Work · 1967 · São Paulo [-23.55, -46.63]

Domingo no Parque

Gilberto Gil's 'Domingo no Parque', sung at the 1967 TV Record festival with Os Mutantes, layers a jealous Sunday-fair tragedy over a propulsive berimbau-and-guitar arrangement. Its fusion of Bahian percussion with electric rock astonished the audience and placed it among the festival's top songs. Alongside 'Alegria, Alegria' it is treated as a founding performance of Tropicália.

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  • collaborates with Os Mutantes

    Os Mutantes backed Gilberto Gil on 'Domingo no Parque' at the 1967 TV Record festival, fusing Bahian percussion with electric rock in a performance that helped ignite Tropicália. The pairing of a Salvador composer and a São Paulo psych band announced the movement's method on live television. It is one of Tropicália's founding collaborations.