“Ai Se Eu Te Pego” by Michel Teló

song info

    “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” by Michel Teló (official video) is a Latin pop song.

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    Ai, se eu te pego. (Brazilian Portuguese: Oh, If I Get You!) is a 2008 Brazilian song by Sharon Acioly and Antônio Dyggs, with co-authorship of Aline da Fonseca, Amanda Teixeira, Karine Assis Vinagre and first interpreted by Os Meninos de Seu Zeh directed by Dyggs himself.

    It was recorded by Brazilian band Cangaia de Jegue and then covered by many other regional Brazilian bands like Garota Safada, Arreio de Ouro, Estakazero, Forró Sacode and Saia Rodada. In 2011, it was popularized by Brazilian singer Michel Teló becoming a veritable international hit. Teló also released an English language version, “Oh, If I Catch You!”

Lyrics

    The lyrics begin with two cries of “Nossa! Nossa!” short for “nossa senhora” - Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, an equivalent of “Wow!” in Brazilian Portuguese. Then Assim você me mata, “You kill me,” a common exclamation. Then “ai, si eu te pego, ai, ai, si eu te pego.” - “Ay, if I catch you” The verse then repeats with “Delícia, delícia” instead of “Nossa, nossa.” The third verse of the song is the only verse with a narrative text: describing a Saturday night, a crowd beginning to dance, and summoning courage to speak to the most beautiful girl. Verses 4 and 5 repeat the simple exclamations of verses 1 and 2.

Michel Teló version

    Antônio Dyggs, who co-wrote the song, realized it could become a national hit in Brazil and offered it for a release by Brazilian singer Michel Teló. The result was a hit in Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, and throughout Europe and internationally.

    Teló’s version of the song became a hit in Brazil reaching #1. Later, the song also reached #1 in Latin America, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. In the United States, the single topped both the Billboard Latin Songs and Latin Pop Songs, and peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Michel Teló the first Brazilian solo act to have a song chart in the U.S. Hot 100 since Sérgio Mendes did so in the 1960s.

    As of July 2012, the song had sold 16 million copies worldwide. The single has become the most downloaded digital track in Germany since 2006.

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