Description
“Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean is one of the most successful Latin-pop crossover songs of the 2000s. Released on February 28, 2006, it was included in the reissue of Shakira’s album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 and issued by Epic Records. The song was written by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, LaTavia Parker, and Omar Alfanno, and produced by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, and Jerry Wonda.
Musically, “Hips Don’t Lie” blends reggaeton, dance-pop, Latin pop, cumbia, salsa, and Caribbean rhythms. The track is built around Shakira’s distinctive vocal delivery, Wyclef Jean’s rap and call-and-response parts, and a festive instrumental arrangement driven by trumpets, percussion, drums, bass, keyboards, and Latin brass hooks. One of its most recognizable elements is the trumpet intro, which samples “Amores como el nuestro” by Puerto Rican salsa singer Jerry Rivera, written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno.
The song’s lyrics mix English and Spanish, reinforcing Shakira’s global crossover identity. Lines such as “En Barranquilla se baila así” reference Shakira’s hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, while the music video includes visual elements connected to Colombian carnival culture, including skirts inspired by cumbia costumes and marimonda masks from the Carnival of Barranquilla.
“Hips Don’t Lie” became Shakira’s biggest international hit. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 official charts and became her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the United States. The song also helped revive the commercial performance of Oral Fixation, Vol. 2: after being added to the album’s reissue, the record jumped sharply on the Billboard 200.
One curiosity about “Hips Don’t Lie” is that it was adapted from Wyclef Jean’s earlier song “Dance Like This,” originally created for the Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack. Shakira changed parts of the chorus and verses and added her own Latin-pop personality to the track, turning it into a global anthem.
Another interesting detail is that the song became closely linked to football culture. Shakira performed a special “Bamboo Version” of “Hips Don’t Lie,” produced by RedOne, at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
Lyrics
Ladies up in here tonight
No fighting
(We got the refugees up in here) no fighting
No fighting
Shakira, Shakira
I never really knew that she could dance like this (hey)
She make a man wanna speak Spanish
¿Cómo se llama (¡sí!), bonita (¡sí!)?
Mi casa (Shakira, Shakira), su casa
Oh, baby, when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise (¡sí!) and keep on (¡sí!)
Reading the signs of my body (uno, dos, tres, cuatro)
I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie (no fighting, no fighting)
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see, baby? This is perfection
Hey, girl, I can see your body moving
And it's driving me crazy
And I didn't have the slightest idea
Until I saw you dancing
That when you walk up on the dance floor nobody cannot ignore
The way you move your body, girl (just smooth)
And everything's so unexpected, the way you right and left it
So you can keep on shaking it (let's go)
I never really knew that she could dance like this (hey)
She make a man wanna speak Spanish
¿Cómo se llama (¡sí!), bonita (¡sí!)?
Mi casa (Shakira, Shakira), su casa
Oh, baby, when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise (¡sí!) and keep on (¡sí!)
Reading the signs of my body (no fighting, no fighting)
I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie (no fighting, no fighting)
And I'm starting to feel you, boy
Come on, let's go, real slow
Don't you see, baby? Así es perfecto
They know I'm on tonight (yeah)
My hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby? This is perfection (Shakira, Shakira)
Oh, boy, I can see your body moving
Half animal, half man
I don't, don't really know what I'm doing
But you seem to have a plan
My will and self-restraint
Have come to fail now, fail now
See, I'm doing what I can, but I can't, so, you know
That's a bit too hard to explain (uno, dos, tres, cuatro)
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día (let's go!)
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día (let's go!)
I never really knew that she could dance like this (hey)
She make a man wanna speak Spanish
¿Cómo se llama (¡sí!), bonita (¡sí!)?
Mi casa (Shakira, Shakira), su casa
Oh, baby, when you talk like that
You know you got me hypnotized
So be wise (¡sí!) and keep on (¡sí!)
Reading the signs of my body
Señorita, feel the conga
Let me see you move like you come from Colombia
Oh, yeah, ladies, sí
Mira, en Barranquilla se baila así, say it
En Barranquilla se baila así (yeah)
Hey (trr)
Yeah, she's so sexy, every man's fantasy
A refugee like me back with the Fugees
From a third world country
I go back like when 'Pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
We leave the whole club jazzy
Why the CIA wanna watch us?
It's the Colombians and Haitians
I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
Bo-bop-so-bop, no more do we snatch ropes
Refugees run the seas, 'cause we own our own boats, boats (no fighting)
I'm on tonight
My hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel you, boy
Come on, let's go, real slow
Baby, like this is perfecto (no fighting, no fighting)
Oh, you know I'm on tonight
My hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
The attraction, the tension
Baby, like this is perfection
No fighting (no fighting, no fighting)
No fighting
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Specification
“Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean is one of the most successful Latin-pop crossover songs of the 2000s. Released on February 28, 2006, it was included in the reissue of Shakira’s album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 and issued by Epic Records. The song was written by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, LaTavia Parker, and Omar Alfanno, and produced by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, and Jerry Wonda.
