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Il Prola Negra (song)

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Wikipedia article




'"Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)"' (Portuguese for '"Il Dark Pearl (The chant of the Black"') is a song recorded by the brazilian singer Daniela Mercury. The song was originally released in 2000 as the first single of the album 'Sol da Liberdade', Mercury's fifth studio album.

Information



The song is, actually, the combination of two different songs: "O Canto do Negro" written by Milto and "Prola Negra" written by Guiguio and Rene Veneno. The lyric of "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" basically praises the wealth of the African brazilian culture, especially of Bahia, which is notable on the made reference to Il Aiy.

Success



As soon as was released, the song turns into one of the most played songs on brazilian radios, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Brazil.

Music video



The music video for the song make use of the contrast of the colours black and white. Daniela Mercury appears on the video wearing a white dress, covered with a white veil, and a black dress also covered with a black veil, on a dune in front of the sea. There's some scenes with people dancing and playing capoeira on the same beach, wearing orishas costumes.

In 2000, the video won the award of 'Best Ax Video' on MTV Video Music Brazil.

Formats and track listings



*'Brazilian CD single'

# "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" - 5:54

# "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" (Edit) - 4:33

*'European CD single'

# "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" (Edit) - 4:33

# "Il Prola Negra" (Spanish Version) - 4:02

# "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" (Pablo Flores Club Radio Edit) - 4:28

# "Il Prola Negra (O Canto do Negro)" (Pablo Flores Club Mix) - 10:37

References




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