"Tú" is a song written and performed by the Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n-born musician Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

. It is found on her fourth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

, ¿Dónde están los ladrones?

¿Dónde están los ladrones?

-Personnel:* Shakira - Producer, Songwriter, vocals, harmonica* Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer* Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, programmer* Luis Fernando Ochoa - Producer, songwriter, guitar, bass guitar...

(1998). "Tú" was released as the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 of the album, and just like its predecessor, "Ciega, Sordomuda

Ciega, Sordomuda

"Ciega, Sordomuda" is a Latin pop song written and performed by Colombian-born singer Shakira, released as the first single from her 1998 multi-platinum album Dónde Están los Ladrones?....

", it reached #1 at the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Latin Tracks chart. "Tú" also crossed over into the Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, peaking at #89 and becoming Shakira's first single to appear on that chart. Many fans regard this song as Shakira's most touching and inspirational song.

Song information

Since Shakira's MTV Unplugged performance in 1999, Shakira has altered

Altered

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 this song into a Piano Mix, where extraordinary vocal ability is portrayed at the end of the song. Shakira has shown incredible ability of melisma and vocal glottis

Glottis

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 singing. Shakira, who had not sung this song ever since the Tour of the Mongoose

Tour of the Mongoose

-Tour Dates:-Broadcast and recordings:The tour was shot in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on April 22, 2003.The tour was chronicled on Live & off the Record. The disc included the concert along with a documentary showing the performer preparing for the show, her song writing process and her ideas about...

, took this song on account for her performance at the "Rock In Rio

Rock in Rio

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" Festival in Spain

Spain

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.

Video

Directed by Emilio Estefan, Jr., the video of "Tú" is shot in black-and-white

Black-and-white

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 and features Shakira in a room full of things. At the start she is seen facing the right, where she starts singing. Throughout the song, she moves around the room, to the refrigerator, to sit, etc. while a string trio comes in, Soon Hee Newbold

Soon Hee Newbold

Soon Hee Newbold is an ASCAP award winning American composer, conductor, musician, and actress.- Biography :Newbold was born in Seoul, Korea, and adopted by the Newbold family. She grew up in Frederick, Maryland, with two sisters and began playing piano at age five and violin at age seven. ...

 on violin, Jason Bendler on violin, and Erin Michael Rettig on cello, and begins playing to her song. At the end, the camera faces outside and to the ground. The coloured version of the video has also been on the internet.

Remixes

Although there are several official remixes of "Tú", none of them have been commercially available. There can be found on a promotional Mexican remix CD single.

1. "Tú" (Dance Radio Edit) - 3:43
2. "Tú" (Dance Cool Radio Edit) - 3:45
3. "Tú" (Hip Club Version) - 7:00
4. "Tú" (Smog Underground Trip) - 6:54
5. "Tú" (Extended Cool Dance) - 5:04
6. "Tú" (Main 12") - 10:35
7. "Tú" (7") - 4:51

Charts

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Chart (1999)	Peak position