Artist
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso appears 3 times in our Tropicália list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 3
- Appears on
- Tropicália
- Years
- 1967–1968
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Tropicália
- Updated
- 2026-08-31
Appears on
Tropicália
1968 · Philips
Ranked No. 1 in Tropicália
The song that named the movement, a collage of Brasília, monuments and television, sung deadpan over an arrangement that keeps changing its mind.
Alegria, Alegria
1967 · Philips
Ranked No. 2 in Tropicália
Performed at a televised festival with an electric rock band and booed by a crowd who wanted acoustic protest songs. He won anyway, and the argument started that night.
É Proibido Proibir
1968 · Philips
Ranked No. 6 in Tropicália
"It is forbidden to forbid." He was shouted down at the festival, harangued the audience from the stage, and was arrested and exiled within months.