Brasil (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Brasil


Artist = Cazuza
from Album = Ideologia
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format = Radio airplay
Genre = Pop-rock
Length = 03:12
Label = Universal Music
Writer = Cazuza, Nilo Romero and George Israel
Producer = Cazuza, Nilo Romero and Ezequiel Neves
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Brasil"
(1988)
Next single =
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Ideologia
Type = studio
prev_track = "Guerra Civil"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "Brasil"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Um Trem Para as Estrelas"
next_no = 7Infobox Single
Name = Brasil


Artist = Gal Costa
from Album = Vale Tudo (OST)
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format = Radio airplay
Genre = Samba
Length = 02:42
Label = Som Livre
Writer = Cazuza, Nilo Romero and George Israel
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Brasil"
(1988)
Next single =
Misc =

"Brasil" is a pop-rock song written and performed by Cazuza, recorded as the sixth track in his third solo album "Ideologia" (1988). The most well-known version of this song was recorded as a samba by Gal Costa on the soundtrack album of the telenovela "Vale Tudo" (1988).

ong information

The lyrics of "Brasil" were composed by Cazuza and Nilo Romero, and the music by George Israel (saxophone player of Kid Abelha). The song expresses an anti-nationalist feeling and a pessimist view on the Brazilian lifestyle and "way to handle things" (the famous "jeitinho brasileiro"). Although the song was featured on the soundtrack of "Vale Tudo", a Rede Globo telenovela, it criticized the popular fascination with the network's newsmagazine program "Fantástico".

Versions

*Cazuza in "Ideologia" (1988)
*Gal Costa in "Vale Tudo" soundtrack (1988)
*Kid Abelha in "MTV Unplugged" (2002)

Awards

"Brasil" received two Sharp Awards in 1988. Gal Costa won a special award for Best Song of the Year, while Cazuza won in the category for Best Pop/Rock Song of the Year.

ee also

*"Aquarela do Brasil", an ultra-patriotic song written in 1939 by Ary Barroso.

External links

* [http://cazuza.letras.terra.com.br/letras/7246/ "Brasil" lyrics] at Terra.