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| Artist = [[Shakira]]
| Artist = [[Shakira]]
| from Album = [[Laundry Service]]
| from Album = [[Laundry Service]]
| Released = July 2002
| Released = July 12, 2002
| Format = [[CD single]], [[CD maxi]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| Format = [[CD single]], [[CD maxi]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| B-side = Another version
| B-side = Another version

Revision as of 18:34, 10 October 2010

"Objection"
Song
B-side"Another version"

"Objection (Tango)" and "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" (English: I Warn You, I Announce You) are Latin pop-rock/tango songs written and composed by the Colombian pop star Shakira for her 2001 breakthrough English language album, Laundry Service.

Background and structure

"Objection" is the first song written by Shakira purely in English. "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio", on the other hand, is sung in Spanish. Both songs share the same rhythm, which is quite similar to the Uruguayan-Argentine tango "La Cumparsita". This tango is sampled in the intro, only modulated.

Music video

File:ObjectionVideo.jpg
The correct subtitles appear in the animated segment of the music video.

The music video opens with Shakira and her ex-lover doing a tango. When the tango stops, he leaves, the music picks up, and Shakira begins dancing. Shakira goes to a club where she finds her ex-lover and his new girlfriend, played by porn star Tabitha Taylor.[1] An animated sequence begins in which Shakira pokes holes in the new girlfriend's breast implants and knocks her ex-boyfriend through a window into another room. The animated sequence ends and Shakira confronts the lovers but is pushed down onto a glass table. Two superhero parodies (one played by Daniel Southworth, best known for playing Eric Meyers in Power Rangers Time Force) of Batman and Superman (referred to in the "Making the Video" as Package Man and Zuperman by the music video's director Dave Meyers) come to her side and, with their help, she knocks out both lovers. Shakira is then seen from a Tarantino style trunk shot, smiling sadistically at the two lovers who are now bound and gagged in the trunk of her car. They attempt to scream from behind the gags, begging for freedom, but Shakira simply continues to smile at them and slams the trunk shut. The video then switches to Shakira performing in a mechanical room and reveals that she tied both of them to a spinning wheel. The wheels accelerate until they come loose and fly away.

Instruments

The song starts out as a classical tango with allusions to La Cumparsita, with a piano, accompanied by a contrabass, and a bandoneon. However, when the drums join in, it turns more into a latin rock song, with two e-guitars, and bass. Interestingly, the bandoneon (on the off-beat) turns into an accordion. In the music video, Shakira is later depicted playing an e-guitar.

Chart performances

The English song reached #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while the Spanish version reached #16 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart. Although "Objection" did not live up to the success of Shakira's previous Top 10 singles - "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes" - the song became a hit on MTV's TRL, peaking at #1 and staying on the countdown for 45 days. In addition, the song fared well commercially in Europe where it peaked at #12. Objection (Tango) had a successful performance in European and oceanic countries's charts, being Top 10 in almost all. The Spanish version of the song became another hit for Shakira in the Spanish-speaking world as well.

Track listings

Charts and sales

Chart successions

Preceded by Romanian number-one single
December 16, 2002 - January 13, 2003 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Shakira Photos
  2. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". Tracklisten.
  7. ^ "Shakira – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for Shakira. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Shakira: Objection (Tango)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  9. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)" (in French). Les classement single.
  10. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  11. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  12. ^ "Chart Track: Week 47, 2002". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  13. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". Top Digital Download.
  14. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". Top 40 Singles.
  16. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". VG-lista.
  17. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". Singles Top 100.
  18. ^ "Shakira – Objection (Tango)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  19. ^ "Shakira: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  20. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  25. ^ "2002 Australian Singles Chart". aria. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  26. ^ "2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  27. ^ "Single top 100 over 2002" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  28. ^ "2002 New Zealand Singles Chart". Rianz. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  29. ^ "2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  30. ^ "2003 French Singles Chart" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  31. ^ "2003 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  32. ^ Australian certifications aria.com (Retrieved January 27, 2009)
  33. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 27, 2009)
  34. ^ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved January 27, 2009)
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