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Canta, Canta, Minha Gente

The opening track of the 1974 album, a partido-alto with an optimistic refrain.
Martinho da Vila, from Canta Canta, Minha Gente (1974)

Martinho wrote it, and a Nova Brasil FM summary calls it a partido-alto. Fan biography says it and "Disritmia" broke sales records in 1974, though without figures. In a Rolling Stone Brasil piece of July 3, 2024 he said he jokes that he is tired of the optimistic refrain but has never stopped singing it. That year he re-recorded it as a duet with the rapper L7NNON to open Violões e Cavaquinhos, with Rafael dos Anjos on guitar and Pretinho da Serrinha on cavaquinho. Vila Isabel's 2022 Carnival theme, postponed from 2021, took its title from the song.

Nana Mouskouri recorded it in French and German, per Sounds and Colours, and Simone also recorded it; McGill's archive holds a French-language version titled "Quand Tu Chantes". A 2025 show of the same name was announced at Ribalta in Rio on August 9. We found no chart history for the single, no video and no setlist count, and we cannot tell whether our upload is the 1974 original.

Covers and versions

  • Nana Mouskouri In French and German.

Sources

  1. Canta Canta, Minha Gente, Wikipedia (Portuguese)
  2. Violoes e Cavaquinhos, Rolling Stone Brasil (2024-07-03)
  3. The many lives of Martinho da Vila, Sounds and Colours (2016-06-24)
  4. Martinho da Vila, Martinho da Vila