Partner of Crazy Beauty in the 1970s, writer continues to receive copyright for songs written in partnership
Recently, the series Raul Seixas: I am (2025) again attracting spotlight to two important counterculture characters, in general, and rock, in particular Brazil: Raul himself and his old partner, Paulo Coelho.
The original series of Globe It portrays the career of crazy beauty, including the period in which he composed numerous success songs in partnership with the writer in the 1970s.
Together, they wrote, for example, national rock classics as “I was born ten thousand years ago”, “Fear of the rain”, “Alternative Society”, “Try again” and “Gîtâ”.
These compositions continue to yield good money to Paulo Coelho thanks to copyright, as he told in an interview with Edgardo Martio and Luis Maluffrom the Rolling Stone Brazil:
“It’s amazing. Even before the series, I received an annual average of… now I can’t swear to you. You have two types of copyright: Execution and sale of records, ok? I could live, if I wanted, only the rights to perform the songs I made with Raul. It is significant money to this day.
Currently based in Genevain SwitzerlandPaulo Coelho is one of the most successful writers of national literature. He has sold over 350 million books and had his work translated into 89 languages.
In the same interview, the author said he still did not know if the success of the series will leverage his book sale again, but designed a greater collection in execution rights, as the songs written with Raul Seixas frequently played again.
“I don’t know about book sale because the series is very recent, right? But the ROBERTO MENESCAL (musician and producer) He called me and said the songs played again. Which means that eventually I will receive more execution money. “
The most executed of Raul Seixas in Brazil
In 2024, “Cowboy out-of-law” It was the music of Raul Seixas most performed, according to report of the Central Office of Collection and Distribution (Ecad). This, however, is not his composition with Paulo Coelho, but with his partner Cláudio Roberto.
According to Ecad, the ranking of the songs by Raul Seixas most played in Brazil last year was:
- Cowboy out-of-law (Claudio Roberto / Raul Seixas)
- If there is still love (Raul Seixas / Mauro Motta)
- Crazy Beauty (Claudio Roberto / Raul Seixas)
- Walking metamorphosis (Raul Seixas)
- Gita (Raul Seixas / Paulo Coelho)
- Try again (Raul Seixas / Paulo Coelho / Marcelo Motta)
- Fear of the rain (Raul Seixas / Paulo Coelho)
- Still burns hope (Raul Seixas / Mauro Motta)
- The day the land stopped (Claudio Roberto / Raul Seixas)
- I was born ten thousand years ago (Raul Seixas / Paulo Coelho)
The Raul Seixas series: I am
Raul Seixas: I am He premiered on June 26, 2025, straight on streaming. Starred RAVEL ANDRADEthe series has eight episodes and travels through the 1970s and 1980s, the most intense period of Raul’s career.
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Source: Rollingstone
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