"Desejo de Amar " is a song performed by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...

, taken from her third live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden

Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden

Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden is the eleventh album by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, released on December 7, 2010. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on September 4, 2010, at Madison Square Garden in New York and will be the fourth...

. Written by Alain Tavares & Rita Mendes, the song is a axé music

Axé music

Axé is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music...

 song, that talks about desiring and loving someone. It was released as the album's second single on January 06, 2011, on the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian radio stations. The song was the summer

Summer

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 and carnival

Carnival

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 song. It reach number thirty-four on the Billboard Brasil

Billboard Brasil

Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap...

 charts.

Critical reception

Ana Berón from Mirador Nacional said that the song "was one of the most exciting tracks from the show."

Music video

The video was released on January 17, 2011 and it shows Ivete performing the song on the Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

 stage and on the catwalk with her dancers.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
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