Don't Bother
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| "Don't Bother" | ||
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| Single by Shakira | ||
| from the album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | Digital download Airplay |
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| Genre | Pop-rock | |
| Length | 4:16 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Shakira Scott Spock Lauren Christy Graham Edwards |
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| Producer(s) | Shakira Lester Méndez |
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| Chart positions | ||
| Shakira singles chronology | ||
| "No" (2005) |
"Don't Bother" (2005) |
"Día de Enero" (2006) |
"Don't Bother" is the first single released from Shakira's second English language studio album, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (2005). The song is about a woman who has been left by her man for another, who is almost unbelievably good in all aspects. The one aspect where she feels she is perhaps better is the way in which she touches him. She tells him not to bother if he hurt her feelings, because she will not be crying for him; instead, she will move on with her own life.
[edit] Release
The song was officially released on AOL Music First Listen Session on October 9 and was available to radio stations on October 11, 2005. iTunes and other digital music stores have the single available for download since October 18.
[edit] Music video
The music video for the song, directed by the visual artist Jaume De la Iguana, premiered on MTV's Making the Video on October 27. The music video for the song shows Shakira's boyfriend returning at her home early in the morning (which insinuates that he was with another woman), and laying down to sleep. When he sleeps, Shakira picks up his car keys and drives it to a scrap heap. When she gets there she starts destroying his car, doing a "voodoo" on him using his car. Everything she does to his car is reflected on his body. Some scenes of Shakira in the shower (with clothes) are also seen. Another vignette shows her laying on his body. He is shirtless.
The car used in the video was a 1967 Ford Mustang "Shelby GT 500" replica built to look like the "Eleanor" car from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. The car was built by Custom-Musclecars.com.
The car is not actually crushed, a 1967 Ford Mustang, more suitable for crushing, was used in the car-crush scene, dressed up in fibreglass to look like the boyfriend's car.
The pink guitar played by Shakira in the video was custom made by Hamer Guitars. It is a Hamer Special Korina Jr. model with a Seymour Duncan SP-90 soapbar pickup.
[edit] Chart performance
"Don't Bother" debuted at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The next week, it fell out of the chart for a week and reentered the chart at #81 the following week. The song peaked at #42, failing the expectations rumored. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at #9 but fell off the UK Singles Chart quickly. In Australia it debuted at #30, staying on the chart for nine weeks. In Finland it debuted at #4, but the next week fell off completely off the chart. On the United World Chart it peaked at #5 and had longevity on the chart until "Hips Don't Lie" debuted on the chart in April 2006. Ironcally both songs were next to each other that week.
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 42 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 25 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 30 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Argentina Top 40 Singles | 1 |
| Brazil Hot 100 Singles | 41 |
| Colombia Singles Chart | 1 |
| Finland Top 20 | 4 |
| German Singles Chart | 7 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 28 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Romania Top 100 Singles Chart | 3 |
| Spain Los 40 Principales | 18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 8 |
| UK Top 75 Singles | 9 |
| United World Chart | 5 |
| Mexican Top 100 | 18 |
| Czech IFPI Chart | 7 |
| Shakira |
| Discography |
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| Major Label Albums: Pies Descalzos | Dónde Están Los Ladrones? | Laundry Service | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 |
| Other Albums: Magia | Peligro | The Remixes | MTV Unplugged | Grandes Éxitos | Live & Off the Record | Laundry Service: Washed & Dried | Fijacion Oral Vol. 1/Oral Fixation Vol. 2 |
| Singles: Magia | Lejos De Tu Amor | Esta Noche Voy Contigo | Eres | Peligro | Tu Seras La Historia De Mi Vida | Dónde Estás Corazón | Estoy Aquí | Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos | Un Poco De Amor | Antologia | Se Quiere, Se Mata | Quiero | Ciega, Sordomuda | Tu | Inevitable | Octavo Dia | Ojos Así | No Creo | Si Te Vas | Moscas En La Casa | Donde Estan Los Ladrones? | Whenever, Wherever/Suerte | Underneath Your Clothes | Objection (Tango)/Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) | Te Dejo Madrid | The One | Que Me Quedes Tú | Fool | Poem To A Horse | La Tortura | No | Don't Bother | Día De Enero | Hips Don't Lie/Será, Será | La Pared | Illegal |
