"Matador de Passarinho" ( Portuguese for "''Bird Killer''") is a song written, composed and performed by the

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, and originally included on his second studio album, ''

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'', from 1999. In an interview Skylab explained that the song is a "perversion" of "Passaredo", a composition by Francis Hime and

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. Before appearing in recorded form, the song obtained fame after one of Skylab's appearances at

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''Jô Soares Onze e Meia'' in the mid-1990s, becoming one of the musician's greatest hits. Besides, the song is considered the greatest hit of the history of the

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underground/independent music scene. The song eventually gave its name to a

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hosted by Skylab from 2012 to 2014 at

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, in which he interviewed celebrities forgotten by the mainstream media. In 2016 Skylab and Lívio Tragtenberg wrote a sequel to the song, "Matador de Passarinho 2". It was included on the duo's second collaborative album, '' Skylab & Tragtenberg, Vol. 2''.

References in popular culture

The song is mentioned on page 157 of Wallace Fauth's book ''amortebeijoparasempre'' (Editora Baraúna, 2008, ). In the excerpt, the author says: "I turned up the music's volume to the max and began to listen to Rogério Skylab's 'Matador de Passarinho'".books.google.com/
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