Vossa Excelência
| "Vossa Excelência" | ||||
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| Single by Titãs | ||||
| from the album MTV ao Vivo | ||||
| Released | 7 September 2005 | |||
| Recorded | August 12 or 13, 2005, at the São José da Ponta Grossa fortress, in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, punk rock, protest song | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charles Gavin, Paulo Miklos, Tony Bellotto | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Endino | |||
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"Vossa Excelência" is the nineteenth single by Titãs, released in 2005. The song basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, referring to the Mensalão scandal. It was performed for the first time on 5 August 2005 during a show at Circo Voador, in Rio de Janeiro, around ten days after the song's completion. It received a live video which was nominated for the 2006 MTV Video Music Brazil award.
The band said that at the time of the single's release, they were informed by the label that radio stations of Brasília (capital of Brazil) were not airing the song, although some stations from the Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo axis weren't giving them any airplay either. At the time, guitarist and coauthor of the track, Tony Bellotto, said he believed many of Brasília stations were "committed" with politicians, and that stations from the Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo axis could have been afraid of offending any politician.