 Outside Brazil, the song reached its peak popularity in the 1940s, with successful recordings by Ethel Smith, The Andrews Sisters (with English-language lyrics by Ervin Drake), Carmen Miranda and others.The first recording of the work was made by Orquestra Colbaz (Columbia 22029, 1931).Ethel Smith performed it on the Hammond organ in the MGM film "Bathing Beauty" (1944), after which her recording reached the U.S. pop charts in November 1944, peaked at #14 on January 27, 1945, and sold nearly two million copies worldwide.