Despedida

Infobox Song
Name = Despedida
Artist = Shakira
Album = Love in the Time of Cholera EP
Released = November 13, 2007
Format = Digital download
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Folk music/Andean music
Length = 2:51
Label = Epic Records/New Line Records
Writer = Shakira (lyrics and music)
Antonio Pinto (music)
Producer = Antonio Pinto

"Despedida" (English: "Farewell") is a Golden Globe Award-nominated song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It was written alongside Brazilian composer Antonio Pinto for the soundtrack of the film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez' "Love in the Time of Cholera".

ong information

"Despedida" is one of the two songs Shakira wrote specifically for the film. [ [http://www.myspace.com/litc_film "Love in the Time of Cholera"] Myspace page.] [ [http://www.newlinerecords.com/pages/cholera/cholera.htm Information about "Love in the Time of Cholera" soundtrack] at New Line Records website.] On his own initiative, García Márquez persuaded Shakira to provide two new songs for the film. [Lakshmanan, Indira A.R. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/11/arts/web.1211newell.php?page=2. "Love in the Time of Cholera: On location, out on a limb"] . "The Boston Globe / International Herald Tribune". December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2007.] The songs were written with Brazilian composer Antonio Pinto. The full score was composed by Pinto, who also scored "City of God" and "Lord of War".

"Despedida" is written in a folkloric style evoking the mournful sound of Andean music, with native instruments such as the bombo, a drum, and the charango, a small guitar. Shakira calls it "the song of her dreams", because she had always wanted to write something that evoked "the lament of the Andes".

Shakira told the "Los Angeles Times" that she finds it curious "that this is a song of farewell, of death, of loss, but at the same time, it was a pleasure to do". She also commented that entering "this new world of folklore was definitely one of the greatest challenges" for her. [ [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-culture17nov17,1,3685208.story?ctrack=2&cset=true Shakira in pause mode - Los Angeles Times ] ]

Shakira has performed the song twice until 27th January 2008, the first one was at the Premiere of the film, and she sang with a little variation compared with the original version, the second one was shown on the American TV program "The Tonight Show".

An EP containing the three songs performed by Shakira featured in the film, as well as the full soundtrack, was released exclusively on the iTunes Music Store on November 13, 2007.

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