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"The Coffee Song" (occasionally subtitled "They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil") is a novelty song written by Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles, first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946.
The song caricatures Brazil's coffee surplus, claiming (among other things) that no other beverages are available, and that a politician's daughter was fined for drinking water. Snowclones on this phrase have been used in analyses of the coffee industry, [1][2][3] and of the Brazilian economy and culture [4][5][6][7].
Sinatra re-recorded the song in 1961 for his inaugural Reprise release, Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Notable cover versions
The song has been performed by (among others) Louis Prima, Sam Cooke, Rosemary Clooney, Mike Doughty, Stan Ridgway, Soul Coughing and the Muppets; Bob Dorough recorded the song for inclusion on Too Much Coffee Man, a CD of music based on the eponymous Shannon Wheeler character.
The Muppets performed the song as the opening number of a 1997 episode of Muppets Tonight.
See also
References
- ^ "There's an awful lot of coffee in - Vietnam". http://www.new-agri.co.uk/01-4/focuson/focuson2.html. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "An Awful Lot of Coffee in the Bin". Time Magazine. September 1967. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837267,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Philip Hoplins (July 2003). "More home-grown beans in the daily grind". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/13/1058034875328.html. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ There's an Awful Lot of Bubbly in Brazil
- ^ They've got an awful lot of taxes in Brazil
- ^ There's an awful lot of motivation in Brazil
- ^ An Awful Lot of Brazilians in Paraguay
Categories:- 1940s song stubs
- 1946 songs
- Frank Sinatra songs
- Songs with lyrics by Bob Hilliard
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