A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)
"A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)" ({{Translation|The Band}}) is a composition by Chico Buarque that was first performed live in 1966 by Buarque and Nara Leão, during the II Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) Festival in TV Record's theater, São Paulo, winning the "Viola de Ouro" award for best composition. "A Banda" brought Buarque immediately into the limelight in Brazil. The song was also released in 1966, on the Brazilian RGE label, as the first track of side 1 in Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol. 1) LP.
Mina version
{{Infobox song
| name = La banda
| cover =
| alt =
| type = Single
| artist = Mina
| album = Sabato sera – Studio Uno '67
| B-side = Se c'è una cosa che mi fa impazzire
| released = {{Start date|1967|05}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Música Popular Brasileira
| length = 2:35
| label = Ri-Fi
| composer = Chico Buarque
| lyricist = Antonio Amurri
| producer =
| prev_title = Conversazione
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Tu non mi lascerai
| next_year = 1967
}}
In 1967, singer Mina released an Italian version of the song called "La banda".{{Discogs release|1251603|La Banda|type=single}}. Retrieved 10 July 2023. The song was a success in Italy, where it became number two on the chart, and sales exceeded 400 thousand copies.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-09-16.pdf|title=International|magazine=Cash Box|date=16 September 1967|volume=29|issue=8|page=103|place=New York|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc.|issn=0008-7289}} The Italian lyrics were written by Antonio Amurri.
In 1970, Mina also recorded an original Portuguese version for the album Mina canta o Brasil.
Buarque, who was living in Italy at the time, later performed this version.{{cite web |url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/schede/b/banda.htm|title=La banda (A Banda) (di Antonio Amurri / Chico Buarque de Hollanda)|website=Hit Parade Italia|access-date=10 July 2023|language=it}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "La banda" ! scope="col"| Chart (1967) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Italia (Musica e dischi){{Cite book|last=Racca|first=Guido|title=M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019|language=it|year=2019|pages=306–308|isbn=9781093264906}}
| 2 |
|---|
Herb Alpert version
{{Infobox song
| name = A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
| B-side = Miss Frenchy Brown
| album = Herb Alpert's Ninth
| released = 1967
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Easy listening
| length = 2:09
| label = A&M
| writer = Chico Buarque
| producer =
| prev_title = The Happening
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Carmen
| next_year = 1968
}}
As an instrumental, the song was performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, who had their third and final number one on the Easy Listening chart in October 1967. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=19}}
The instrumental version by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was used in the Soviet cartoon Well, Just You Wait! in the 8th episode (at 06:27-07:30).{{cite web |url=https://www.kp.ru/afisha/msk/obzory/muzyka/zarubezhnye-pesni-iz-mulfilma-nu-pogodi/|title=Не только Пугачева и Высоцкий: Зарубежные песни из мультфильма "Ну, погоди!"|website=Komsomolskaya Pravda|access-date=10 July 2023|language=ru}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "A Banda" by Herb Alpert ! scope="col" | Chart (1967–1968) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" | Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| 33 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Herb Alpert|access-date=10 July 2022|rowheader=true|refname=Billboardadultcontemporary}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|35|artist=Herb Alpert|access-date=10 July 2022|rowheader=true|refname=Billboardhot100}} |
| {{single chart|West Germany|22|artist=Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass|song=A banda|songid=16322|access-date=10 July 2022|rowheader=true|refname=ger}} |
Other cover versions
- In 1967, Astrud Gilberto brought the song to the US, recording it with English lyrics on the Verve/Copacabana label, crediting Bob Russell for the English lyrics.
- The French singer France Gall popularized this song, titled "Zwei Apfelsinen im Haar" in German ("Two oranges in the hair" in English).
- A Czech version named "La banda" was performed by Vladěna Krumlová in 1969.
- Also in 1999 the German band Captain Jack used a riff from "A Banda" in the song "Get Up".{{Cite web|title=Get Up! by Captain Jack feat. Gipsy Kings on WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Captain-Jack/Get-Up!/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=WhoSampled|language=en}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Mina}}
{{Herb Alpert}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banda (Ah Bahn-Da), A}}
Category:Songs about musicians
Category:Mina (Italian singer) songs
{{1960s-single-stub}}