Samba de Verão was written in 1964 by brothers Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle and quickly became one of bossa nova's most recorded standards. In English it spread as So Nice, also known as Summer Samba, through versions by many international artists. Caetano Veloso, a central figure in Brazilian popular music since the late 1960s, later gave it a distinctive interpretation that keeps circulating on Brazilian television, playlists and social media. Its association with summer, Rio and family nostalgia explains why short clips still appear in edits today.