Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) defeated Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in last Sunday’s elections and became President of Brazil last Sunday. As in the polls, PT’s performance was also superior on Spotify.
According to yesterday’s update, at least 13 songs were listed on the music platform inflated by the election climate. 11 of those banners were written in support of Presidentelect Lula or associated with him during the campaign, while two were associated with Bolsonaro.
“It’s time for Jair to go”, written and sung by Juliano Maderada and Tiago Doidão, reached number one with more than 1.4 million reproductions. In the previous update on Sunday morning, the range was 40°.
Last week, the song appeared in Spotify’s Top 50 Viral Songs, another controversial list of the most shared songs on social media.
Other songs in support of PT that made the Top 200 were: “Lula Lá no Funk (O Pai Tá On)” at No. 20, “Lula Lá 2022” at No. 26, “Lula Lá no Funk 150 Bpm” at No 65, “Tô Com Saudade do Tempo de Lula” at No. 82, “Without Fear of Being Happy” at No. 92, “Lula É a Tropa do 13” at No. 135, and “Lambadão do 13” at No. 157.
The songs “Vai Dar PT”, sung by Leo Santana, “Apesar de Você”, a classic by Chico Buarque, and “Vermelho”, a hit by Gloria Groove, were not composed with the election in mind, but appropriated by Lula voters . As a result, they were among the most listened to.
“Vai dar PT”, which was outside the top 200, returned to the list at two positions: the live version at No. 33 and the studio recording at No. 120. 67 Already “Red” rose 56 positions and became No 78 of the most listened to.
Alongside Jair Bolsonaro, two songs reached the Top 200. The campaign’s official jingle, “Capitão do Povo,” composed by country duo Mateus and Cristiano, rose 50 positions and reached 45th place in the Top 200. Already “É o Mito” returned to the list at position 112.
New update
This morning Spotify updated the list of the 200 most listened songs. At least six songs related to the presidentelect remain among the most played songs on the platform.
“Tá na Hora do Jair Já Ir Além” follows “with high performance and appears at No. 2. Others still to appear are: Lula Lá no Funk (O Pai Tá On) at No. 78, “Vermelho” at No. 79, “Apesar De Você” at number 88, “Lula Lá 2022” at number 92, “Vai Dar PT” at number 144.
The songs related to Bolsonaro’s campaign have been removed from the list.