Underneath Your Clothes
Vorlage:Infobox Single "Underneath Your Clothes" was the second English language single released from Laundry Service (2001), the first English album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. To date, "Underneath Your Clothes" is Shakira's third most famous single worldwide, behind only "Hips Don't Lie" (2006) and "Whenever, Wherever" (2001).
Song information
"Underneath Your Clothes" is a love song with lyrics by Shakira and music by her and Lester Mendez. It tells the story of an unconditional love that a woman has over her boyfriend, which is referenced in the lyrics.
Music video
The music video for "Underneath Your Clothes" was directed by the acclaimed American photographer Herb Ritts; it was the last music video 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. 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.
"Underneath Your Clothes" was the second (and as of 2007, last) 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: CD:UK (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 Laundry Service: Washed & Dried (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. It was announced that a DVD will be released from a December 9, 2006 concert in Miami, Florida. The DVD will be titled Shakira Oral Fixation Tour: Live from Miami and will be released somewhere in 2007.
Chart success
Vorlage:Copyedit At the time of its release, "Underneath Your Clothes" became an instant hit for Shakira, reaching the Top 10 in the majority of charts that it entered, and continued her success on the International scale, after "Whenever, Wherever". In the U.S., "Underneath your clothes" reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Shakira's second Top Ten single. In addition to this, a remix of the song reached #5 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"Underneath Your Clothes" continued Shakira's success in the UK where it peaked at #3 on the Singles Chart, becoming her second consecutive Top 3 hit and spent three weeks in the Top Ten and 15 weeks within the Top 75.
In Canada, "Underneath Your Clothes" reached #1, becoming Shakira's first and so far only #1 single, achieving a higher peak position than "Whenever, Wherever", which peaked at #4, and following the success of it, "Underneath Your Clothes" became Shakira's second consecutive #1 single in Australia.
The song peaked at #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal and Slovenia, it peaked at #2 Worldwide as well as in Argentina, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. "Underneath Your Clothes" reached the Top Ten in some countries like Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, Greece, UK and U.S..
Chart performance
| Chart[1] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Mexican Top 100 | 1 |
| Peru Airplay Chart | 1 |
| Portugal Airplay Chart | 1 |
| MuchMusic Canada | 1 |
| Argentina Top 100 | 2 |
| France Singles Chart | 2 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 51 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| United World Chart | 2 |
- (1 Remixes)
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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