"La Tortura"
Single by Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
from the album Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Released	April 2005 (WW) December 2006 (UK)
Format	Digital download
Genre	Reggaeton
Length	3:35
Label	Sony Music
Writer(s)	Shakira Luis F. Ochoa
Producer(s)	Shakira Lester Mendez
Certification	5x Platinum worldwide Platinum (RIAA)
Peak chart positions
#1 (Latin America, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Hungary, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Spain) #2 (Switzerland, Russia) #3 (Austria, Italy, Netherlands) #4 (Germany, Greece) #6 (Finland, Sweden, Taiwan) #7 (Denmark, France) #8 (Belgium) #11 (Norway) #21 (Brazil, Canada) #23 (USA Hot 100) #1 (Hot Latin Tracks) #27 (Pop 100) #26 (Ukraine) #28 (Japan) #34 (United Kingdom)
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz singles chronology
"Poem To A Horse" (2004)	"La Tortura" (2005)	"No" (2005)

"La Tortura" (English: The Torture) is a pop-reggaetón song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album Fijación Oral Vol. 1, released in June 7, 2005. The song was released as a single in April 2005 (see 2005 in music), and achieved large-scale success on different radio and chart formats, becoming the most famous Spanish language track of both singers worldwide and Shakira's fourth most successful song in her career. Image File history File links 535. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian Latin pop singer-songwriter. ... Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Grammy Award winning Spanish pop/ballad musician. ... Fijación Oral Vol. ... 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The song won two Latin Grammy Awards at the 2006 Ceremony for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The Latin Grammy Awards were launched in 2000 with a telecast aired on CBS. It was the first primarily Spanish-language prime-time program carried on network television. ... The 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held for the first time in New York City, NY. The awards show was heald at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, November 2, 2006. ... The Song of the Year is one of the most prestigious awards given at the Latin Grammy Awards cerimony. ... The Record of the Year is one of the two most prestigious Latin Grammy Awards presented annually. ...

Song information

The single is a duet between Shakira and Spanish balladeer Alejandro Sanz, both of whom also composed it along with Luis Fernando Ochoa. It was mixed by Gustavo Celis. Image File history File links LaTortura. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Grammy Award winning Spanish pop/ballad musician. ...

It tells the story of a woman who has been emotionally "tortured" because her boyfriend cheated and eventually left her for another, and has now returned begging forgiveness. Some of Sanz's lines (e.g. Pero es que no estoy hecho de cartón, which can be translated as Come on, I'm not made of stone) imply that the ex-lover exhibits a stereotypical Latin American machismo; he apologises extravagantly, but is ultimately thinking that some infidelity is natural for men and that for the woman not to forgive him would be tiresome and unreasonable. However, on the end of the song, Shakira's character humiliates him and says that she is not going to shed a single tear over him. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

The single is Shakira's sixth in the United States, following the commercial success of her 2001 English language album Laundry Service. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laundry Service is a Latin Grammy-winning album by Shakira, released in 2001. ...

Chart performance

Since its release as a single, the song has become one of the most important Latin songs to move into the mainstream English-speaking culture in the U.S. and Canada. The music video of the song was nominated for Best Female Video, Best Pop video and Viewer's Choice Award on the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, during which Shakira performed with Sanz (notably, the first time a guest performed a song entirely in a language other than English). "La Tortura" reached a position on the top 30 (#23) of Billboard's Hot 100 in less than twenty weeks after its release. Latin American music, or the music of Latin America, is sometimes called Latin music. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Female Video. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Pop Video. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for the Viewers Choice award. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ...

It even had airplay from Z100 and even managed to hit #5 on the top 100 songs of the year. WHTZ, also known as Z-100, is one of the most successful (and copied) radio stations in America today. ...

In Latin America the single is Shakira's first entry in the Latin America Top 40 since the creation of the chart, the single was an amazing hit debuted at #3 behind to song from Juanes to jump next week to #1 for 20 consecutives weeks to be repleaced by her next single No, the single top the Latin America Top 40 Year-End Chart asn spend 38 weeks on the chart. The TOP LATINO or LATINO AMERICA TOP 40 (in English LATIN TOP or LATIN AMERICA TOP 40) is the first musical list or ranking in Hispanic America that compiled rankings or charts of more than 1000 radio stations of 22 countrys since 2004. ... Look up no in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The TOP LATINO or LATINO AMERICA TOP 40 (in English LATIN TOP or LATIN AMERICA TOP 40) is the first musical list or ranking in Hispanic America that compiled rankings or charts of more than 1000 radio stations of 22 countrys since 2004. ...

