Moscas en la Casa

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"Moscas en la Casa"
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Single by Shakira
from the album Dónde Están los Ladrones?
Released10 December 1999 (1999-12-10)
Recorded1998; Crescent Moon Studios
(Miami, Florida)
GenreLatin pop
Length3:31
LabelSony Latin
Songwriter(s)Shakira[1]
Producer(s)
Shakira singles chronology
"Ojos Así"
(1999) 		"Moscas en la Casa"
(1999) 		"Octavo Día"
(2000)
Dónde Están los Ladrones? track listing
11 tracks

"Moscas en la Casa" (Flies in the House) is a Latin pop ballad written and performed by Colombian singer Shakira, released as the sixth official single from her 1998 multi-platinum album Dónde están los ladrones?.

In the song, Shakira explains the sadness that she feels after a broken relationship and how she has let herself go, while she continues to wait for him to come back. It was a single only for radio, no video was shot for the song.

Background and release[]

The song was released in 1999 as the eighth single from the album. Shakira wrote the song for Puerto Rican telenovela actor Osvaldo Ríos, her boyfriend at the time for who she also had written the songs Tú and Ojos Así.[2][3]

Music video[]

The music video for the song is the recording from her first live album MTV Unplugged which was recorded in New York City in 1999.[4]

Official versions[]

[5]

  1. "Moscas en la Casa" (Tropical Edit)
  2. "Moscas en la Casa" (Dance Mix)
  3. "Moscas en la Casa" (Radio Edit Remix)

Charts[]

Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[6] 25
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[7] 10

References[]

  1. ^ "Shakira – Moscas En La Casa". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. ^ Las canciones que Shakira ha dedicado a sus parejas
  3. ^ Las canciones que Shakira le dedicó a sus novios
  4. ^ Hace 20 años se grabó el exitoso MTV Unplugged de Shakira
  5. ^ Shakira – Moscas En La Casa
  6. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

External links[]

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