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"Tropicalia"

Single by Beck

from the album Mutations

B-side

"Halo of Gold" / "Black Balloon"

Released

7 December 1998 (UK)

Genre

Tropicália

Length

3:23

Label

Geffen
GFS 22365 (UK, 7")
GFSTD-22365 (UK, CD)

Songwriter(s)

Beck Hansen

Producer(s)

Nigel Godrich and Beck Hansen

Beck singles chronology

"Deadweight"
(1997)

"Tropicalia"
(1998)

"Cold Brains"
(1999)

"Tropicalia" is a song from Beck's 1998 album Mutations. It was released as a single in the UK in December 1998. The B-side "Halo of Gold" is a drastically reworked cover version of "Furry Heroine (Halo of Gold)" by Skip Spence.

Background

Beck said that "Tropicalia"'s inspiration was "I've always loved a lot of different exotic music. I've been listening to Brazilian music since I was a kid, but I haven't really felt it was something that would come naturally until the last few years. I think for something like 'Tropicalia' I needed to go to places where that music existed in order to get to the point where I could do it myself. I wrote it in the back of the bus on tour, and then later I put lyrics to it. A lot of times I write the melody and the chords of the songs sometimes years before I ever get around it writing lyrics, so it just sits there incubating." ^[1]

Beck does not play any instrument in the song.^[1]

Track listings

CD

"Tropicalia" – 3:23
"Halo of Gold" – 4:29
"Black Balloon" – 3:30

7"

"Tropicalia" – 3:23
"Halo of Gold" – 4:29

Personnel

Beck Hansen – vocals
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – synthesizer, organ, percussion
Justin Meldal-Johnsen – acoustic bass, percussion
Joey Waronker – drums, percussion, drum machine
Smokey Hormel – percussion, cuíca, acoustic guitar
David Ralicke – flute, trombone

References

^ ^a ^b "Beck Song Information - Tropicalia".

External links

Tropicalia at MusicBrainz

Beck

Studio albums

Remix albums

Guerolito

EPs

Compilations

Stray Blues

Official singles

Album

Non-album

"Deadweight"
"Timebomb"
"Looking for a Sign"
"I Just Started Hating Some People Today"
"Defriended"
"Odyssey"

Other singles

Promotional	"Orphans" "Wave"
Featured	"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" "Heaven Can Wait" "The Valley of the Pagans"

Other notable songs

As performer	"Fuckin with My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)" "Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)" "Steal My Body Home" "Broken Train" "Debra" "Diamond Dogs" "I'm So Glad" "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
As writer	"Feel Good Time"

Other projects

Collaborations	Record Club Song Reader Song Reader: The Musical
Albums as producer	Conquest EP Kissin Time IRM Mirror Traffic Demolished Thoughts Stage Whisper 3 Pears Wig Out at Jagbags