Ciega, Sordomuda
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| Single by Shakira | ||||||||||||
| from the album Dónde Están los Ladrones? | ||||||||||||
| Released | September 7, 1998 | |||||||||||
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| Recorded | 1998; Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, Florida) |
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| Length | 4:28 | |||||||||||
| Label | Sony Latin | |||||||||||
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"Ciega, Sordomuda" (English: Blind, deaf-mute) is a song recorded by Colombian singer Shakira for her fourth studio album Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). It was written by Estéfano, and Shakira. It was released on September 7, 1998, as the lead single from the album. "Ciega, Sordomuda" is a latin pop song, and the lyrics express her clumsy feeling when the person that she loves is near; she doesn't pay attention to their signals because she is completely blinded.
The song reached the number-one spot on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for three weeks in 1998. It was a hit all over Latin America, reaching #1 in the charts of every single country. It also became one of the most successful latin pop songs of the 1990s. It remains as one of her best-known songs and has been performed several times since its release, most recently during her The Sun Comes Out World Tour. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Gustavo Garzón, was shot on a beach in California, and features the singer being chased by policemen in a nightclub, where the plot takes a turn toward surreal. The song was ranked as one of the best songs of the 1990s, and ranked 7th place on the 100 greatest songs of the 1990s in Spanish, according to VH1.
Following the commercial success of her previous album Pies Descalzos, Shakira's album debut in the international music industry, "Ciega, Sordomuda" was released as the lead single from her next album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?. The song was not going to be the first single from the album, in favor of "No Creo". In an interview with Yamid Amat, Shakira explained the lyrical meaning behind the song, saying, "Why ciega, sordomuda? Because, I know that everybody sometimes has experienced the hypnotic and catalytic state that we immerse ourselves each time when we're in love. We lose the will and the control of the senses...This song is a song that was born from reality: a personal story...But although it has a great reality dose, it also has a great dose of sarcasm and humor..." The song was written by Estefano Delgado and Shakira, and was produced by the artist and Emilio Estefan.
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