La Tortura

"La Tortura"
Single by Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
from the album Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Released	12 April 2005 (2005-04-12)
Format	Digital download
Genre	Latin pop
Length	3:35
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Shakira Mebarak Luis F. Ochoa
Producer(s)	Shakira Lester Mendez Gocho
Shakira singles chronology
"Que Me Quedes Tú" (2002) "La Tortura" (2005) "No" (2005)
Alejandro Sanz chronology "Try To Save Your S'ong" (2004) "La Tortura" (2005) "A la Primera Persona" (2006)

"La Tortura" (English: "The Torture") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featuring Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz for Shakira's sixth studio album Fijación Oral, Vol. 1. It was released on 12 April 2005 by Epic Records as the lead single from the record. The song was written and produced by Shakira, with additional writing and production from Luis F. Ochoa and Lester Mendez, respectively. "La Tortura" is a Latin pop song with prominent influences of reggaeton.

The song achieved large-scale success on different radio and chart formats, becoming the most famous Spanish language track of both singers worldwide and the sixth most successful song in Shakira's career behind "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever", "Underneath Your Clothes", "She Wolf", and "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" and the most successful song ever for Alejandro Sanz. The song won two Latin Grammy Awards at the 2006 Ceremony for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The song was number 1 on the Hot Latin Songs for 25 weeks during 2005, and was the biggest selling song of the year on that chart.

The single is a duet between Shakira and Spanish balladeer Alejandro Sanz, both of whom also composed it alongside Luis Fernando Ochoa. It was mixed by Gustavo Celis.

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