Shimbalaiê

"Shimbalaiê"
Single by Maria Gadú
from the album Maria Gadú
Released 25 August 2009
Format Digital download, Radio
Genre MPB
Length 3:17
Label Som Livre
Writer(s) Maria Gadú

Shimbalaiê is a song by singer-songwriter Maria Gadú from her self-titled album Maria Gadú, released on 20 July 2009.[1] The song was also included on the soundtrack of the soap opera Viver a Vida, and released as a single on 25 August 2009. It was successful in Brazil, and later even more so in Italy.[2]

This song was Gadú's first musical composition, which she wrote at ten years old. According to her, the song came to her at sunset on a beach when she was all alone, without even her guitar. Gadú admits that "Shimbalaiê" came to her as a shock, given that she didn't enjoy writing music very much. She didn't return to composing for another nine years.

"I was simply describing a landscape", she said.

The singer confirmed that the word shimbalaiê doesn't have any real meaning. "Children love to invent words, right?", Gadú explained in an interview in 2010.[3]

The original music video was filmed in 2011 in Bogliasco, Italy. Gadú does not appear in it.[4] Later, in 2014, another music video was released in which Gadú does appear.[5]

Record charts

From 4 August to 1 September 2011, the song reached the number one spot on the Italian FIMI and the iTunes Store charts, surpassing well-known artists like Adele, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Pitbull. The song also went platinum, which marked the first time that a Brazilian artist had achieved such a distinction in Italy.[6]

Billboards (2009–2011) Highest Ranking
FIMI[7] 1

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Gadú". MTV. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Luisa Fazzito (21 August 2011). "Maria Gadù, tutti pazzi per "Shimbalaiê"". MelodicaMente (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Marcio Debellian (3 November 2010). "A festa de Maria Gadú". SaraivaConteúdo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Maria Gadù - Shimbalaiê (Video) (Music Video) (in Portuguese). Bogliasco, Italy: Som Livre. 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Maria Gadú - Shimbalaiê (Music Video) (in Portuguese). Som Livre. 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Diego Marques (22 August 2011). "Maria Gadú desbanca artistas como Katy Perry e Adele na Itália". Cifra Club News (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "MARIA GADÚ - SHIMBALAIÊ (SONG)". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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