Hips Don't Lie

Song information

The song, a remake of "Dance Like This" (which Wyclef Jean and Juan G Ramirez had recorded for the Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights soundtrack in 2004), appears only on the special edition of Oral Fixation Vol. 2. The song's introduction is extracted from the song Amores como el nuestro by Jerry Rivera. The distinctive trumpet flourish was also previously heard on the 1997 gangster rap song Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby) by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz.

"Hips Don't Lie" was reportedly commissioned by Sony Music to revive sales of Shakira's flagging album Oral Fixation Vol. 2, which had come out in late 2005 in time for the lucrative holiday-buying season. Vol. 2 was Shakira's second album of the year, directly following the Spanish-language Fijación Oral Vol. 1 by less than six months. (As part of a small trend in 2005, Shakira joined Sony labelmates System of a Down in releasing two back-to-back albums of new material in a single calendar year.) Ironically, in the crucial U.S. market, Vol. 1 â€" for which Sony likely had lower expectations given the album's late-spring release and non-English content â€" actually sold better than Vol. 2, Shakira's first English-language album since her breakthrough Laundry Service four years earlier. Despite its release in a slower sales period of the year, Vol. 1 had bigger first-week sales than Vol. 2 (157,000 copies vs. 128,000), charted higher (#4 â€" a rare ranking for a Spanish album â€" vs. #5) and produced a genuine hit single in the #23 hit "La Tortura" with Alejandro Sanz, while Vol. 2's leadoff single "Don't Bother" stalled just outside the Top 40. Vol. 2 was too important a project for Sony Music to accept its weak sales over the holidays, and the label quickly brought in Wyclef, an artist in the Sony stable, around the start of 2006 to remake his own song with Shakira and give the album a crucial radio hit â€" a tactic that proved a tremendous success: When Vol. 2 was re-released in March 2006 with "Hips Don't Lie" (plus an alternate version of "La Tortura"), the album shot up 92 spots on the Billboard 200, representing a one-week sales increase of 643%; as of July 2006, the album has sold more than 1.3 million copies in the United States, more than half of them the rerelease containing "Hips Don't Lie."

"Hips Don't Lie" debuted on the L.A.-based radio station KIIS-FM (on the Ryan Seacrest Morning Show) on February 14, 2006. Shakira and Wyclef Jean performed the song on the following TV shows: American Idol, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Live With Regis and Kelly, The Today Show and Total Request Live. The song can be heard in the EA Sports video game MVP 06 NCAA Baseball, the film soundtrack to Ice Age: The Meltdown, and on MySpace records.

This is what Shakira says about the song "Hips Don't Lie" on her official website:

The Cover of Hips Don't Lie designed to suit the World Cup.

A Spanish version entitled "Será, Será (Las Caderas No Mienten)" was also released. This version is sung in Spanish, except for Wyclef Jean's rap part, which remains in English. Shakira also sang another version of "Hips Don't Lie" (called "The Bamboo Version") at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany.

Chart performance

In February 2006, "Hips Don't Lie" was released to airplay in the United States. It entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100's top-forty in its fourth week on the chart and received the "greatest airplay gainer" title on the Hot 100 for three weeks in a row. The song achieved a peak position of #13 until it was released digitally on May 27, 2006. Shakira's record label Epic Records originally held back the release of the song's digital downloads to boost sales of Oral Fixation Vol. 2. When Epic finally chose to release the single digitally, the track hit #1 in the United Sates.

The single jumped from number nine to one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending June 17, 2006 due to the song's strong number-one status on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and nearly 267,000 downloads in its first week (the accomplishment broke D4L's record of 179,000 paid downloads). On the iTunes download chart, the song bumped Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" to #2 less than 24 hours after it was digitally released. Within 3 weeks the single managed to move over 670,000 paid digital downloads. The song debuted at number sixty-four on the Canadian BDS Airplay chart on April 13, 2006. It reached a peak position of #2, and is currently in the #4 position. Since it has been digitally available in June, the song has sold over 1,000,000 downloads. It becomes one of only eleven songs in US history (up to this point, August 09, 2006, only 11 songs have sold over 1,000,000 digital downloads) to sell over one million digital downloads. 'Hips Don't Lie' also set a record for the fastest selling record to reach the one million digital download mark, 9 weeks, in the US beating out the previous record held by Daniel Powter's Bad Day with 4 months. With such potential experts predict it may become the best selling digital download of all time as it is still in the Top 20 weekly most downloaded and still selling quite well nearly two and half months after its inital release.

