"Planeta Água" is a song written and performed by

Guilherme Arantes Guilherme Arantes () is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist. He is Steinway Artist. As a teenager, he was a member of the band Os Polissonantes, which also featured Brazilian actor Kadu Moliterno on bass guitar. In 1969, Arantes started t ...

, a music artist from São Paulo, Brazil, and released in 1982. It was one of the finalists of the Festival MPB Shell 1981, taking second place. It reached the ''top 10'' of Brazilian parades, and it is one of the most remembered songs by the public; the song speaks about the cycles of Earth's oceans and rivers, highlighting the water's healing and destructive powers both.

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Planeta Água was the public's favorite song at the MPB Shell Festival, and expected to take first place, yet the song ''Purpurina'', sung by

Lucinha Lins Lúcia Maria Werner Viana (born March 9, 1953), better known as Lucinha Lins, is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. Career Lucinha became first known by the public in the 1979 Rede Globo series ''Plantão de Polícia'', pioneer in issue ...

was announced as the winner instead, with Planeta Água coming in second. Lucinha Lins was booed for several minutes by the entire stadium while she reprised the winning song. Some sources admit that the Shell Oil Company, which sponsored the festival, influenced the results. Guilherme himself has talked about this theory.

Polemic

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