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Chega de Saudade also known as No More Blues, is a bossa nova jazz standard. It is often considered to be the first recorded bossa nova song. Like The Girl from Ipanema, the music for Chega de Saudade was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics written by Vinícius de Moraes. Joao Gilberto's recording is the most famous.
The song was first recorded in 1957 by Brazilian singer Elizete Cardoso and released on her 1958 album entitled Cancao Do Amor Demais. however, the public took little notice of her release. Joao Gilberto included the second recorded version of the track in 1958. Released as a single, the song became a hit and would solidify bossa nova as a permanent genre in the Latin music lexicon. The song also appeared on Gilberto's first album Chega De Saudade.
The title can be translated roughly as enough longing, though the Portuguese word, saudade, carries with it a far more complex meaning. The word implies an intensity of heartfelt connection that is yearned for passionately, not unlike feeling withdrawal symptoms from a drug that makes one feel good. Another good analogy might be an intense homesickness. Chega, in this case, means no more, enough.
The song form is 68 measures. The first 32 measures are in a minor key, followed by 36 measures in a major key. The key of the original recording by Elizete Cardoso went from D minor (the relative minor of F with one flat) to D major (two sharps).
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