Polícia (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Polícia


Cover size =
Artist = Titãs
from Album = Cabeça Dinossauro
Released = 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = WEA
Producer = Liminha, Vitor Farias and Pena Schmidt
Chart position = * #88 (Brazil)
Last single = "Aa Uu" (1986)
This single = "Polícia" (1986)
Next single = "Homem Primata" (1987)

"Polícia" is the fifth single by Titãs, released in 1986. The song peaked at #88 at the Hot100Brasil [ [http://www.hot100brasil.com/timemachine1986.html timemachine1986 ] ] . The song is a strong critic to the Police, as it was written just after Tony Bellotto and Arnaldo Antunes were arrested for heroin traffic. The lines “Dizem que ela existe pra ajudar, dizem que ela existe pra proteger” (They say it exists to help, they say it exists to protect) make it clear that there were doubts regarding to the Police reason to exist. The lines “Dizem pra você obedecer, dizem pra você responder, dizem pra você cooperar, dizem pra você respeitar” (They tell you to obey, they tell you to answer, they tell you to cooperate, they tell you to respect) criticize the occasional abuse of power of police officers.

The song was covered by another Brazilian band Sepultura and included in their album Blood Rooted.

Track listing

Infobox Single
Name = Polícia


Cover size =
Artist = Sepultura
from Album = Chaos A.D. (album)
Released = 1993
Recorded =
Genre = Groove metal
Length =
Label = Roadrunner Records
Producer = Andy Wallace
Chart position = * #88 (Brazil)
Last single = "Refuse/Resist" (1994)
This single = "Territory' (1994)
Next single = "Slave New World" (1994)

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