Só tinha de ser com você is a Portuguese language love song from the 1960s written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Aloysio de Oliveira, with arrangement by Nelson Riddle. It was released in 1964 on a Warner Bros LP featuring Jobim and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. The tune sits in the bossa nova and jazz standards repertoire and is cherished as a romantic ballad. Its lyrics express a vow of exclusive love, saying that all my love was saved for you and that you have always been mine, a sentiment often chosen for weddings and processional moments. Some performances even pair a short Marcha Nupcial introduction with the bossa nova for a moving entrance. Key facts: original artist Antonio Carlos Jobim; co-writer Aloysio de Oliveira; 1964 release; LP published by Warner Bros; arranged by Nelson Riddle.
