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"Someone to Light Up My Life"
Song
Composer(s)	Antônio Carlos Jobim
Lyricist(s)	Vinicius de Moraes (Original) Gene Lees (English)

"Someone to Light Up My Life" (Portuguese: "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você", "If Everyone Was Like You") is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. It was written for the play Orfeu da Conceição (1956). English lyrics were added by Gene Lees.

Notable Recordings

Elizete Cardoso - Noturno (1957)
Sylvia Telles - Caricia (1957)
Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Byrd (1965)
Antônio Carlos Jobim - A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967), Terra Brasilis (1980)
Jack Wilson - Song for My Daughter (1969)
Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim – Sinatra & Company (rec. 1969, released 1971)^[1]
Vinicius de Moraes - En La Fusa con Maria Creuza y Toquinho (1970)
Tony Bennett - The Good Things in Life (1972)
Dick Farney - Noite (1981)
Sylvia Syms - Syms by Sinatra (1982) (orchestrated by Frank Sinatra)
Kenny Burrell - Groovin' High (1984)
Mark Murphy - Brazil Songs (1984)
Gal Costa - Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim ao Vivo (1999)
Toninho Horta - To Jobim with Love (2008)

References

^ Ariza, Adonay (2006). Electronic Samba. Annablume. p. 179. ISBN 978-85-7419-603-9. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

v t e Vinicius de Moraes
Studio albums	Os Afro-sambas (1966) Vinícius & Toquinho (1974) La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza, l'allegria (1976)
Live albums	En La Fusa con Maria Creuza y Toquinho (1970)
Songs written	"Água de Beber" "Chega de Saudade" "Ela é Carioca" "Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar" "A felicidade" "The Girl from Ipanema" "Girl from Rio" "How Insensitive" "Meu Pai Oxalá" "O Morro Não Tem Vez" "Once I Loved" "Samba em Prelúdio" "Si Todos Fuesen Iguales a Ti" "Só Danço Samba" "Someone to Light Up My Life" "This Happy Madness"
Plays	Orfeu da Conceição

v t e Antônio Carlos Jobim
Studio albums	The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963) The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965) A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967) Wave (1967) Tide (1970) Stone Flower (1970) Jobim (1973) Urubu (1976) Terra Brasilis (1980) Inédito (1995) Antônio Brasileiro (1995)
Live albums	Jazzvisions (1986)
Compilations	Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979) Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010)
Soundtracks	Lost Highway (1997)
Collaborations	Getz/Gilberto (1963, Stan Getz) Jazz Samba Encore! (1963, Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1963, Stan Getz) Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967, Frank Sinatra) Sinatra & Company (1971, Frank Sinatra) Elis & Tom (1974, Elis Regina) "Fly Me to the Moon" (1994, Frank Sinatra)
Compositions	"A felicidade" "Água de Beber" (Drinking Water) "Waters of March" "Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues) "Corcovado" (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) "Desafinado" "Dindi" "The Girl from Ipanema" "How Insensitive" "Inútil Paisagem" (If You Never Come to Me) "Meditation" "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Favela) "One Note Samba" "Só Danço Samba" "Someone to Light Up My Life" "Triste "Wave"
As contributor	Canção do Amor Demais (1958, Elizete Cardoso) Black Orpheus (1959, Luiz Bonfá) Chega de Saudade (1959, João Gilberto) Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann, Latin Fever (1962, Herbie Mann) The Swinger from Rio (1965, Sérgio Mendes) Love, Strings and Jobim (1966, various) Abandoned Garden (1995, Michael Franks)

Notable Recordings

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References