Beijinho no Ombro
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| "Beijinho no Ombro" | ||||
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| Single by Valesca Popozuda | ||||
| Released | August 1, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | André Vieira, Leandro Castro, Wallace Vianna | |||
| Valesca Popozuda singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Beijinho no Ombro" on YouTube | ||||
"Beijinho no Ombro" (lit. Little Kiss on the Shoulder), is the debut single of Brazilian funk carioca performer Valesca Popozuda of Gaiola das Popozudas fame, released on 1 August 2013. It was composed by Wallace Vianna, André Vieira and Leandro Parda.[1]
Due to the success of the song's video (see below), Popozuda was invited to many television programs to perform her song. These programs include Domingão do Faustão,[2] Legendários,[3] Encontro com Fátima Bernardes,[4] Caldeirão do Huck,[5] Programa do Ratinho[6] and Mais Você.[7]
At Domingão do Faustão, actress Susana Vieira sang "Beijinho no Ombro", which generated reactions at the social networks.[8] On 24 February 2014, a video with the University of São Paulo choir and the Bateria de Agravado de Instrumento of São Francisco Law School performing the song for the new students was published.[9]
In popular culture
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For the 2014 carnaval season, Rio de Janeiro's State Health Secretary chose the song to support their "Beijinho no Ombro e Camisinha no Bolso" (Little Kiss on the Shoulder and Condom in the Pocket) campaign. Other celebrities, such as David Brazil and Lorena Simpson, also took part of the campaign.[10][11]
Music video
A teaser of the video was revealed on 21 November 2013.[12] In order to release it, she could have had it featured at Rede Globo's "Fantástico", but she opted to release it at her YouTube channel. on 27 December 2013.[1]
In its first day, the video was watched 500,000 times, reaching the 690,000 mark the day after,[13] and 1 million in its third day, being heavily shared at social networks.[14] On 27 February 2014, the video had over 9 million hits and 100,000 Facebook "likes";[15]
The video was shot at Castelo de Itaipa[16] (Itaipava Castle), in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. All clothes worn by Popozuda were created with imported metallic textiles - such material was only used by the medieval nobility, in order to express "strength and mood".[16] In the video, Popozuda performs with a tiger and an eagle. She spent two weeks having classes with an animal tamer for the tiger, and three days training with the eagle.[17] Valesca spent a total of R$ 437,000, some US$ 200,000.[16]
