Objection (tango)

Objection (tango)
Shakira
publication	August 27, 2002
length	3:29 (radio edit) 3:42 (album version)
Genre (s)	Pop rock , tango
Author (s)	Shakira
Producer (s)	Shakira
Label	Epic Records
album	Laundry service

Objection (Tango) ( Eng .: "Einspruch (Tango)") is a song by the Colombian singer Shakira . The song was released on August 27, 2002 as the third single from Shakira's album Laundry Service . A Spanish language version called Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) was also recorded.

Emergence

In 1998 Shakira released her second studio album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? , which was very successful in Latin America and received several platinum awards. The album was also successful in the Billboard Latin Album Charts in the United States and served Shakira as a door opener into the US music market. The song Ojos Así included on the album also became a hit and is considered the album's signature song . Gloria Estefan , wife of Shakira's manager at the time, Emilio Estefan, suggested that Shakira translate the song Ojos Así into English . After Estefan had shown her that some of her songs could be translated well into English, Shakira learned the foreign language herself and translated Ojos Así himself. When she was finished, she showed her design to Estefan, who replied: "To be honest, I couldn't have done this better myself". Then Shakira continued to learn English with the help of a private tutor, she also went to a farm in Uruguay for two years to improve writing and recording in English. After studying the lyrics of Bob Dylan and the poetry of Walt Whitman , Shakira began to write her own English-language songs "with a dictionary in one hand and a thesaurus in the other." Objection (Tango) was the first song Shakira completed in English. She wrote the lyrics and the music for the song at the same time. She also recorded a Spanish-language version of the song entitled Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) . The single CD from Objection (Tango) , which also includes Shakira's previous single Underneath Your Clothes , was released on August 27, 2002.

composition

Objection (Tango) was written and produced by Shakira, arrangers were Shakira and Lester Mendez, and the backing vocals were done by Shakira and Rita Quintero. The song combines pop music and rock music with tango . The song, composed in two-half time and in B minor , has a tempo of 66 beats per minute . Shakira's vocal range is from E3 to B4. The instrumentation consists of bandoneon , drums , piano , keyboard , bass , double bass , percussion and guitar .

Objection (Tango) is built in a classic verse - chorus form, with a bridge built in between the second and third choruses . In terms of content, the song deals with an angry woman who commands her love to choose between her and another woman. In the bridge, which is presented in chant , she orders her lover to end the love triangle with the line of text “Tango is not for three, was never meant to be” (“Tango is not for three people and was never meant for it”) .

Reviews

Objection (Tango) received mostly positive reviews. Kai Kopp from Laut.de won over the instrumentation: “Shakira is most convincing when her geographical and biographical origin [...] is also musically clear. Heard at the use [...] of the Bandoneon in Objection ”. For Alex Henderson from Allmusic "Shakira successfully combines pop-rock with tango". Matt Cibula of PopMatters thinks objection (tango) is “beautiful rock music craft with drama and a sense of humor”.

Music video

The music video for Objection (Tango) was shot by Dave Meyers , the choreography was done by Tina Landon. At the beginning of the music video, Shakira dances tango with her lover, then her lover leaves, the music starts and Shakira starts dancing. Shakira drives to a club where she meets her ex-lover, who is dancing with another woman, played by Tabitha Taylor. This is followed by animated comic scenes that show Shakira fighting against her unfaithful friend and the other woman. After defeating them both, the animation ends and it is shown that the fight only happened in Shakira's mind. When she attacks both in reality, she is quickly defeated by both and falls on a glass table. Two men disguised as superheroes help her and defeat her ex while Shakira defeats the other woman. As of February 2017, the video had been viewed over 124 million times on YouTube .

Commercial win

Objection (Tango) could not build on the success of the previous singles Whenever, Wherever and Underneath Your Clothes , but still reached chart positions in the Top 20. The song entered the German single charts on November 18, 2002 at number 21. In the seventh week of the chart, it achieved the highest ranking in Germany at number 19 . In total, the song spent 19 weeks on the charts there. One day before the German charts, Objection (Tango) made his debut in the Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40 . On December 1, 2002, in the song's third week of the chart, this hit number 12 before falling again in the coming weeks. In total, the song spent seven weeks in the top 20 in Austria. Shakira also entered the Swiss charts with Objection (Tango) in mid-November 2002. Here the song reached number 10 on January 26, 2003, Shakira's third top 10 hit in Switzerland . After 25 weeks, the song fell off the charts again.

After Objection (Tango) was already in the lower ranks of the British single charts in October and November 2002 with interruptions , the re-entry took place on November 23, 2002 at number 17. This position is also the highest position for this song in the United Kingdom . In the US Billboard Hot 100 rose to number 68 on September 7, 2002, but could only improve to 55, which was reached on September 28, 2002. Objection (Tango) spent a total of 9 weeks on the United States singles charts . The single achieved top 10 placements in Australia (2nd place), in Belgium (Flanders 9th, Wallonia 8th), in Finland (10th), in France (10th), in Italy (6th), in New Zealand (8th place), in Norway (8th place) and in Sweden (7th place).

At the fourth Latin Grammy Awards in 2003, the Spanish version Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) was nominated in the Best Rock Song category. At the 2003 International Dance Music Awards , Objection (Tango) was nominated in the Best Latin Dance Track category.

Chart placements

Charts	Best placement	Weeks
Germany	19th	14th
Austria	12	21st
Switzerland	10	25th
United Kingdom	17th	16
United States	55	9

Awards for music sales

Objection (Tango) has been awarded 2 × gold and 1 × platinum worldwide.

country	Awards	Sales
Australia	platinum	70,000
France	gold	250,000
Norway	gold	5,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	325,500

Formats

CD single (EPC 673061 1)

1. Objection (Tango) (Radio Edit)  - 3:29
2. Objection (Tango) (Album Version)  - 3:42

CD single (EPC 673061 2)

1. Objection (Tango) (Radio Edit)  - 3:29
2. Objection (Tango) (Album Version)  - 3:42
3. Objection (Tango) (Kupper's Deep Future Radio Edit)  - 4:26
4. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) (Gigidagostinopsicoremix Edit)  - 6:10
5. Objection (Tango) (Video)  - 4:24

Individual evidence

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4. ↑ Ted Kessler: Interview Shakira - Colombian gold. In: The Guardian . July 14, 2002, accessed February 9, 2017 . 
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11. ↑ Kai Kopp: The Colombian is really good when her origins are musically clear. In: Laut.de . Retrieved February 15, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Matt Cibula: An Open Letter to Shakira. In: PopMatters. November 12, 2001, accessed February 15, 2017 . 
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17. ↑ ^{a b} Shakira - Objection (Tango) - Chart placements Switzerland. Hung Medien, accessed February 15, 2017 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b} Shakira Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed February 15, 2017 . 
19. ^ Latin Grammy Nominees Announced. Broadcast Music Incorporated , July 29, 2003, accessed February 15, 2017 . 
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21. ↑ Shakira Charthistory United States. Billboard , accessed February 15, 2017 . 
22. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed February 15, 2017 . 
23. ^ SNEP Les Certifications. Syndicat National de l'édition Phonographique , accessed February 15, 2017 (Danish). 
24. ↑ IFPI Norske Trofeer. IFPI Norway , archived from the original on November 5, 2012 ; Retrieved February 15, 2017 (Norwegian). 
25. ↑ Shakira - Objection (Tango) Label: Epic - EPC 673061 1 ,. Discogs , accessed February 16, 2017 . 
26. ↑ Shakira - Objection (Tango) Label: Epic - EPC 673061 2 ,. Discogs , accessed February 16, 2017 .