"Moscas en la Casa" (Flies in the House) is a Latin pop ballad written and performed by Colombian singer Shakira, released as the eighth official single from her 1998 multi-platinum album Dónde están los ladrones?.
"Moscas en la Casa" | ||||
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Single by Shakira | ||||
from the album Dónde Están los Ladrones? | ||||
Released | 10 December 1999 (1999-12-10) | |||
Recorded | 1998; Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, Florida) | |||
Genre | Latin pop | |||
Length | 3:31 | |||
Label | Sony Latin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Shakira[1] | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Moscas en la Casa" on YouTube | ||||
In the song, Shakira explains the sadness that she feels after a broken relationship and how she has let herself go, while she continues to wait for him to come back. It was a single only for radio, no video was shot for the song.
The song was released in 1999 as the eighth single from the album. Shakira wrote the song for Puerto Rican telenovela actor Osvaldo Ríos, her boyfriend at the time for who she also had written the songs Tú and Ojos Así.[2][3]
The music video for the song is the recording from her first live album MTV Unplugged which was recorded in New York City in 1999.[4]
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[6] | 25 |
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 10 |
Shakira songs | |
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Discography | |
Pies Descalzos |
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Dónde Están los Ladrones? | |
Laundry Service | |
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 | |
Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 | |
She Wolf | |
Sale el Sol |
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Shakira | |
El Dorado |
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Collaborations |
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Charity songs | |
Other songs | |
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