Camisa de Vênus — Deus, me dê grana (video)

JUL 01 1987 · 12:00

Camisa de Vênus — Deus, me dê grana (video) (1987) Era: Brazilian Rock Abertura Era (1986–1987) - Peak of Rock Nacional's commercial breakthrough under redemocratization; Camisa de Vênus at maximum mainstream exposure via WEA/Warner, MTV Brasil proto-era, and nationwide radio saturation following Correndo o Risco High. This videoclipe is a primary audiovisual document of one of Brazil's most significant punk-inflected rock bands at their commercial and creative peak. As one of three music videos produced from the landmark album Correndo o Risco (1986), it constitutes an essential record of Brazilian Rock Nacional's visual culture at the moment of its mainstream breakthrough. Its warm, low-contrast, fast-edited aesthetic is a textbook example of mid-1980s Brazilian music video production, and its comedic staging of economic precarity gives it lasting socio-historical resonance. Context: Released in 1987 as a single from Correndo o Risco (1986), 'Deus Me Dê Grana' emerged during Brazil's Abertura — the political opening following two decades of military dictatorship. The song's sardonic plea for divine financial intervention spoke directly to an economically strained urban working class navigating the instability of the Plano Cruzado era. Camisa de Vênus, formed in Salvador, Bahia in 1982, used punk-inflected rock and irreverent lyricism to comment on class disparity, censorship, and everyday survival. Their signing to WEA/Warner gave the band national reach without fully domesticating their provocateur identity — the album's launch party was famously held in a functioning brothel. The video for 'Deus Me Dê Grana' embodies this tension between mainstream format and subcultural edge, using the then-emerging Brazilian music video format to stage the song's economically charged dark comedy. Director notes: The music video was produced as a promotional clip for the single 'Deus Me Dê Grana', released in 1987 as the third and final single from the album Correndo o Risco (WEA/Warner, November 7, 1986). The album was recorded at Estúdio RAC in São Paulo in August–September 1986, produced by Pena Schmidt. The video received rotation on Brazilian television to support what became the band's most commercially successful album, selling over 300,000 copies. No production company, director, or cinematographer credit has been located in available sources.