In this upbeat number by Brill Building hitmakers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Elvis is tangled up with a girl who can't get enough of the bossa nova, a style of Brazilian music and dance that swept America in the early '60s. He sang it for the movie Fun In Acapulco, which cast him as a circus performer-turned-boatman-turned-lifeguard who faces off against Mexico's greatest diver.
Along with the Jordanaires, Elvis is accompanied by The Amigos on backing vocals. The Puerto Rico-based group, also known as The Four Amigos, joined Elvis the previous year for the Girls! Girls! Girls! soundtrack.
This was originally recorded by Tippie and the Clovers in 1962. The group, more commonly known as The Clovers, had their biggest hit with the Leiber and Stoller-penned tune "Love Potion #9" in 1959. Their jazzy version was released through the songwriting duo's Tiger Records, but the new label didn't have the means to distribute it, so it never saw the charts.
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