According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, "Hips Don't Lie" is the most-played pop song in American radio history, being played 9,637 times in a week, breaking Gwen Stefani's previous record with 9,582 plays in a week for her #1 hit single "Hollaback Girl" in 2005. Shakira also became the first artist ever to top the Billboard's Hot 100 chart and the Latin Singles chart simultaneously. The single held the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in a row, being dethroned on July 1 by "Do I Make You Proud" from American Idol Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks. Shakira gave a live performance of the single on the March 29 episode of the show.

Outside of the U.S., the song has been a successful worldwide hit. It climbed to #1 in Spain on April 22, 2006. The single was released on June 12,2006 in Australia where it had already become a popular radio hit allowing it to debut at #1 on the week of June 19. So far it has spent seven weeks at the top, making it Shakira's biggest single in Australia, beating Whenever, Wherever's six weeks run at #1. On May 19, 2006 the single became Shakira's second single to hit #1 in the World Music Charts, (it has stayed at #1 for Twelve weeks so far) after her 2001's smash single "Whenever, Wherever", where it stayed at the summit of the chart for twelve weeks, shakira has beaten her previous record with whenever , wherever staying at the summit for 12 weeks and has now reigned at the top of the united world chart for a total of 13 WEEKS!

"Hips Don't Lie" was officially released in the U.K. on June 12 as a physical single (it was digitally released on June 5) leading to an impressive leap from #54 to #3 on the Official UK's singles list. On 2nd July 2006, "Hips Don't Lie" became Shakira's first ever UK #1 and maintained its lead on the UK Urban singles chart (RnB/Hip-Hop) for a third week. Realising her number one success, she has told BBC Radio 1 that it was like a "dream crystal" to top the UK chart because of the heavy competition and the demands of the British when it comes to music. Shakira is the third consecutive female artist to top the UK singles chart after Sandi Thom (the artist who ended Gnarls Barkley's nine-week reign at the top with "Crazy" after "Crazy" was deleted) and Nelly Furtado. After one week on top of the UK singles chart it fell to #2 after being knocked off by Lily Allen's debut single Smile. It maintained its top spot on the UK Urban singles chart (RnB/Hip-Hop) for a fourth week. On July 12, 2006 "Hips Don't Lie", after spending three weeks at #2 on the UK Official Download Chart, the song jumped to #1 on the UK Official Download Chart and overtaking Nelly Furtado's four week stay with her single Maneater. As of August 2, 2006, 'Hips Don't Lie' has topped the UK Download Chart for 4 weeks. On the 30th of July, Hips don't lie climbed back up to number one and it was the last ever number one on the long running British music chart show Top of the Pops. On August 6 it spent a second consecutive week at #1 on the Official UK Singles Chart, third week overall. It returned back to #1 on the UK Urban singles chart (RnB/Hip-Hop) to claim a seventh week. This puts 'Hips Don't Lie' in a two way tie with Maneater by Nelly Furtado as the second longest running #1 single of 2006 in the UK.

"Hips Don't Lie" is probably the most successful song of the year worldwide. It has already reached number one in the USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, France, Spain, Philippines, Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, Poland, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Italy, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary, Israel, Bulgaria, Norway, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Lebanon, India, Honduras, Belize, Iraq, Indonesia, Perú, and many other countries to date. It is one of the few songs in history to reach #1 in almost every charting country around the world. Although, "Hips Don't Lie" has failed to reach number one in Austria, Canada, Hungary, Japan and Russiait has performed well in these markets, reaching number two in all (and spending 14 weeks in the Austrian Top 4, and 12 weeks in the Top 3, without hitting the top, due partially to the 10-week run of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" at number one) except for Japan, where it reached #94. Hips Don't Lie's Japanese Oricon Single Charts Profile

Music video

"Hips Don't Lie" video

The music video was directed by British director Sophie Muller and filmed in Los Angeles, California, United States. While relatively plotless, the video presents Shakira and Wyclef Jean enjoying themselves as they dance in an arena-like environment. The majority of the costumes and outfits featured in the video belong to the Carnaval de Barranquilla, some of which include the white dress Shakira dances in, and the colorful flags.

