Vivo Sonhando

{{short description|1962 bossa nova song by Antônio Carlos Jobim}}

"Vivo Sonhando" (a.k.a. "Dreamer", translated literally as "I Live Dreaming") is a bossa nova song from 1962 with words and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim.{{cite web |url=http://www.jobim.org/jobim/handle/2010/4582 |title= Vivo sonhando. Author's manuscript, annotated.| last=Jobim |first= Antônio Carlos |publisher= Instituto Antônio Carlos Jobim, Manuscripts Collection | date=1962|access-date=2017-11-27}} English lyrics were added later by Gene Lees.

In 1990, for a Brazilian album project, Susannah McCorkle received permission from Jobim to compose new lyrics in English, entitling her version, "Living on Dreams."{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title= The Pop Life |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/arts/the-pop-life-025390.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 December 1990 |location=New York |access-date=2017-11-27}}

The first recording of "Vivo Sonhando" was by Os Cariocas in 1963.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/64629|title=Original versions of Vivo Sonhando written by Antônio Carlos Jobim|website=SecondHandSongs.com |date= |accessdate=2017-11-29}} Jobim recorded an instrumental version the same year for his debut album, The Composer of Desafinado Plays, and recorded a vocal version in English on his 1980 album, Terra Brasilis.

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