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.
Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim / Quando a Chuva Passar
Ivete Sangalo Lyrics
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Voando só por voar
Sem saber onde chegar
Sonhando em te encontrar
E as estrelas
Que hoje eu descobri
No seu olhar
Se eu não te amasse tanto assim
Talvez perdesse os sonhos
Dentro de mim
E vivesse na escuridão
Se eu não te amasse tanto assim
Talvez não visse flores
Por onde eu vim
Dentro do meu coração
Pra quê falar
Se você não quer me ouvir?
Fugir agora não resolve nada
Mas não vou chorar
Se você quiser partir
As vezes a distância ajuda
E essa tempestade um dia vai acabar
Só quero te lembrar
De quando a gente andava nas estrelas
Nas horas lindas que passamos juntos
A gente só queria amar e amar e hoje eu tenho certeza
A nossa história não termina agora
Porque essa tempestade um dia vai acabar
Quando a chuva passar
Quando o tempo abrir
Abra a janela e veja eu sou o sol
Eu sou céu e mar
Eu sou seu e fim
E o meu amor é imensidão
Quando a chuva passar
Quando o tempo abrir
Abra a janela e veja eu sou, eu sou o sol
Eu sou céu e mar
Seu e fim
E o meu amor é imensidão oh oh oh
Quando a chuva passar
Quando o tempo abrir
Abra a janela e veja eu sou o sol
Eu sou céu e mar
Eu sou seu e fim
E o meu amor é imensidão oh oh oh oh
The song "Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim" by Ivete Sangalo is a powerful ballad about the overwhelming feeling of love and the fear of losing it. The lyrics start by describing the singer's heart as lost and directionless, flying aimlessly and dreaming of finding love. The next lines talk about how the person she loves has opened her eyes to a whole new world, full of stars and possibilities. The singer admits that if she didn't love this person so much, she might have lost her dreams and stopped seeing the beauty around her.
Despite the fear of losing the person she loves, the singer recognizes that sometimes distance is necessary and that running away won't help anything. The storm will eventually pass, and she wants to remind the person of the beautiful moments they shared together, only filled with love. The chorus is a plea for the storm to pass and for the person to open their eyes and see that the singer's love is there for them, like the sun, the sky, and the sea. The song ends with a reaffirmation of love, that it is infinite and will always be there.
Overall, "Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim" is a powerful testimony to the power of love to overcome obstacles and the strength needed to persist when things seem hopeless.
Line by Line Meaning
Meu coração, sem direção
My heart, with no direction
Voando só por voar
Flying just to fly
Sem saber onde chegar
Without knowing where to arrive
Sonhando em te encontrar
Dreaming of finding you
E as estrelas
And the stars
Que hoje eu descobri
That I discovered today
No seu olhar
In your eyes
As estrelas vão me guiar
The stars will guide me
Se eu não te amasse tanto assim
If I didn't love you so much
Talvez perdesse os sonhos
Maybe I would lose my dreams
Dentro de mim
Inside of me
E vivesse na escuridão
And I would live in the dark
Talvez não visse flores
Maybe I wouldn't see flowers
Por onde eu vim
Wherever I went
Dentro do meu coração
Inside my heart
Pra quê falar
Why speak
Se você não quer me ouvir?
If you don't want to listen?
Fugir agora não resolve nada
Running away now solves nothing
Mas não vou chorar
But I won't cry
Se você quiser partir
If you want to leave
As vezes a distância ajuda
Sometimes distance helps
E essa tempestade um dia vai acabar
And this storm will end one day
Só quero te lembrar
I just want to remind you
De quando a gente andava nas estrelas
When we walked among the stars
Nas horas lindas que passamos juntos
In the beautiful hours we spent together
A gente só queria amar e amar
We only wanted to love and love
E hoje eu tenho certeza
And today I am sure
A nossa história não termina agora
Our story doesn't end now
Porque essa tempestade um dia vai acabar
Because this storm will end one day
Quando a chuva passar
When the rain stops
Quando o tempo abrir
When the weather clears up
Abra a janela e veja eu sou o sol
Open the window and see, I am the sun
Eu sou céu e mar
I am sky and sea
Eu sou seu e fim
I am yours and end
E o meu amor é imensidão
And my love is vastness
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Hebert Vianna, Ramon Cruz, Sergio Valle
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