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1: See Annette Funicello.
2: Acid house duo consisting of Mike Pickering and Gerald Simpson.
3. Canadian pop-folk singer-songwriter Annette Campagne.
Blame It On The Bossa Nova
Annette Lyrics
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Standin' all alone lookin' sad and shy
We began to dance, swaying' to and fro
And soon I knew I'd never let him go
Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell
Blame it on the bossa nova that he did so well
Oh, it all began with just one little dance
Blame it on the bossa nova
The dance of love
(Now was it the moon?)
No, no, the bossa nova
(Or the stars above?)
No, no, the bossa nova
(Now was it the tune?)
Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova
(The dance of love)
Now I'm glad to say I'm his bride to be
And we're gonna raise a family
And when our kids ask how it came about
I'm gonna say to them without a doubt
Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell
Blame it on the bossa nova that he did so well
Oh, it all began with just one little dance
But then it ended up a big romance
Blame it on the bossa nova
The dance of love
(Now was it the moon?)
No, no, the bossa nova
(Or the stars above?)
No, no, the bossa nova
(Now was it the tune?)
Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova
(The dance of love)
(Now was it the moon?)
No, no, the bossa nova
(Or the stars above ?)
No, no, the bossa nova
In Annette's song "Blame It On The Bossa Nova," she describes the story of how she fell in love with a man while dancing to the bossa nova rhythm. The song begins with Annette at a dance seeing a man who caught her eye. He looked sad and shy, but they began to dance and soon Annette already knew she would never let him go. Annette blames the bossa nova's magic spell for attracting her to the man and making her fall in love with him. The bossa nova dance was the catalyst for a big romance that ended up with Annette becoming his bride to be and starting a family together.
Throughout the song, Annette repetitively asks if it was the moon or stars above that caused her to fall in love, but dismisses them both - it was the bossa nova that created the dance of love. The bossa nova rhythm was the inspiration for the song, and Annette cleverly used it as a metaphor for how powerful love can be. The song highlights how a simple dance can turn into true love and how sometimes we can't explain why we fall in love but need to blame it on something.
Line by Line Meaning
I was at a dance when he caught my eye
I met my future husband at a dance party where he caught my attention
Standin' all alone lookin' sad and shy
He was standing alone, looking sad and shy before we began dancing together
We began to dance, swaying' to and fro
We started dancing and swayed together in perfect harmony
And soon I knew I'd never let him go
I realized that I wanted to stay with him forever and never let him go
Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell
The reason we fell for each other was because of the enchanting magic of the bossa nova
Blame it on the bossa nova that he did so well
His dancing skills and his ability to connect with me through the bossa nova brought us closer
Oh, it all began with just one little dance
Our love story stemmed from just one simple dance that we shared together
But then it ended up a big romance
Our love quickly blossomed into a big romance that we both cherished
The dance of love
The bossa nova can be described as the dance of love that brought us together
(Now was it the moon?)
Perhaps it was the moon that made me notice him
No, no, the bossa nova
But in reality it was the bossa nova that brought us together
(Or the stars above?)
Maybe it was the stars that aligned our paths
(Now was it the tune?)
Or perhaps it was the tune of the bossa nova that played in the background
Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova
But it was definitely the bossa nova that made me fall in love
(The dance of love)
Because it truly is the dance of love that brought us together
Now I'm glad to say I'm his bride to be
Now, I'm happy to say that we are engaged to be married
And we're gonna raise a family
We plan to start a family together and build our own little world
And when our kids ask how it came about
In the future, if our children ask how we found each other
I'm gonna say to them without a doubt
I will proudly say that it was all because of the bossa nova and its magic
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
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