"Moscas en la Casa" (''Flies in the House'') is a

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written and performed by Colombian singer

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...

, released as the eighth official single from her 1998 multi-platinum album ''

Dónde están los ladrones? ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?'' ( en, Where Are the Thieves?, italic=yes) is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 29 September 1998 by Columbia Records and Sony Music Latin. After attaining success in La ...

''. 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.

Background and release

The song was released in 1999 as the eighth single from the album. Shakira wrote the song for Puerto Rican telenovela actor

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, her boyfriend at the time for who she also had written the songs Tú and

Ojos Así "Ojos Así" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira from her fourth studio album, ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?'' (1998). An Arabic pop song, the lyrics tell of the singer traveling the world and having not seen eyes like her lover's. I ...

Music video

The music video for the song is the recording from her first live album

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which was recorded in New York City in 1999.

Official versions

Shakira – Moscas En La Casa
/ref> # "Moscas en la Casa" (Tropical Edit) # "Moscas en la Casa" (Dance Mix) # "Moscas en la Casa" (Radio Edit Remix)

Charts

References

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