Musically, “Hips Don’t Lie” blends reggaeton, dance-pop, Latin pop, cumbia, salsa, and Caribbean rhythms. The track is built around Shakira’s distinctive vocal delivery, Wyclef Jean’s rap and call-and-response parts, and a festive instrumental arrangement driven by trumpets, percussion, drums, bass, keyboards, and Latin brass hooks. One of its most recognizable elements is the trumpet intro, which samples “Amores como el nuestro” by Puerto Rican salsa singer Jerry Rivera, written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno.
The song’s lyrics mix English and Spanish, reinforcing Shakira’s global crossover identity. Lines such as “En Barranquilla se baila así” reference Shakira’s hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, while the music video includes visual elements connected to Colombian carnival culture, including skirts inspired by cumbia costumes and marimonda masks from the Carnival of Barranquilla.
“Hips Don’t Lie” became Shakira’s biggest international hit. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 official charts and became her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the United States. The song also helped revive the commercial performance of Oral Fixation, Vol. 2: after being added to the album’s reissue, the record jumped sharply on the Billboard 200.
One curiosity about “Hips Don’t Lie” is that it was adapted from Wyclef Jean’s earlier song “Dance Like This,” originally created for the Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack. Shakira changed parts of the chorus and verses and added her own Latin-pop personality to the track, turning it into a global anthem.
Another interesting detail is that the song became closely linked to football culture. Shakira performed a special “Bamboo Version” of “Hips Don’t Lie,” produced by RedOne, at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
Specification
“Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean is one of the most successful Latin-pop crossover songs of the 2000s. Released on February 28, 2006, it was included in the reissue of Shakira’s album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 and issued by Epic Records. The song was written by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, LaTavia Parker, and Omar Alfanno, and produced by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, and Jerry Wonda.
Musically, “Hips Don’t Lie” blends reggaeton, dance-pop, Latin pop, cumbia, salsa, and Caribbean rhythms. The track is built around Shakira’s distinctive vocal delivery, Wyclef Jean’s rap and call-and-response parts, and a festive instrumental arrangement driven by trumpets, percussion, drums, bass, keyboards, and Latin brass hooks. One of its most recognizable elements is the trumpet intro, which samples “Amores como el nuestro” by Puerto Rican salsa singer Jerry Rivera, written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno.
The song’s lyrics mix English and Spanish, reinforcing Shakira’s global crossover identity. Lines such as “En Barranquilla se baila así” reference Shakira’s hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, while the music video includes visual elements connected to Colombian carnival culture, including skirts inspired by cumbia costumes and marimonda masks from the Carnival of Barranquilla.
“Hips Don’t Lie” became Shakira’s biggest international hit. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 official charts and became her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the United States. The song also helped revive the commercial performance of Oral Fixation, Vol. 2: after being added to the album’s reissue, the record jumped sharply on the Billboard 200.
One curiosity about “Hips Don’t Lie” is that it was adapted from Wyclef Jean’s earlier song “Dance Like This,” originally created for the Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack. Shakira changed parts of the chorus and verses and added her own Latin-pop personality to the track, turning it into a global anthem.
Another interesting detail is that the song became closely linked to football culture. Shakira performed a special “Bamboo Version” of “Hips Don’t Lie,” produced by RedOne, at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
Specification
“Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean is one of the most successful Latin-pop crossover songs of the 2000s. Released on February 28, 2006, it was included in the reissue of Shakira’s album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 and issued by Epic Records. The song was written by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, LaTavia Parker, and Omar Alfanno, and produced by Shakira, Wyclef Jean, and Jerry Wonda.
Musically, “Hips Don’t Lie” blends reggaeton, dance-pop, Latin pop, cumbia, salsa, and Caribbean rhythms. The track is built around Shakira’s distinctive vocal delivery, Wyclef Jean’s rap and call-and-response parts, and a festive instrumental arrangement driven by trumpets, percussion, drums, bass, keyboards, and Latin brass hooks. One of its most recognizable elements is the trumpet intro, which samples “Amores como el nuestro” by Puerto Rican salsa singer Jerry Rivera, written by Panamanian composer Omar Alfanno.
The song’s lyrics mix English and Spanish, reinforcing Shakira’s global crossover identity. Lines such as “En Barranquilla se baila así” reference Shakira’s hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, while the music video includes visual elements connected to Colombian carnival culture, including skirts inspired by cumbia costumes and marimonda masks from the Carnival of Barranquilla.
“Hips Don’t Lie” became Shakira’s biggest international hit. It reached No. 1 in more than 30 official charts and became her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the United States. The song also helped revive the commercial performance of Oral Fixation, Vol. 2: after being added to the album’s reissue, the record jumped sharply on the Billboard 200.
One curiosity about “Hips Don’t Lie” is that it was adapted from Wyclef Jean’s earlier song “Dance Like This,” originally created for the Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack. Shakira changed parts of the chorus and verses and added her own Latin-pop personality to the track, turning it into a global anthem.
Another interesting detail is that the song became closely linked to football culture. Shakira performed a special “Bamboo Version” of “Hips Don’t Lie,” produced by RedOne, at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
