Moscas en la Casa

1999 single by Shakira

"Moscas en la Casa"

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]

Producer(s)

Shakira
Lester Mendez

Shakira singles chronology

"Ojos Así"
(1999)

"Moscas en la Casa"
(1999)

"Whenever, Wherever"
(2001)

Live video

"Moscas en la Casa" on YouTube

"Moscas en la Casa" (transl. "Flies in the House") is a Latin pop ballad written and performed by Colombian singer Shakira, released as the sixth and final single from her fourth studio album Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998).

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. "Moscas en la Casa" was released as a radio-only single. The song did not receive a music video, however, a performance from the live album MTV Unplugged was released instead.

Background and release

"Moscas en la Casa" was released in 1999 as the sixth single from the album.^[2] 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".^[3]^[4]

Music video

The music video for the song is actually a recording from her first live album MTV Unplugged which was recorded in New York City in 1999.^[5]

Track listing

CD single^[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moscas En La Casa" (Album Version)	3:32
2.	"Moscas En La Casa" (Tropical Mix)	4:14
3.	"Moscas En La Casa" (Dance Radio Edit)	4:10
4.	"Moscas En La Casa" (Club Mix)	7:05
5.	"Moscas En La Casa" (Vocal Dub Mix)	6:37
Total length:		25:38

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[6]	25
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[7]	10

References

^ "Shakira – Moscas En La Casa". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Moscas en la Casa (CD single liner notes). Shakira. Sony Music Latin. 1999. CDP 14226.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Las canciones que Shakira ha dedicado a sus parejas
^ Las canciones que Shakira le dedicó a sus novios
^ Hace 20 años se grabó el exitoso MTV Unplugged de Shakira
^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2010.