"Luz" is a song by the Brazilian singer-songwriter Djavan, born in 1949, who wrote both the music and the lyrics. The title is Portuguese for "light". It was released on 20 August 1982 on Luz, Djavan's fifth studio album. The song is in the key of D and belongs to the Brazilian popular music genre known as MPB.
Critics in the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo praised the album as the most avant-garde Brazilian music of its time. Along with "Samurai", "Pétala", "Açaí", "Sina", "Esfinge" and "Capim", "Luz" is one of the songs from the album that became widely known in Brazil.
