"Let's Start Right Now" is a song recorded by

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set to the music of the Brazilian song " Raios de Luz" written by Brazilian songwriters

Cristovão Bastos Cristovão da Silva Bastos Filho (born December 3, 1946) is a Brazilian songwriter, pianist and arranger. He has performed and composed for artists including Maria Bethânia, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa, Ivan Lins, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warw ...

and

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released in 1991 by Simone. Its English lyrics were written by

Roxanne Seeman Roxanne Joy Seeman is an American songwriter and lyricist. She is best known for her songs by Billie Hughes, Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jacksons, Jacky Cheung, and ...

and are unrelated to the original Portuguese-language song. The song was recorded with a 72-piece orchestra arranged and conducted by

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at the Sony Pictures Studio Scoring Stage in 1999, produced by

during the " A Love Like Ours" album sessions.

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was the recording engineer. Barbra Streisand and Jay Landers are the executive producers of the track. "Let's Start Right Now" was included as a promotional bonus CD single (Columbia #CSK 43719) in a limited edition of Barbra Streisand's " A Love Like Ours" album (Columbia #CK 63981) sold exclusively at

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and all U.S. Musicland Group stores. "Let's Start Right Now" appears as a bonus track on the international CD single release of the

& Vince Gill duet, " If You Ever Leave Me". Versions of this single were released September - October 1999 with Let's Start Right Now included on the September 13, 1999 in Holland (#667801-2), October 18, 1999 in the UK (#668124-2), and Australia (EP CD 667914–2) releases.

Raios de Luz

"Raios de Luz" (sometimes written as Raio de Luz) is the original Portuguese-language song by Simone, cited by producer

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as "one of the world's greatest singers". The music is composed by Cristóvão Bastos with lyrics written by Abel Silva. It is the first track on Simone's "Raio de Luz" album, produced by Marco Mazzola, and released by Columbia in 1991. The song is noted for its theme of romantic love and passion, frequent in Simone's repertoire. Raios de Luz was included again in Sou Eu, in 1993. Raios de Luz by Simone was the theme song of the TV series '' Of Body And Soul (De Corpo e Alma)''. It also appeared in

Xou da Xuxa ''Xou da Xuxa'' () was a Brazilian children's television series directed by Marlene Mattos, and hosted by Xuxa Meneghel. It premiered on TV Globo, Rede Globo between 30 June 1986 and 31 December 1992, with 2000 editions completed. ''Xou'' replaced ...

Personnel

* Simone - vocals, co-producer, music director * Cristovão Bastos - arranger, piano * Chiquinho de Moraes - string arranger * Dener de Castro Campolina - contrabass * Ricardo Raymundo - contrabass * Alfredo Vidal - violin * Carlos Eduardo Hack - violin * Giancarlo Pareschi - violin * João Daltro de Almeida - violin * José Alves da Silva - violin * Michel Bessler - violin * Paschoal Perrota - violin * Walter Hack - violin * Alceu de Almeida Reis - cello * Jorge Kundert Ranevsky (Iura) - cello * Arlindo Figueiredo Penteado - viola * Geraldo Augusto da Costa Monte - viola * Jesuína Noronha Passaroto - viola * Maria Léa Magalhães - viola

Production

* Mazzola - producer * Antonio Foguete – production assistant * Impressão Digital Studios (RJ), recording studio * Marcelo Sabóia – recording engineer * Rogério (Bigin), Geraldo (Ya Ya), Marcelo (Load) - assistant recording engineering * Mazzola – mixing * Keith Rose - assistant mixer * Mike Fuller, Fullersound Inc. - master engineering * Carlos Nunes - art direction * Garrido - photography

Jermaine Jackson version

May 19, 2003,

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performed "Let's Start Right Now" live on-camera on "

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" talk show, introduced by

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Other versions

The Brasilian singer Leila Maria released "Let's Start Right Now" on her album "Off Key" initially released in Brasil by Rob Digital. It was released in Germany by

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. Cristovão Bastos, the composer of the song, arranged and played piano on the recording.

References

External links

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