The video was directed by Jaume de Laiguana in Barcelona. The video features Shakira dancing, embracing and finally kissing the tennis champion.
The full music video for "Gypsy" premiered on MTV on 26 February 2010, and the video stars tennis player Rafael Nadal as Shakira's onscreen partner. Shakira and Nadal in the music video for "Gypsy/Gitana". The song is an ingenious mix of mandolin, banjo, sitar and tabla.
The song is an earthy twang of a simple banjo riff, Shakira trills about life on the road: "Friends and thoughts pass me by / Walking gets too boring / When you learn how to fly." With a hint of tribal clapping added to the chorus. Gypsy was written by Shakira, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers and produced by Shakira, Amanda Ghost, Lukas Burton, Future Cut. I've been on the road since I was very young, so that's where the Gypsy metaphor comes from." Also she said: "Gypsies are travelers of life, always absorbed in different cultures and learning from them". About the song, she added : "(The song represents my) way of living and seeing life.
Shakira announced that Gypsy would be the next single from her album She Wolf, after meeting with the U.S. It was performed numerous times and the two American performances took the form of a duet with American country music band Rascal Flatts.
The Spanish version of "Gypsy" (Gitana) certified Platinum in Spain for selling 40,000 copies. The song charted in a number of countries, and Spanish version "Gitana " topped in U.S Latin Radio Play and put her in first place for most number-ones among female artists and also topped the Colombia charts and Mexican Single Charts. "Gyspy" received positive reviews from the critics. Due to "Gitana"'s absence from the album, it was announced that the album will be re-released in Latin America and Spain with "Gitana" included in the tracklisting. As done with previous singles from the album, there is a Spanish version, released mainly to Latin America and Spain, named " Gitana" ( English: Gypsy). "Gypsy" and "Gitana" were sent to radio stations around the world on February 22, 2010. It was released as the fourth and final single (although it serves as the third single in each country) of her album She Wolf. As we have seen and read in recent years, it is an essential component in the life of champions like Serena and Venus Williams and rising stars like Cori Gauff.Īs we have seen, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have very varied musical tastes, ranging from pop, to classical music to hard-rock a heterogeneity of styles that will surely influence their moments of relaxation and perhaps another of their secrets for being the best." Gypsy" or " Gitana" ( English: Gypsy) is a song by Colombian singer Shakira. Music is also very important among girls. Years ago he declared that he loves Opera very much, but he cannot go to listen to it because of his work.Īlso for this passion, Novak is probably very close to Lola Astanova, a pianist known for some of her masterpiece pieces of classical music. Novak Djokovic, instead, has more extreme tastes since he varies a lot and he goes from rock to reggae to even classical music. He is also very fond of Lenny Kravitz and one of his favorite songs is Fly Away. Roger Federer in several interviews of some years ago revealed that he had different tastes: the Swiss Maestro, as a young man loved disco music or that of DJs, then later he also grew musically and he became passionate about Queen, Michael Jackson, AC/DC and Metallica. Roger Federer, from Queen and Michael Jackson to AC/DC