“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is the only Disney song of the 21st-century to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as the first-ever original Disney song to top the UK Singles Chart. It broke the all-time record for the most credited singers (six) on a Hot 100 chart-topper, and earned them and Miranda the first number-one song of their careers.
This Colombian Cha-Cha-style song includes the Madrigal Family warning Mirabel not to mention her uncle Bruno, who has the gift of telling prophecy. Since his sometimes troubling prophecies come true, he is the mysterious outcast of the family.
[Pepa:]
We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no
We don’t talk about Bruno, but
It was my wedding day
[Félix:]
It was our wedding day
[Pepa:]
We were getting ready
And there wasn’t a cloud in the sky
[Félix:]
No clouds allowed in the sky
[Pepa:]
Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin
[Félix:]
Thunder
[Pepa:]
You’re telling the story or am I?
[Félix:]
I’m sorry, mi vida, go on
[Pepa:]
Bruno says, “It looks like rain”
[Félix:]
Why did he tell us?
[Pepa:]
In doing so, he floods my brain
[Félix:]
Abuela get the umbrellas
[Pepa:]
Married in a hurricane
[Félix:]
What a joyous day but anyway
[Pepa & Félix:]
We don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no
We don’t talk about Bruno
[Dolores:]
Hey, grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering or stumbling
I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling
I associate him with the sound of falling sand, ch-ch-ch
It’s a heavy lift with a gift so humbling
Always left Abuela and the family fumbling
Grappling with prophecies they couldn’t understand
Do you understand?
What's happening
We're gonna be talking about this for a LONG time! 🗣️ Congratulations to @Lin_Manuel Miranda, the cast of Disney's #Encanto, and of course, Bruno, on landing at No. 1 on this week's @billboard #Hot100 with "We Don't Talk About Bruno"! ✨🦋 Listen now: https://t.co/y2PBW7l8fw pic.twitter.com/BfAZgYod7w
— Disney's Encanto (@EncantoMovie) February 1, 2022
#Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is now #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 🔥
It is the second ever Disney Animation song to top the chart, and the first since Aladdin's "A Whole New World" (1993.) pic.twitter.com/CigsPr8nQw
— Disney Animation Promos (@DisneyAPromos) January 31, 2022