Tic, Tic Tac
single by Carrapicho
"Tic, Tic Tac" is a song by Brazilian band Carrapicho. It was released in June 1996, by Arista Records and BMG, as the lead single from their eleventh album, Festa do Boi Bumba (1996), which was later certified platinum disc in France. The song is written by Braulino Lima and produced by Patrick Bruel. It was also recorded by Chilli featuring Carrapicho and released in May 1997. The original version charted in Belgium, Estonia, France, Israel, Latvia, the Netherlands and Spain. The remixed version, produced by Frank Farian, charted in Austria, Canada, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Russian singer Murat Nasyrov performed his cover with other lyrics "The Boy Wants [to Go] to Tambov" (Russian: "Мальчик хочет в Тамбов") in 1997.
Background and releases
It was a song originally produced for the Folkloric Festival of Parintins in 1992, in Brazil, exalting the greatness and strength of the Amazon River. In the middle of 1994 a musical group from the Amazon region called Carrapicho recorded the music in solo version and was later discovered by the French singer Patrick Bruel who participated in the production and dissemination in his home country. The song was sponsored by TF1 in France and became one of the major summer hits.
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