{"id":6728,"date":"2025-05-09T18:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:02:04","slug":"shakira-recalls-how-hips-dont-lie-almost-didnt-make-it-and-nearly-didnt-exist-as-song-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6728","title":{"rendered":"Shakira recalls how \u2018Hips Don\u2019t Lie\u2019 almost didn\u2019t make it and nearly didn\u2019t exist as song turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Shakira recently shared the story behind her iconic hit \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie,\u201d revealing that the song almost didn\u2019t make it onto her 2005 album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 8, the Colombian singer explained that the opportunity to record the track came after the album had already been sent out for sale.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to pull the album back and include the song, which was a collaboration with Wyclef Jean, turned out to be a risky yet successful move. \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d went on to become a global sensation, topping the Billboard Hot 100 and accumulating more than 2 billion streams on Spotify. The song\u2019s infectious rhythm continues to captivate listeners, maintaining its place as an ageless anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Shakira recalled that her album had already been distributed when the idea to add \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d arose. She explained that the collaboration with Wyclef came about after a peculiar dream she had, which ultimately led her manager to reach out to the artist. \u201cI woke up and my manager called me and said, \u2018Wyclef wants to work with you,\u2019\u201d she said. Feeling confident about the track, Shakira convinced her record label to pull back the distributed albums and repackage them to include the song.<\/p>\n<p>In her conversation with Fallon, Shakira reflected on how the track changed her career. She mentioned that the song not only became a defining anthem in her music career but also impacted her personal life, with the catchy refrain \u201cShakira, Shakira\u201d becoming a cultural staple.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to discussing the song\u2019s success, Shakira also spoke about the challenges it initially faced, especially in terms of radio play in the U.S. at the time, due to its Latin sound. Despite this, &#8220;Hips Don&#8217;t Lie&#8221; went on to be a breakthrough hit, marking a significant moment in her musical journey.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakira recently shared the story behind her iconic hit \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie,\u201d revealing that the song almost didn\u2019t make it onto her 2005 album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 8, the Colombian singer explained that the opportunity to record the track came after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}