| Esse Cara Sou Eu | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Roberto Carlos |
| Cover: | Esse Cara Sou Eu.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2012 |
| Genre: | MPB, funk melody |
| Label: | Sony Music, Amigo Records |
| Producer: | Guto Graça Mello, Dody Sirena |
| Prev Title: | Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso e a Música de Tom Jobim |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Remixed |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"Esse Cara Sou Eu" is an extended play (EP) released by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos in 2012.[1] The EP has sold over 1.7 million copies in Brazil.[2]
Among the four present tracks, two are new: the title track, a romantic ballad, "Furdúncio", a funk melody written in partnership with Erasmo Carlos. Both tracks were included on the soundtrack of the Rede Globo's telenovela Salve Jorge in 2012.[3]
The CD version includes the song "A Volta", re-recording an old success of Os Vips, composed by Roberto to the duo in 1966, which was included on the soundtrack of the Globo's telenovela América.[4] [5] The song "A Mulher Que Eu Amo" was featured in the telenovela Viver a Vida broadcast by the same station in 2009.[4] [6] The title track won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Song and received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 14th awards ceremony in 2013.[7]
In 2014, a Spanish-language version of the EP, Ese Tipo Soy Yo, was released targeting the Latin American market.[8]
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments | |||||||||||||
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| Brazil (ABPD) | 3× Diamond | 1,734,461* | |||||||||||||
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