"Insensatez" (song)

Composed by Jobim with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes, "Insensatez" is a study in regret built over a slow, chromatically falling progression often compared to a Chopin prelude. Its restrained sorrow shows bossa nova's debt to both European harmony and Brazilian song. Recorded internationally as "How Insensitive," it became one of the movement's enduring standards.