Which Brazilian telenovela soundtrack helped make Talking to the Moon a single in Brazil?

The Brazilian telenovela soundtrack that helped make "Talking to the Moon" a single in Brazil was Insensato Coração. The song appeared on the novela's second international soundtrack, connecting Bruno Mars's ballad with one of Brazil's major television drama platforms.

"Talking to the Moon" originally appeared on Mars's 2010 debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, and had also been introduced on his earlier 2010 EP, It's Better If You Don't Understand. Its exposure through Insensato Coração generated enough local interest for Warner Music Brasil to issue it as an official Brazilian single on April 12, 2011.

The release was unusual because the song was announced as a single only in Brazil at that point, rather than receiving the same worldwide single campaign as tracks such as "The Lazy Song." It subsequently topped both the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Brasil Hot Pop & Popular charts.

The soundtrack connection is therefore more than a catalog detail: it was the event that drove the song's Brazilian success and release strategy.