"" is the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 released from Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

's 2005 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 , following "" and "".

Song information

Written and composed by Shakira herself, "" is a love song

Love song

A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...

 that tells about how she met her boyfriend, Antonio de la Rúa

Antonio de la Rúa

Antonio de la Rúa , is the oldest son of former Argentine president, Fernando de la Rúa and Inés Pertiné...

 on a January day. The song also makes reference to two famous comics characters "Mutt and Jeff" known in Spanish as "Eneas and Benitín."

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song shows Shakira walking along a beach at sunset

Sunset

Sunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation.The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west...

. She also draws a heart in the sand with the letters "S y A" symbolising her love for her former fiancée, Antonio de la Rúa

Antonio de la Rúa

Antonio de la Rúa , is the oldest son of former Argentine president, Fernando de la Rúa and Inés Pertiné...

. It was directed by "No

No (song)

"No" is a song by Shakira, released as the second single from her sixth studio album, Fijación Oral Vol. 1, in late 2005. The song features Gustavo Cerati in guitar and backing vocals.-Background and chart performance:...

" and "Don't Bother

Don't Bother

"Don't Bother" is the first single released from Shakira's second English language studio album, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 .-Song information:...

" director

Music video director

A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

, Jaume de Laiguana

Jaume de Laiguana

Jaume de Laiguana is a Spanish music video director from Barcelona, born on June 14, 1966. He is best-known for directing the video for Shakira's "No"...

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This video can be seen on Oral Fixation Volumes 1 & 2 Bonus DVD, and the Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 edition of Oral Fixation Tour

Oral Fixation Tour (DVD)

"Oral Fixation Tour" is a live album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 12, 2007 and on November 13, 2007 in North America. It was also released on the in Blu-ray format on December 12, 2007. It features the December 9, 2006 concert of the Oral...

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Chart performance

The song peaked within the Top 40 in the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Latin Tracks chart and also made it to number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart (equivalent to the 101st position on the Billboard Hot 100). The song fared well elsewhere, especially in South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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Chart	Peak position