Beat Acelerado

"Beat Acelerado"
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")
Producer(s) Luiz Carlos Maluly
Metrô singles chronology
"Beat Acelerado"
(1984)		 "Ti Ti Ti"
(1985)

"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. A remix of the song by DJ Zé Pedro was subsequently included on the 2016 re-release of Olhar as a bonus track.

Track listing

  1. Beat Acelerado — 3:46
  2. 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
Miscellaneous staff

References

  1. ↑ 1985, O Ano em Que o Brasil Recomeçou. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ Arthur Dapieve (1996). BRock: o rock brasileiro dos anos 80. Editora 34. p. 187. 8573260084, 9788573260083.
  3. ↑ Metrô - Beat Acelerado

External links

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