Angra dos Reis (song)
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| "Angra dos Reis" | ||||
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| Single by Legião Urbana | ||||
| from the album Que País É Este | ||||
| Released | 27 May 1988[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | EMI-Odeon | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Renato Russo, Renato Rocha, Marcelo Bonfá | |||
| Producer(s) | Mayrton Bahia | |||
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| "Angra dos Reis" on YouTube | ||||
"Angra dos Reis" is a song written by Renato Russo, Renato Rocha and Marcelo Bonfá and released in 1987 on the album Que País É Este 1978/1987 by their band Legião Urbana. It was also released in 1988 as the second single off the album.
The melody was composed by drummer Marcelo Bonfá on the piano when they still thought Que País É Este would be composed of all-new material. Producer Mayrton Bahia recovered the sound and asked Russo to write some lyrics for it, so that the album contained at least one new tune. Russo initially refused and Bahia threatened to not finish the album. On the following day, Russo came back to the studio with the lyrics written on a wrinkled piece of paper.[2]
Russo was an opposer of the construction of the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto in the city of the song title. During a 1990 show in Porto Alegre/RS, Russo said: "The indigenous name of the place where they built our nuclear power plant is 'soft land'. The indigenous people already knew that anything you build there will sink! No applauding people, we have to boo this!",[3] in reference to Itaorna Beach, where the facility was built.