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by kurthr 1113 days ago
They don't even play it the same (as it was originally recorded) in most westernized versions. What a great song and her voice is iconic, but if you haven't seen the musical key deconstruction and commentary by Adam Neely, it's worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/OFWCbGzxofU

As he says, the way short phrases of Girl from Ipanema are used in American pop culture, "It's auditory shorthand for light frivolous background music". Even though it's anything, but that.