Audio Network Rights LimitedPRS: 01159006470, 100%
ISWC
T9153699491
ISRC
GB-FFM-14-78888
GVL Label Code
27831
Release Year
2014
Key
G
Metre
4/4
Tempo
136BPM
Tempo notes
Fast
Factoid
The Rio Carnival began in the 1840s as a rather sedate masked ball where people danced polkas and waltzes. By 1917 a local dance called samba had become an integral part of the pre-Lent celebration. The origin of the word suggests it is a corruption of semba in the West African Kikongo language, which translates as ''a blow struck with the belly button''.