"Te Dejo Madrid"
Single by Shakira
from the album Laundry Service
Released21 January 2002
Recorded2001
Genre
Length3:07
LabelEpic
Composer(s)
  • Shakira
  • Tim Mitchell
  • George Noriega
Lyricist(s)Shakira
Producer(s)
(co.)
Shakira singles chronology
"Whenever, Wherever"
(2002) 		"Te Dejo Madrid"
(2002) 		"Underneath Your Clothes"
(2002)
Music video
"Te Dejo Madrid" on YouTube

"Te Dejo Madrid" (English: "I Leave You Madrid") is a song recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her fifth studio album, Laundry Service (2001). It was written by the singer about the city of Madrid, the capital of Spain. The music video for it featured the singer as a bullfighter. Although it was released as the second single from the album in several European countries in 2002, it was not released in the United States. "Te Dejo Madrid" was a commercial success in Spain, peaking at number seven, but did not repeat the success of Shakira's previous singles in Latin America, peaking at number 45 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs.

Music video

In the music video, Shakira is seen lying on a bed and in front of a mirror in a bullfighting costume. The television shows scenes from a bullfighting performance. It shows Shakira then running to the stadium, where these performances are recorded, with a pair of large scissors. When she arrives, there is a man, who is the bullfighter, inside the ring, who is pictured throughout the video as maybe her lover, who is looking in the mirror at himself. Shakira flips the mirror around so she is facing the bullfighter. Shakira is shown with a bull mask on and she is portrayed as the bull. They come face to face and she touches his lips, but turns away and plays the harmonica solo. The video ends with Shakira cutting off her long hair in the mirror.

Spanish bullfighter Julián López Escobar, better known by his stage name El Juli, filed a lawsuit against Shakira for using scenes of one of his performances in the music video for "Te Dejo Madrid" without his permission. She was sued for five million dollars for "plagiarism of image in use and exercise of his profession".[1]

Live performances

In 2002 and 2003, Shakira performed the song live on her Tour of the Mongoose. However, the song was performed only on the Spanish-speaking countries which were visited for the tour.[2] In 2006 and 2007, Shakira performed the song on every concert of her Oral Fixation Tour. In 2010 and 2011, Shakira performed the song on every concert of her The Sun Comes Out World Tour.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Te Dejo Madrid"
Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[3] 7
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[4] 45
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[5] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Spain (AFYVE)[6] 25

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[7] Platinum 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Te Dejo Madrid"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Spain 21 January 2002 Contemporary hit radio Sony Music
[8]
28 January 2002 Adult contemporary radio
[9]

References

  1. ^ "Matador de toros 'El Juli' demandará a Shakira". 18 April 2002.
  2. ^ "La Mangosta Llega a Bogotá". 7 March 2003.
  3. ^ "Shakira – Te Dejo Madrid" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Los 50 títulos más utilizados en la radio en 2002" [The 50 most used titles on local radio stations in 2002] (in Spanish). AFYVE. p. 64. Retrieved 11 November 2021. Click on Radio.
  7. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Shakira in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Te Dejo Madrid in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  8. ^ "Power Players" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 5. 26 January 2002. p. 32. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Power Players" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 6. 2 February 2002. p. 15. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
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