O Morro Não Tem Vez

"O Morro Não Tem Vez" (loosely translated as "The Slums aren't Given a Chance"), also known as "Favela", "O Morro", and "Somewhere in the Hills", is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes.

[2] The most famous versions are by Astrud Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Stan Getz.

[3] In 1964, not shortly after the song was released, the Brazilian government suffered a coup and was replaced by a military dictatorship.

During this time, many musicians and composers, including songwriters Jobim and de Moraes, were arrested and interrogated by the police or had their calls and mail tapped for creating "subversive" music.

[7][8][9] The phrase "o morro não tem vez" has since been used in opposition of economic injustice in Brazil.