Beat Acelerado
| "Beat Acelerado" | ||||
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| File:Metrô Beat Acelerado.jpg | ||||
| Single by Metrô | ||||
| from the album Olhar | ||||
| B-side | "Sândalo de Dândi" | |||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | New wave, synthpop, synthrock | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Epic Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Alec Haiat, Vicente França, Yann Laouenan ("Beat Acelerado") Tavinho Paes ("Sândalo de Dândi") |
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| Producer(s) | Luiz Carlos Maluly | |||
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"Beat Acelerado" (Portuguese for "Fast Beat") is a single by Brazilian synthpop band Metrô, released in 1984 by Epic Records. Serving as a teaser-of-sorts for their debut studio album Olhar, which would come out in the following year, it was the band's first official release under the name "Metrô" (they were known as A Gota Suspensa from their foundation in 1978 until 1984) and their first of many releases under the Epic label. The song was a huge hit, and was responsible for catapulting the band into fame.[1][2] A music video for it was made in the same year.[3]
Metrô has made two re-recordings of the song during its lifespan: the first re-recording, subtitled "2nd Version", is a much shorter (only 1:11 minutes long) and slower edit of the song, and was included in Olhar. The second one was made for their 2002 album Déjà-Vu, and is a bossa nova-inflected version of the song.
Track listing
- Beat Acelerado — 3:46
- Sândalo de Dândi — 3:53
Cover versions
Brazilian singer and TV presenter Angélica has covered the song in her seventh, self-titled studio album, released in 1994.
Personnel
- Metrô
- Virginie Boutaud — vocals
- Daniel "Dany" Roland — drums
- Xavier Leblanc — bass
- Yann Laouenan — keyboards
- Alec Haiat — guitar
- Miscellaneous staff
- Luiz Carlos Maluly — production
References
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