"Tico-Tico no Fubá" is a Brazilian choro by Zequinha de Abreu, composed in 1917 and essentially instrumental. It was first titled "Tico-Tico no farelo" and renamed in 1931, because the guitarist Américo Jacomino "Canhoto" had a work with the same title. Portuguese lyrics were written by Aloysio de Oliveira. The first recording, by Orquestra Colbaz for Columbia in 1931, was issued on a 78 rpm disc.
Its peak popularity outside Brazil came in the 1940s. Ethel Smith's Hammond organ version, featured in Bathing Beauty (1944), reached No. 14 on the US chart in January 1945. The Andrews Sisters recorded it in 1944 with English lyrics by Ervin Drake, in a jazz close-harmony style. Later versions include those by Charlie Parker, Henry Mancini, Stan Kenton and Paco de Lucia. The tune also appears in Saludos Amigos (1942) and Radio Days (1987), and Roberta Sá performed it at the Rio 2016 Olympic closing ceremony.
