Maracatu Atômico
| "Maracatu Atômico" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jorge Mautner | |
| from the album Jorge Mautner | |
| Released | 1974 |
| Genre | MPB |
| Length | 3:40 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Jorge Mautner, Nélson Jacobina |
"Maracatu Atômico" (Portuguese for "Atomic Maracatu") is a song written and composed by Brazilian musicians Jorge Mautner and Nélson Jacobina in 1974, and originally performed by Mautner on his self-titled album released in the same year. It is one of the duo's most famous creative outputs, thanks to the numerous cover versions it received over the years, the most famous of them being the one made by Nação Zumbi in 1996.