"Hips Don't Lie" has proved successful on LAUNCHcast's top-hundred most-watched videos of the week, where it has spent an impressive four months at number one. Yahoo! had fans submit videos of themselves dancing to the song, which were edited into a "fans only" version which has also proved to be one of the most popular videos on LAUNCH. The video for "Hips Don't Lie" had concurrently run in the #1 spot on iTunes (along with the single) for several weeks, the video has climbed back to the number one spot while the song is now #10 being pushed back by new-comers like Beyoncé's "Deja Vu", Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair", and Ashlee Simpson's "Invisible". Currently, it is the most-watched video of 2006, and has drawn close to two million streamed performances."Shakira to Perform 'Hips Don't Lie' with Wyclef Jean on American Idol". ShakiraMedia.com. March 29 2006. Retrieved May 19 2006. The video received seven nominations for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, including one for Video of the Year.

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Argentina Top 40 Chart	1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	1
Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks Chart	1
Belgian Singles Chart	1
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	2
Chilean Airplay Chart	1
Colombian Singles Chart	1
Colombian Airplay Chart	1
Danish Airplay Chart	1
Danish Singles Chart	4
Dutch Top 40	1
European Billboard Singles Chart	1
European Billboard Airplay Chart	1
Finnish Dance Chart	1
French Singles Chart	1
French Airplay Chart	1
German Singles Chart	1
German Airplay Chart	1
Hungarian Radio Airplay	1
Hungarian Dance Top 40	2
Hungarian Singles Chart	2
Indonesian Singles Chart	1
Irish Downloads Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	1
Israel Galgalz Top 20	1
Italian Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Polish Singles Chart	1
United World Chart	1
Slovakia Airplay Charts	1
Russian Airplay Chart	2
Latin-American Top 50	1
Mexican Top 100 Airplay	1
Mexican Digital Sales ("Hips Don't Lie")	1
Mexican Digital Sales ("Sera, Sera")	2
Romanian Airplay Chart	1
Scandinavian Dance Chart	1
Swedish Airplay Chart	1
Swedish Dance Chart	1
Swiss Airplay Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
UK Urban Singles Chart (RnB/Hip-Hop)	1
UK Download Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Rhythm	5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay	10
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Pop Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Tropical Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	18

Chart trajectories

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24!25
Chart position	84	60	41	33	29	27	19	17	13	16	9	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	6	10	15

Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Canadian BDS Airplay chart
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	65	42	26	14	13	7	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	6	6	7	11

French Singles Top 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	1	3	2	2	3	3	4	7	6	9	7	9	9

German Top 100 Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	1	2	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	6

Latin Top 40 AirplayLatin Top 40 Airplay, TopLatino.net, Since May, 2006.
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	35	20	16	19	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

UK Top 75 Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	54	3	2	1	2	2	3	1	1

United World Chart
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	32	24	13	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Irish Top 50 Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chart position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Swiss Singles Top 100 chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	5

Track listing

CD single:#"Hips Don't Lie" (featuring Wyclef Jean) [Jean, Duplessis, Shakira, Parker, Alfanno] - 3:41#"Dreams for Plans" [Shakira, Buckley] - 4:02

Maxi CD single:#"Hips Don't Lie" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 3:41#"Dreams for Plans" - 4:02#"Hips Don't Lie" (Wyclef Mix Show Mix) (feat. Wyclef Jean) - 3:55#"Hips Don't Lie" (feat. Wyclef Jean) (Video)

Japanese release:#"Hips Don't Lie" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 3:41#"Hips Don't Lie" (Bamboo - 2006 FIFA World Cup Mix) (feat. Wyclef Jean)#"Hips Don't Lie" (Spanish Version) (feat. Wyclef Jean) - 3:41#"Hips Don't Lie" (DJ Kazzanova Remix) (feat. Wyclef Jean)

The Japanese release has an orange cover instead of the regular blue one.

Catalog number: EICP637

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