The track debuted at #1 in Spain Singles Chart and was a huge hit all over Europe, but wasn't released as an official single in the United Kingdom until December 2006, bundled with the release of Illegal and charted at #36 on the UK Singles Chart. "La Tortura" broke the record on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, appearing at #1 more than any other single (a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks). As a result it was featured in the 2007 Guiness Book of World Records. "La Tortura" was chosen as the fifth favorite song of the world in a global survey made by Sony Ericsson, in which 700,000 music fans of 66 countries contributed. World map showing the location of Europe. ... Illegal, or unlawful, is either prohibitted or not authorized by law. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Recognizing the phenomenal growth of the U.S. market for Spanish music during the last decades Billboard magazine established the Hot Latin Tracks singles chart. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ... Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ...

At Billboard magazine's year-end chart (that shows the hottest songs of the year); "La Tortura" was announced as the #1 song on the Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Music video

Shakira and Alejandro Sanz in "La Tortura" video.

The music video for "La Tortura", directed by Michael Haussman, has a quite simple plot: from his new girlfriend's apartment, Sanz spies on to Shakira as she is walking down the street holding a bag of onions on her way to her own apartment, which is on the other side of the street from Sanz' girlfriend's apartment. When Shakira enters her apartment, she changes clothes. From that moment on, Sanz remembers things the two had done in the past as a couple, while Shakira reveals her alter-ego dancing erotically on the building's roof, covered with black paint. The choreography of the music video was made by Jamie King and Shakira herself. Image File history File links Torturavid. ... Image File history File links Torturavid. ... A music-video director is a film director that specializes in supervising the filming and editing of music videos to be used as promotional tools for popular music singles. ... Michael Haussman is a celebrated American music video, motion pictures and television advertisement director, writer and producer. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Choreography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jamie King was a celebrity judge in the 2003 version of Dance Fever. ...

The music video is in itself somewhat notable, as it was the first time MTV showed a whole episode of their Making the Video series in another language (with English subtitles). It was also the second Spanish-language video ever to enter in Total Request Live's countdown, and peaked at number four on the countdown. It can also be noted that the video for "La Tortura" was one of the first in the Spanish-language to get heavy rotation on mainstream American and Canadian music channels such as MTV, VH1 and MuchMusic as in all almost over world yahoo sites. The remix version of the song, known as "La Tortura (Shaketon Remix)", has it own video (also directed by Haussman) featuring some previously unseen scenes. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. ... Total Request Live (commonly known as TRL) is the flagship television series on MTV that features popular music videos. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... MuchMusic (often called Much) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel dedicated to music and music related programs. ...

Remixes

The single and the album also included a remix of the song by Gustavo Celis entitled "The Shaketon Mix", merging a reggaeton rhythm with the original rhythm of the song. A separate music video (also directed by Michael Haussman) was also made for this remix. This video also entered on TRL's countdown. Reggaeton (spelled also with the acute diacritic in English and known as Reguetón and Reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of dance music which became popular with Latin American (or Latino) youth during the early 1990s and spread to North American, European, Asian, and Australian audiences during the... Total Request Live (commonly known as TRL) is the flagship television series on MTV that features popular music videos. ...

There is another official reggaeton remix called "E. Arroyo Reggaeton Remix". Another official mix has surfaced, the "Tracy Young Special According Mix" and other remixes have also been made by independent DJs. An alternative version of this song, which had been previously leaked on the internet, is featured in the re-release of Oral Fixation Vol. 2, with the chorus sung partially in the English-language. Oral Fixation Vol. ...

Charts

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Awards and nominations

2005 MTV Video Music Awards

• Viewer's Choice (nominated)
• Best Female Video (nominated)
• Best Dance Video (nominated)

2006 Latin Grammy Awards

• Song Of The Year (won)
• Record Of The Year (won)
• Music Video Of The Year (nominated)
• Best Engineering (won)

2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica

• Video Of The Year (won)

2006 NRJ Awards

• International Song Of The Year (won)

2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards

• Hot Latin Song Of The Year (won)

Personnel

• Invited artist: Alejandro Sanz (appears courtesy of Warner Music Benelux, BV)
• Lyrics: Shakira, Alejandro Sanz
• Music: Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa
• Vocals: Shakira, Alejandro Sanz
• Vocal arrangements: Shakira, Alejandro Sanz

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• Producer: Shakira
• Executive producer: Rick Rubin
• Co-producer: Lester Mendez for Living Stereo
• Additional production: José "Gocho" Torres
• Remixer: José "Gocho" Torres ("Shaketon Mix")

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• Recording engineers: Gustavo Celis, Rob Jacobs, Kevin Killen
• Assistant engineers: Bryan Gallant, Juan Camarano, Felipe Alvarez
• Programming: Pete Davis
• Mix engineer: Gustavo Celis

Musicians

• Electric guitar: Lyle Workman, Luis F. Ochoa
• Acoustic guitar: Rene Toledo, Alejandro Sanz
• Keyboards: Lester Mendez
• Bass: Paul Bushnell
• Percussion: Archie Pena
• Accordion: Umberto Judex, Frank Morrocco

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External links

• Shakira's Official Web Site