundtrack of many American films.
| Artist | Year |
|---|---|
| 1939 | |
| Al Donahue & His Orchestra | 1939 |
| The Andrews Sisters & Glenn Miller & Orchestra | 1940 |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | |
| 1947 | |
| Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & The Sportsmen Quartet | 1949 |
| 1988 | |
| Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg | 1996 |
| Sonia Santana | 2004 |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| Film | Director | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Down Argentine Way | Irving Cummings | 1940 |
| In This Our Life | John Huston | 1942 |
| Mildred Pierce[3] | Michael Curtiz | 1945 |
| Class of '44[4] | Paul Bogart | 1973 |
| Radio Days[5] | Woody Allen | 1987 |
| Helena Solberg | 1995 | |