As a teenager, Sangalo started to sing and play acoustic guitar at events, festivals and presentations of the school where she studied. Her debut show happened in the Ondina Neighborhood, Salvador, in August 1992. With that show she won the Dorival Caymmi trophy, the Grammy of Bahian music.
In 1993, Sony decided to reform the axé group Banda Eva and she was chosen as the lead singer. With her charismatic image, their first album soon topped the Brazilian album chart. Her live album with the band, Banda Eva Ao Vivo, was their best-selling album, selling over a million copies in 1997. In 1999, she decided to start a solo career and released her first self-titled album. With lots of upbeat Bahian rhythms and axé, the album received gold and platinum certification. The following year she released another album, Beat Beleza, which also achieved platinum status.
In 2001 she released the album Festa. The title teack was very popular and the album got platinum certification. "Festa" was her biggest hit single up to that point and the video also received huge airplay. "Festa" ended up being the most popular song of 2001 in Brazil. In 2002, she released the compilation album Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim, titled after one of her biggest number-one hits. The album, which features a duet with American singer Brian McKnight, didn't sell as much , but was still a hit. Following Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim, she released Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes Em Progresso in 2003. It was the lowest-selling solo album of her career but it still managed to receive gold certification.
Her first solo live album MTV Ao Vivo Ivete Sangalo released in 2004, included her biggest hits, lots of them never released on an album before, and some Banda Eva hits. The album received diamond certification and was the second best-selling album of 2004.
Her 2005 album, As Supernovas, received triple platinum certification shortly after it's release. The album was less upbeat than the others and included some songs with a 70's touch, with the big influence of Brazilian singer Ed Motta. She also included the hit "Soy Loco Por Ti America", a Gilberto Gil song. "Quando a Chuva Passar" recently reached number two on the Brazilian singles chart and was notable for being nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards, an uncommon feature for a non-Spanish speaking singer.
On December 16, 2006, she performed in the biggest stadium in the world, Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, where Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Kiss, The Police, and Madonna have also performed. She was the first Brazilian act to perform in this stadium since pop phenomenon Sandy & Junior in 2002.
Ivete has sold more than 7 million CD copies and more than 2.5 million DVD copies.
Beijo de Hortelã
Ivete Sangalo Lyrics
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Mais eu guardo um segredo
A vontade de dizer
Que é maior o que há em meu coração
Quanto mais eu conheço o seu olhar
Mais eu me reconheço e não posso evitar
Me entregar
Que navega em meus sonhos
Pra te encontrar
E despertar num beijo o desejo
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono e te amar
Na luz da manhã
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono e te amar
Na luz da manhã
Vem pra mim
Vem pra mim eh yeah yeah
Quanto mais eu conheço seu olhar
Mais eu me reconheço e não posso evitar
Me entregar
É seu o meu coração
Que navega em sonhos
Pra te encontrar
E despertar num beijo os desejos
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
Na luz da manhã
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
Na luz da manhã
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
Na luz da manhã
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
Na luz da manhã
The lyrics of Ivete Sangalo's song "Beijo de Hortelã" express the singer's intense love and desire for someone, who they see more and more of themselves in as they get to know them better. The singer wants to reveal their secret, that what they feel for this person is greater than what they can put into words. The singer's heart belongs to the person they are speaking to, longing to be with them and fulfill their desires.
The chorus of the song talks about stealing kisses from this person in the light of the moon, or "luar", and how these kisses are like peppermint or "hortelã". The imagery of the minty kisses is used to describe the singer's passion and intensity for the person they love. The singer wants to ravish and love this person, even while they sleep or in the morning light.
Overall, the song is a declaration of love, desire, and passion. The singer wants to be with their love interest and show them how much they mean to them. The use of peppermint kisses and the longing for stealing kisses in the moonlight adds to the sense of urgency and intensity in the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Quanto mais eu me vejo em você
The more I see myself in you
Mais eu guardo um segredo
The more I keep a secret
A vontade de dizer
The desire to say
Que é maior o que há em meu coração
That what is in my heart is greater
Quanto mais eu conheço o seu olhar
The more I get to know your gaze
Mais eu me reconheço e não posso evitar
The more I recognize myself and can't avoid
Me entregar
To surrender myself
É seu o meu coração
My heart is yours
Que navega em meus sonhos
It sails in my dreams
Pra te encontrar
To find you
E despertar num beijo o desejo
And awaken desire with a kiss
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
To steal you in the moonlight, peppermint kisses
Mordiscar teu sono e te amar
To nibble your sleep and love you
Na luz da manhã
In the morning light
Vem pra mim
Come to me
Vem pra mim eh yeah yeah
Come to me, eh yeah yeah
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
To steal you in the moonlight, peppermint kisses
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
To nibble your sleep, love you
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
To steal you in the moonlight, peppermint kisses
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
To nibble your sleep, love you
Te roubar na luz do luar, beijos de hortelã
To steal you in the moonlight, peppermint kisses
Mordiscar teu sono, te amar
To nibble your sleep, love you
Na luz da manhã
In the morning light
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Viviane Gonçalves
Viciada nessa versão! Veveta é incrível!❤️
leticia de castro silva
Eu adoro a Ivete - tem tudo de bom - voz - música - comunicativa - linda e eu adoro essa música
Evaristo santana
Show de bola voz linda Ivete canta muito nota mil
Emanuel Vasconcelos
fenomenal. curti muito o sax dessa música. ótimo para os apaixonados! Show!
Elivania Souza Vaninha
Linda demais 👏👏
Paulo Victor Lima
Um dos dias mais lindos da minha vida, meu primeir de muitos shows que irei da Rainha ❤
Debi Batista
algun dia abraço essa mulher vencedora, que tanto admiro!!!!
Carlinhos Conga
Q linda vc Debi Batista...bjo amor...boa noite!
Ana Julia
amo de paixão essa música Ivete arrasa
Sandra Oliveira
Tudo de muito bom, essa versão.....amei...