"Addicted to You"
Album: Sale el Sol (The Sun Comes Out), 2012
Style: Pop
Country: Colombia

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Shakira sings about her infatuation with her lover. Bonus for you language fans: this song is an example of code-switching between English and Spanish. Listen to it at YouTube here.

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Translation:

( Debe ser el perfume que usas o el agua con la que te bañas... )

"Gypsy"
Style: Pop
Country: Colombia

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At YouTube here. LOL, this song kind of pisses me off on behalf of my distant semi-nomadic ancestors.

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Translation:

( Nunca usé un antifaz. Voy de paso por este mundo fugaz. No pretendo parar... )

"Eighth Day"
Album: ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (Where Are The Thieves?), 1998
Style: Rock, brunette Shakira
Country: Colombia

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This song wonders what God did after creation, and what he's doing now. Listen at YouTube here. Eleven years later, Lily Allen released a similarly speculative song about God called "Him". Both songs have rather ( Read more... )

"I Don't Believe"
Album: ¿Dondé Están Los Ladrones? (Where Are The Thieves?), 1998
Style: Rock, brunette Shakira
Country: Colombia

Listen:

This song is from Shakira's early pop/rock period. She declares she doesn't believe in anything but love. Listen at YouTube here.

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Translation:

( Sólo tú sabes bien quien soy y por eso es tuyo mi corazón... )

"What is Done is Done"
Album: She Wolf, 2009
Style: Pop
Country: Colombia

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The music video for this song has really interesting choreography that takes elements of martial arts and maybe ballet. The guy in the video is Daniel "Cloud" Campos. Watch it at YouTube here.

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Translation:

( En la suite 16, lo que empieza no termina. Del mini bar al Edén y en muy mala compañía. Hey! Era ese sabor en tu piel, a azufre revuelto con miel... )

"I Am Here"
Album: Piez Descalzos (Bare Feet), 1995
Style: Rock, brunette Shakira, nostalgia about a past love with touches of obsession and sadness
Country: Colombia

Listen:

At YouTube here. The music video shows brunette Shakira!

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Translation:

Ya sé que no vendrás.
Todo lo que fue,
El tiempo lo dejo atras.I already know you won't come ( Read more... )

"Shadow of You"
Album: ¿Dondé Están Los Ladrones? (Where Are The Thieves?), 1998
Style: Rock, melancholy
Country: Colombia

Listen:

At YouTube here. Very mellow, sort of haunting.

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Translation:

( Voy a dejar que mi guitarra diga todo lo que yo no sé decir por mí. O quizá deba esperar a que el insulto del reloj acabe de planear mi fin... )

"Waka Waka This is Africa"
Official song of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010; June 11 - July 11
Style: Upbeat, cheerful
Country: Colombia

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Hear the FIFA World Cup 2010 official song at YouTube here. Note that Shakira has an official English version called "Waka Waka This Time for Africa." This, however, is the translation of the Spanish ( Read more... )

"As Long As I Have You"
Album: Laundry Service, 2001
Style: Pop/rock, love song
Country: Colombia

Watch and Listen:

Official music video at YouTube here.

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Translation:

( Que se arruinen los canales de noticias, con lo mucho que odio la televisión. Que se vuelvan anticuadas las sonrisas y se extingan todas las puestas de sol. Pero que me quedes tú... )

"I Am Leaving You Madrid"
Album: Laundry Service, 2001
Style: Pop/rock, upbeat
Country: Colombia
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Translation:

Sí, ya es hora de esconder
Del mundo el dolor
Bajo la piel
Más sé que estaré bien
Los gatos como yo caen de pie

( No quiero jugar mi suerte por ti, no puedo... )