This video also entered on TRL's countdown. A separate music video (also directed by Michael Haussman) was also made for this remix.
The single and the album also included a remix of the song by Gustavo Celis entitled "The Shaketon Mix", merging a reggaeton rhythm. However, at the end of the song, Shakira's character humiliates him and says that she is not going to cry over him. He apologises extravagantly, but is ultimately of the thinking that infidelity is natural for men and for the woman not to forgive him would be tiresome and unreasonable. "La Tortura" is a reggaeton-inspired track which lyrically 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. The single is a duet between Shakira and Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, both of whom also composed it alongside Luis Fernando Ochoa. Problems playing this file? See media help. The chorus is a back-and-forth dialogue between Shakira and Sanz. To promote "La Tortura", Shakira made a number of live performances in several television and award shows. It was also recognized as the best-selling Spanish song worldwide at all the times, with almost three million digital sales and ringtones combined sold in the United States alone to date. "La Tortura" is one of the best selling singles of all time, with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide, being certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for 500,000 digital copies sold, and the certification has been updated to 32 times platinum (1,920,000 units sold). The song received multiple awards and nominations, including two awards at the Latin Grammy Awards at the 2006 Ceremony for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. An accompanying music video was released for the promotion of the single, and was directed by Michael Haussman. In the rest of the world, the song topped the charts in Venezuela, Spain and Hungary. "La Tortura" was also well received commercially, leading the lists of the US Hot Latin Songs, Latin Pop Songs and Tropical Songs, in the United States. "La Tortura" is a song with prominent influences of reggaeton, and lyrically 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.Īfter its release, the song received generally positive reviews by music critics, who agreed that the song was a prominent part of Fijación Oral, Vol. The song was written and produced by Shakira, with additional writing and production from longtime collaborators Luis Fernando Ochoa and Lester Mendez respectively. It was released on 13 April 2005, by Epic Records as the lead single from the album.
" La Tortura" ( English: "The Torture") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, from Shakira's sixth studio album Fijación Oral, Vol.
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