Insensatez is a bossa nova and jazz standard with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. It was written in 1961 and first recorded that August by João Gilberto for his album João Gilberto, released the same year on Odeon and produced by Jobim. The title translates more accurately as "Foolishness". An English version with lyrics by Norman Gimbel is titled "How Insensitive". The piano lines and the opening of the song echo Chopin's Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4. Jobim recorded an instrumental version in 1963. Notable vocal recordings include those by Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá (1963), Peggy Lee (1963 to 1964), Andy Williams (1966), Frank Sinatra and Jobim (1967), Nancy Wilson (1968), Sinéad O'Connor (1992), Diana Krall (2006) and Iggy Pop (2009). Wes Montgomery also recorded the song in 1966. It is heard in the films Seven Pounds and Lost Highway.
