Eu Não Sou Cachorro, Não was popularised by Brazilian singer Waldick Soriano in the early 1970s and became one of the defining songs of brega music. Its chorus, comparing mistreatment to treating a man like a dog, was quoted for decades on radio, TV and at karaoke. In the internet era the excerpt resurfaced in Brazilian WhatsApp groups and meme edits, where its old fashioned heartbreak contrasts with everyday slights, keeping the phrase instantly recognisable even to younger listeners who never heard the full song.