Las de la Intuición

Infobox Single
Name = Las de la Intuición

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Caption = English version cover
Artist = Shakira
from Album = Fijación Oral Vol. 1
Released = 2007 (Digital download)
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop, Dance, House
Length = 3:42
Writer = Shakira, Luis Fernando Ochoa
Label = Epic
Producer = Shakira, Rick Rubin (executive producer)
Last single = "Te lo Agradezco, Pero No"
(2007)
This single = "Las de la Intuición" / "Pure Intuition"
(2007)
Next single = "Beautiful Liar"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Cover size =
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"Las de la Intuición" (English: "The Ones [Women] of the Intuition") is a Latin pop song written by Shakira and Luis Fernando Ochoa for Shakira's 2005 album "Fijación Oral Vol. 1". An English version titled "Pure Intuition" did not appear on the album, but it became famous because it was the main theme of the SEAT's campaign "Catch The Fever". According to Primer Impacto, it is the fifth and last promotional single from "Fijación Oral Vol. 1".

Music video

The music video was filmed in Miami, U.S. under the direction of Shakira and Jaume de Laiguana. The video depicts Shakira wearing a purple wig, a black corset and high heels. Along with four dancers, Shakira holds a purple guitar, and she appears standing next to a car in another scene. The familiar Shakira choreographic motifs of jerky, stylised body movements appear here again.

Shakira has a history of using quirky, sometimes surreal imagery, often with sexual overtones, especially in her Spanish-language releases. This is seen for example in the videos for "La Tortura" and "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio." However this video is much less direct in its sexual focus than "La Tortura" and instead, Shakira teases the viewer with suggestion. It is naughty rather than overtly provocative; for example, in this video she deliberately flashes her frilly white panties, and then shoots the viewer a "look but don't touch" glance. This is a long way from the much more graphic sexual statements in the video for "La Tortura."

Where "La Tortura" describes the bitterness, anger and loss of the end of a relationship, the lyrics of "Las De La Intuición" describe a woman about to successfully, and on her own terms, consummate a romance, and it may be that Shakira is mocking the lengths women go to in order to achieve this end; she is certainly commenting on them. Her repeated, complicitous glances, shrugs and knowing smiles to camera, all devices she has used before, indicate that she is involving the viewer and sharing the joke, which is perhaps that women, the "intuitive ones" of the song, know exactly how to appeal to the male fantasy in order to achieve their desires, and yet remain in control; the lyrics of the song, in which she describes her target as "the perfect victim," make it very clear that Shakira is calling the shots.

The "War of the Sexes" has long been a recurring theme in Shakira's work, visited as early as "Si Te Vas," which appeared on the album "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" in 1998, yet a great change is apparent: whereas in "Si Te Vas" (If You Go) Shakira is passive, the abandoned lover, powerless except to vent her rage on her betrayer, in recent work Shakira is completely in control, either contemptuously rejecting the former lover who betrayed her and showing him what he has lost, as in "La Tortura," or letting it be known from the start that the woman is in charge, as here. This probably reflects the writer's greater maturity, confidence and power.

A director's cut is out on the internet with more scenes, rearranged scenes, and more silhouette scenes. This video can be seen on Oral Fixation Tour.

The video may have been influenced by the work of photographer Helmut Newton. However Newton's work is very pervasive and has influenced photographers, video producers and advertisers for over twenty years, and it seems more likely that Shakira is commenting on the use of Newton's motifs and imagery by the advertising industry in general, so while his influence may be present here, it is not necessarily direct. [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=1170483 "¿Pelirroja o morada?"] . Univision. Retrieved May 4, 2007. It was released May 7, 2007.

Chart performance

"Las de la Intuición" has become another hit for Shakira in Latin America. After the release of "Fijación Oral Vol. 1" in 2005, the song made its debut at number forty on "Billboard" Latin Pop chart, coincidentally right after "Hips Don't Lie" became number two on the "Billboard" Hot Latin Tracks. Even though the song wasn't released as of 2007 in the United States, it managed to enter the Hot Latin Tracks, peaking at number thirty-one. "Pure Intuition" debuted at number twenty-six on the Dutch Top 40 and reached number eighteen the next week, to peak at number nine in its fourth week. [ [http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/song/12041 "Shakira - Pure Intuition: Charts"] . MusicSquare. Retrieved February 19, 2007.] [http://www.radio538.nl/538/programmas/top40/index.jsp "Radio 538"] . Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 22, 2007.]

