O Tempo não Pára (song)

O Tempo não Pára (in English: Time Doesn't Stop) is a Brazilian rock song, created by the singer Cazuza, in collaboration with Arnaldo Brandão in 1988. It is the sixth issue that is part of their self-titled live album, O Tempo não Pára.^[1]

"O Tempo não Pára"
Single by Cazuza
from the album O Tempo não Pára[1]
Language	Portuguese
Recorded	October 1988[2]
Genre	Rock
Length	4:37
Label	PolyGram Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Cazuza, Arnaldo Brandão[1]
Producer(s)	Ezequiel Neves, Nilo Romero

Words and meaning

The lyrics cover the artist's life from his birth and dedicate one of its verses to the media of his country; that had considered him dead early in his later years, when the author was dying of AIDS.^[3] It is, in itself, a complaint about the irritation of Cazuza with a society that criticized both his lifestyle and his illness, his vices and sexual orientation, and at the same time it is proposed as a critique of the exploitation of his image in media.^[3] Along with the songs "Exagerado" and "Ideologia", "O Tempo não Para", it is considered one of his greatest hits as a solo artist.^[4][5]

Covers

• In 1992, Argentina's rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released his first studio album, Y Punto; and it included a Spanish adaptation of "O Tempo não Pára", entitled "El tiempo no para", which became a classic Argentine rock.^[6] In his honor, Gustavo Cordera sings one of the song's verses in the live version in Portuguese in 2002.^[6]
• In 2018, Brazilian singer Elza Soares recorded a cover of "O Tempo não Pára" to be included in O Tempo Não Para telenovela soundtrack.^[7]