# Easy Song ID Challenge: Brazilian Female Vocal Hit from Late 1983 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246 "2017-02-07T17:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/1 "2017-02-07T17:25:08Z")
Inspired by the “Foreign Language” music thread. I’ve got some old cassette tapes from when I was in Brazil. I would record stuff off the radio, and with no mixer or high-tech stuff, the results are pretty poor. No big deal. One song, however, I would like to track down and get a decent copy. I don’t write Portuguese, so can’t do a lyric search and don’t know the artist or title. However, I have enough specific info that I am betting a Doper can identify this with no problem. Here goes: Song opens with a smoky groove ( **very** reminiscent of MJ’s _Billie Jean_, now that I think about it), the female vocals start out kind of slow, there is an electric keyboard that builds up to a big flourish, then the song kind of shifts, the vocals pick up. She is singing about “another woman” (ella), and how the singer is better than she is (mas espertu?). The last lines are something like, “You open your arms and we find/make peace/happiness”, something along those lines. No real bridge or chorus as such, just a couple verses. The song has a short outro, intensifying as it goes, chock-full of that electric keyboard and 80’s electric keyboard effects, then kind of quickly fades out. Quick and dirty 3 minute pop song. Song was hugely popular in late 1983/early 84. All over the radio, so this is nothing obscure. _Go!_ Thanks in advance, Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/2 "2017-02-07T21:16:24Z")
The first person I thought of was Sade, but checking her Wikipedia page, boy was I way off. She’s Nigerian, not Brazilian, and it doesn’t look like she sang in Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/3 "2017-02-07T23:07:26Z")
Definitely a main-stream Brazilian singer. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/4 "2017-02-07T23:58:54Z")
[Lambada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLdoQGBchQ) was extremely popular back then. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/5 "2017-02-08T03:46:52Z")
In 1983? That particular song is from 1989, although I guess the dance style was getting going in Brasil about 1983. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/6 "2017-02-08T04:19:33Z")
Can you narrow it down to whether it was Bossa Nova style or not? Gal Costa was very popular through those yeas. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/7 "2017-02-08T04:26:52Z")
Here are the top 100 hits in Brazil in 1983 and -84, maybe you can recogmize it in this. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PxyZkYQ-gIs/hqdefault.jpg "Top Brasil 100 de 1983 (Músicas mais tocadas do ano)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxyZkYQ-gIs) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sCotuVDfhCE/hqdefault.jpg "Top Brasil 100 de 1984 (Músicas mais tocadas do ano)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCotuVDfhCE) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/8 "2017-02-08T04:50:42Z")
Dude! Fantastic links! Still working through them. Hope I’ve got the internet Jimmy. I recognize so much of this. Like a time-warp. The name Gal Costa sounds familiar… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/9 "2017-02-08T05:05:51Z")
[quote=“jtur88, post:7, topic:779246”] [/QUOTE] **Marina** , _Fullgas_ Number Nine in 1984, starts right about 33 minutes into this link. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/10 "2017-02-08T05:12:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The name Gal Costa sounds familiar… One of Gal Costa’s most famous hits was [_Baby_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ey65touQaY) from 1969 but it also appeared on her album _Baby Gal_ in 1983. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/11 "2017-02-08T05:17:00Z")
Okay, I haven’t heard that song in _years_ (last cassette deck died in my Jeep before it broke down, and that’s been a while), but I think I nailed that description to a tee! Only off by a minute of time. Also, between those two links, I think I can identify every song on all the tapes I made back then. Thanks, **jtur88**! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/12 "2017-02-08T05:21:19Z")
Here is the song in question, all by itself: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SO_YJ3BVy1E/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAOlX8fkGO15Lbas_q5A9AJ-xsArw "Fullgás - Marina Lima (1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO_YJ3BVy1E) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/13 "2017-02-08T07:00:21Z")
So the trend in Brazil in 1983 seems to be singing off-key. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246/14 "2017-02-08T16:40:29Z")
No problem. I love Brazilian music, but I have to train Pandora to skip all the bossa nova shit, which is the only genre the outside world knows about… “Girl from Ipanema” three times an hour. I’d never heard this song before, its nice.