Blame It on the Bossa Nova

Blame It on the Bossa Nova is a 1963 by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann -written song that became an international success in the version of Eydie Gormé and reached # 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. In Australia, South Africa and Sweden, there was a number -one hit in the UK, the song reached only 32nd Eydie Gormé also sang a Spanish-language version under the title Cúlpale a la bossa nova. This version sold over 250,000 times in Spain, Latin America and Italy.

In the German version sung by Manuela blame only the Bossa Nova was with a text by Georg Buschor the song was also a number -one hit and stayed for seven weeks in the German charts.