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| Single by Shakira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Pies Descalzos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | August 29, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Latin pop, brown-eyed soul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:55 (Album version) 3:51 (English version) |
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| Label | Sony Music, Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Estoy Aquí" (English: I'm Here) is a song written by Shakira and Luis F. Ochoa, released as the second single from her 1996 breakthrough album Pies Descalzos. It was her first successful worldwide single. Released in 1995, it reached a peak position of #2 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.[1]
The song is Shakira's flagship song in Latin America and is her most popular song in Brazil, where it spent many weeks at the top of the airplay charts.
An unknown snippet of the English version leaked into internet in April 2011, and near to the month's end, the full version came out, officially called "I'm Here". [2] The complete version, lasting almost four minutes debuted on April 30.[3] This version will be featured in an upcoming Shakira documentary.[4]
There is another version of the song in Portuguese, called Estou Aqui.
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Two different music videos were made for the song. One was directed by Simon Brand, and was released in Latin American countries. This video shows Shakira on a farm playing her guitar and sitting in a chair singing in the winter.
The other music video was directed by Christophe Gstalder and was released in European countries. This particular video shows Shakira walking around a house (presumably hers), singing while sitting on a couch. Some frames of this version also show objects, such as her guitar, burning. This video uses the Remastered Version of the song. There are more instruments and background vocals than the original album version.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| US Latin Songs (Billboard)[5] | 2 |
| US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
| Preceded by "Amor" by Cristian Castro |
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Songs number-one single April 13, 1996 - May 4, 1996 |
Succeeded by "De Repente" by Soraya |
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