Underneath Your Clothes

Infobox Single
Name = Underneath Your Clothes


Artist = Shakira
from Album = Laundry Service
Released = April 18, 2002
Format = CD maxi single
12" single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Rock, Pop
Length = 3:44
Label = Sony International
Writer = Shakira, Lester Mendez
Producer = Shakira, Lester Mendez
Certification =
Last single = "Te Dejo Madrid"
(2002)
This single = "Underneath Your Clothes"
(2002)
Next single = "Objection (Tango)" / "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)"
(2002)Audiosample
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Audio file= UnderneathYourClothesSample.ogg"Underneath Your Clothes" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira - the second English language single released from "Laundry Service" (2001). To date, "Underneath Your Clothes" is Shakira's 3rd most successful single worldwide, behind only "Whenever, Wherever" (2001) and "Hips Don't Lie" (2006).

ong information

"Underneath Your Clothes" is a love song with lyrics by Shakira and music by her and Lester Mendez. It tells the story of the unconditional love that a woman has for her boyfriend, which is referenced in the lyrics.

"Underneath Your Clothes" is listed on #391 on "Blender"'s "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" list. [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1758 The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: 351-400 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More ] ]

The song is clearly heavily influenced by the 80s hit Eternal Flame by The Bangles, written by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

Music video

The music video for "Underneath Your Clothes" was directed by American photographer Herb Ritts and it was the second to last he directed before his death. It starts with a black-and-white scene of a reporter asking Shakira how she feels about crossing over into the English-speaking music market, and the singer, ironically, answers him in Spanish. Shakira claimed in her "MTV Making the Video" of the song that the "Crossover" claims had been her daily bread, and that she heavily wished for this to be included into the video. The video illustrates her loneliness as a music artist when she goes on tour. Then, scenes of the singer performing the song live with her band and passionately hugging her boyfriend (played by her real-life fiancé Antonio de la Rúa) are shown.

A similar music video by P!nk, "Nobody Knows" was made in 2006.

"Underneath Your Clothes" was the second video by Shakira to retire on MTV's "TRL" on May 14, 2002, when it was at #3 on the countdown.

Other versions and live performances

*To promote the single, Shakira went on to sing it live on the following television programs: "" (ITV1), "Domingo Legal" (SBT), "Divas Live in Las Vegas" (VH1), "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS), "TRL" (MTV), "Party in the Park 2002" (ITV1), among others.

*The limited edition of the album, entitled "" (2002) presented an acoustic version of the song as a bonus track.

*The singer's second live album, "Live & Off the Record" (2004), presented a live acoustic version of the song performed during an April 22, 2003 concert in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which was part of the singer's "Tour of the Mongoose" (2002-2003).

*Shakira performed the song live at the concerts for her "Oral Fixation Tour" (2006-2007), however the song was not in the set-list of the Spanish and Latin American concerts.

*Shakira presented a piano mix of the song at the "Ein Herz für Kinder" and "Clinton Global Initiative", with only vocals and piano, and excluded the complete second half to the song.

Official remixes

#Underneath Your Clothes (Acoustic Live Vox Version)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Bastone & Burnz Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Fairlite Remix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Lester Mendez Club Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Lester Mendez Club Mix Radio Edit)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Lester Mendez Dub Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (The Xquizit Dj X D&D Dub Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (The Xquizit Dj X D&D Vocal Remixes)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Club Radio Edit)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Club Video Edit Mix)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Radio Edit)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Thunder Dub)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Thunderpuss Tribe-A-Pella)
#Underneath Your Clothes (Video Edit Version)

Chart performance

*(¹ Remixes)

Personnel

*Producer by Shakira
*Co-produced by Lester Mendez for Living Stereo
*Arranged by Shakira and Lester Mendez
*Keyboards: Lester Mendez
*Guitars: Tim Pierce and Brian Ray
*Bass: Paul Bushnell
*Percussion: Richard Bravo
*Drums: Abraham Laboriel, Jr.
*Horn arrangements: Lester Mendez
*Horn charts and direction: Camilo Valencia
*Trumpet: Tony Concepción
*Trumpet and piccolo trumpet: Jim Hacker
*Baritone and tenor sax: Ed Calle
*Bass trombone and tuba: Joe Barati
*Trombone and bass trombone: Dane Teboe
*Background vocals: Shakira and Rita Quintero
*Recording engineers: Terry Manning, Javier Garza and Gustavo Celis
*Mixing engineer: Eric Schilling
*Additional engineers: Carlos Paucar, Mike Couzzi, Jorge González and Alfred Figueroa
*Assistant engineers: Jorge González, Tony Mardini, Ken Theis, Ed Williams, Chris Carroll, Christine Tramontano, Nicholas Marshall, Oswald Bowe and Alex Dixon

Cover versions

*Kieran Goss on "Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1".
*Linda Steen on " [http://norwegianidol.piczo.com/idol2007?cr=1&linkvar=000044 Idol (Norway) 2007] ".

References