In Europe, the song was translated and re-recorded in English as "Pure Intuition" and released to promote both Shakira's Oral Fixation Tour and was the official song for the campaign "Catch the Fever" by SEAT, due to the sponsorship the tour received by the automobile manufacturer. The song also received some airplay, and it managed to peak inside the top ten in Netherlands Top 40 and Top 50, as well as in Russia and Lebanon. It also charted in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and another Eastern Europe countries.This version was also mixed by Gustavo Celis.

In Spain, "Las de la Intuición" has been an enormous success thanks to the SEAT campaign. It peaked at number one in Spain's Hot 40 list and enjoyed heavy club playing for several weeks.The digital single sold more than 120,000 copies and received the triple platinum certification.The song has such a big success in this country, that both versions reached so far the Top 2 position in the Promusicae Download Chart ("Las de la Intuición" reached number-one and "Pure Intuition" reached so far number-two). It was certified 3x Platinum for sales of over 60.000 downloads. "Las de la Intuición" topped the Spanish 40 Tracks for 8 non-consecutive weeks from March to August, staying inside the top ten for over 8 months and becoming one of Shakira's biggest hit in that country, behind songs like "Hips Don't Lie" and "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)". It also topped the Spanish Airplay Hot 100 List.

In Argentina, the song debuted at number-ten in June, and stayed within the top ten more than 5 months, being able to reach the top after charting for only 4 weeks. From the week of June 8 until June 29 2007, Shakira became the only artist to have 3 songs charting on the Top Ten at the same time: "Beautiful Liar" with Beyoncé, "Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No" with Alejandro Sanz and "Las de la Intuición". The song occupied the top position for 5 non-consecutive weeks.

In Latin America, "Las de la Intuición" has performed very well, peaking at number-two for 10 consecutive weeks, held off from the top by "Dímelo" by Enrique Iglesias. On the week of July 16 and July 23 2007, the top three was occupied by two Shakira's song ("Las de la Intuición" at number two and "Beautiful Liar" at number three). However, the song was able to peak at number-one for one week on the Ibero-American Top 100, but it was replaced again the next week by "Dímelo" by Iglesias. None of her previous English and Spanish songs since "La Tortura" failed to reach the top-three position on this charts, except for "La Pared" (which peaked at number-four and number-twenty-five respectively) and "Illegal" (which was not released in Ibero-America), proving that Shakira's success in Ibero and Latin America is still prominent. "Las de la Intuición" became her eighth top-three song (six of them were number-one hits) on both charts. The song reached number one in other Latin American countries such as Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Uruguay, and peaked inside the top ten in the rest of them, becoming her first non-crossover song since "Que Me Quedes Tú" in 2003.

Rumours rose that "Pure Intuition", this song's counterpart would be released in the English speaking countries; these claims were later denied with the release of solely the Spanish version.

Charts

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before= "Patience" by Take That
title = Spain Los 40 number-one song (first run)
years = March 17 2007 - April 7 2007
after = "En Mi Lado del Sofá" by La Oreja de Van Goghsuccession box
before= "Me Muero" by La Quinta Estación
title = Spain Los 40 number-one song (second run)
years = June 2 2007 - June 16 2007
after = "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfieldsuccession box
before= "Grace Kelly" by Mika
title = Spain Los 40 number-one song (third run)
years = August 11 2007
after = "All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtados-ttl|title=Argentina Top 40 number-one single (first run)
years=June 15 2007 - June 29 2007
-s-ttl|title=Argentina Top 40 number-one single (second run)
years=July 13 2007 - July 20 2007
-s-ttl|title=Argentina Top 40 number-one single (third run)
years=August 10 2007
-s-ttl|title=Ibero-America Top 100 number-one song
years=September 9 2007

Official Versions

#Las De La Intuición (Album Version)
#Las De La Intuición (Jim "Shaft" Ryan: Zoned Out Spanish Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Jim "Shaft" Ryan: Zoned Out Spanish Radio Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (RLS: Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (RLS: Glamour Radio Pacha Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Jason Herd: Spanish Radio Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (John Jacobsen: Epic Space Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Richard Grey: Peak Hour Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Dazzla: Late Night 'After Hours' Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Rox & Taylor: Pacha Red Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Femi B & Leggz: Pacha Cool Chill Blue Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Nacho Marco: Terrace Pacha Blue Mix)
#Las De La Intuición (Jonathan Peters Club Mix)
#Pure Intuition (Las De La Intuición - English Version)
#Pure Intuition (Jim "Shaft" Ryan: Zoned Out English Pacha Red Mix)
#Pure Intuition (Jim "Shaft" Ryan: Zoned Out English Radio Pacha Red Mix)
#Pure Intuition (Jason Herd: English Radio Pacha Red Mix)
#Pure Intuition (Beatchuggers: Pacha Blue Out Of Sight Mix)

References