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MemoryLossRage · 03-06-2022, 08:34 AM

Hi everyone

I just caught the end of this song in Tesco and have been trying to find it for the lost two hours.

It sounded like "Mas Que Nada". I do remember the song, and think it is from the mid 2000s but it could be a classic bossa song from the 60s.

Here are all the clues I have:

1) Sounds like Mas Que Nada. Very similar percussion and quite similar melody. VERY similar mood/feeling, maybe even more chilled.

2) Pretty sure the whole thing is in the English. The only lyrics I caught were "had to be you ... had to be you". This was towards the end. Might have been "Got to be you".

3) Seemed like a contemporary western interpretation of Bossa, but still accurate to the original sound

That's about it!! I remember the melody of the "had to be you" bit very clearly:

"Had" = F#
To" = D
"Be" = B
"Youuu" = E

Really desperate to find this one so thanks in advance!

03-06-2022, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
MemoryLossRage Groupie Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 5	English Bossa Nova song - "Had to be You" - 2000s(?) Hi everyone I just caught the end of this song in Tesco and have been trying to find it for the lost two hours. It sounded like "Mas Que Nada". I do remember the song, and think it is from the mid 2000s but it could be a classic bossa song from the 60s. Here are all the clues I have: 1) Sounds like Mas Que Nada. Very similar percussion and quite similar melody. VERY similar mood/feeling, maybe even more chilled. 2) Pretty sure the whole thing is in the English. The only lyrics I caught were "had to be you ... had to be you". This was towards the end. Might have been "Got to be you". 3) Seemed like a contemporary western interpretation of Bossa, but still accurate to the original sound That's about it!! I remember the melody of the "had to be you" bit very clearly: "Had" = F# To" = D "Be" = B "Youuu" = E Really desperate to find this one so thanks in advance!