Si Te Vas (Shakira song)

"Si Te Vas" (English: If You Leave) is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. The song was released as the sixth single from her multi-platinum album Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998), Spain being one of the countries in which this song succeeded notably.

"Si Te Vas"
2002 re-release cover art in promotion of “Grandes Exitos”
Single by Shakira
from the album Dónde Están los Ladrones?
ReleasedApril 20, 1999
Recorded1998
GenreRock en español
Length3:31
LabelSony Latin
Songwriter(s)Shakira, Luis Fernando Ochoa
Producer(s)
  • Shakira
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa
Shakira singles chronology
"No Creo"
(1999)		 "Si Te Vas"
(1999)		 "Ojos Así"
(1999)
Dónde Están los Ladrones? track listing
11 tracks
  1. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
  2. "Si Te Vas"
  3. "Moscas en la Casa"
  4. "No Creo"
  5. "Inevitable"
  6. "Octavo Día"
  7. "Que Vuelvas"
  8. "Tú"
  9. "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?"
  10. "Sombra de Ti"
  11. "Ojos Así"

No music video was filmed, so it was released only as a radio single. The song is also found on Shakira's live albums MTV Unplugged, Live and Off the Record and Oral Fixation Tour. It is also included on her first greatest hits album Grandes Éxitos.

Background

The song expresses how a female is being replaced by another girl and how she is hurt, and her willingness to move on with her life.

Legacy

Shakira has performed the song during all of her tours, making it one of her signature songs. It was re-released as a single to promote her first greatest hits album Grandes Éxitos in 2002.

Format and track listing
  • CD single
  1. "Si Te Vas – 3:30
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