# Beat Acelerado

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"**Beat Acelerado**" ([Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) for "*Fast Beat*") is a [single](/source/Single_(music)) by [Brazilian](/source/Brazil) band [Metrô](/source/Metr%C3%B4_(band)), released in [1984](/source/1984_in_music) by [Epic Records](/source/Epic_Records). The [lead single](/source/Lead_single) for their debut studio album *[Olhar](/source/Olhar)*, which would come out in the following year, it was the band's first official release under the name "Metrô" (they were known as [A Gota Suspensa](/source/A_Gota_Suspensa) from their foundation in 1978 until 1984) and their first of many releases under the Epic label. The song was a huge hit, and was responsible for catapulting the band into fame.[1][2] A [music video](/source/Music_video) for it was made in the same year.[3]

Metrô has made two re-recordings of the song during its lifespan: the first re-recording, subtitled "2nd Version", is a much shorter (only 1:11 minutes long) and slower edit of the song, and was included in *Olhar*. The second one was made for their 2002 album *[Déjà-Vu](/source/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0-Vu_(Metr%C3%B4_album))*, and is a *[bossa nova](/source/Bossa_nova)*-inflected version of the song. A [remix](/source/Remix) of the song by DJ Zé Pedro was subsequently included on the 2016 re-release of *Olhar* as a bonus track.

Brazilian singer and TV presenter [Angélica](/source/Ang%C3%A9lica_(television_host)) has covered the song in her [seventh, self-titled studio album](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lica_(1994)), released in 1994.

## Track listing

1. Beat Acelerado – 3:46
1. Sândalo de Dândi – 3:53

## Personnel

- [Virginie Boutaud](/source/Virginie_Boutaud) – vocals
- [Daniel "Dany" Roland](/source/Dany_Roland) – drums
- Xavier Leblanc – bass
- Yann Laouenan – keyboards
- Alec Haiat – guitar
- Luiz Carlos Maluly – production

## References

1. *1985, O Ano em Que o Brasil Recomeçou*. Retrieved April 25, 2012.

1. Arthur Dapieve (1996). *BRock: o rock brasileiro dos anos 80*. [Editora 34](/source/Editora_34). p. 187. 8573260084, 9788573260083.

1. [Metrô - Beat Acelerado](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knQYxU4yHCA)

## External links

- ["Beat Acelerado" on Metrô's semi-official website](http://www.metrobr.com/beatcompacto)

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