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"O Mundo é Bão, Sebastião!" (The World is Good, Sebastião!) is the sixteenth single by Titãs, released in 2002. "Bão" is "Bom" (Good) written in the caipira dialect. The song was written by bass guitarist Nando Reis and dedicated to his son, Sebastião, who was 6 at the time of the recording.

Reis created the song as the band was preparing to begin work on their then upcoming album, but because he didn't have any song to show them, he was in agony and wrote the lyrics. Then, during a mixing session with Cássia Eller, he showed her the lyrics as she played the piano and asked her to play the chords, and that was the birth of the song.

This one had already been released by Jota Quest on their MTV Live. It was written by Nando in Taos, USA, where he was recording overdubs for his then upcoming album A Letra A with producer and drummer Barrett Martin. Barrett was dating an Indian woman who lived in a nearby village. One night, Nando participated in a shamanic ritual with her tribe, and soon after, he sat in front of a fireplace in Barrett's house and quickly wrote the track that he says is possibly his biggest hit.

Track listing

1. O Mundo é Bão, Sebastião! ("The World is Good, Sebastião!") — 4:15

References

1. Felitti, Chico (29 October 2012). "Somente Só" [Only Alone]. Folha de S.Paulo. Serafina (in Portuguese): 56, 58.
2. Jordão, Claudia (29 May 2006). "Nunca tive tanto prazer em tocar, como agora, lúcido e sóbrio" (in Portuguese). IstoÉ Gente. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
3. Nando Reis - 50 fatos sobre a amizade com Cássia Eller. YouTube. 13 December 2018. Event occurs at 18:50-19:32. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
4. Nando Reis - A história de "Do Seu Lado", retrieved 2022-11-11

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