Las de la Intuición

"Las de la Intuición" (English: "The Ones with the Intuition") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira from her sixth studio album Fijación Oral Vol.

It was inspired by the work of German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton and depicts Shakira performing and dancing to the track while wearing a purple wig and different outfits such as a black corset and garter belts.

Just like the original version, "Pure Intuition" was a commercial success in Spain, topping the Downloads chart and receiving a seven-times Platinum certification by PROMUSICAE for 140,000 copies sold in the country.

After finishing El Tour de la Mangosta (2002–03), Shakira began writing songs for the successor of her studio album Laundry Service (2001).

"[8] "Las de la Intuición" was sent to Spanish radio stations on 24 February 2007[9] as the fourth single from Fijación Oral, Vol.

[11] Spanish label Pacha Recordings released a series of remixes of the song in different formats: four twelve-inch singles in 2007[12][13][14][15] and three extended plays in 2009 via the iTunes store.

[16][17][18] On 12 September 2009, Australian label Central Station released a remix album of "Las de la Intuición", also on iTunes.

The firm, which also sponsored the European leg of the singer's Oral Fixation Tour (2006–07), revealed that they would launch an advertising campaign in the continent, which would include promotion on radio stations, television and print publications.

[21] Two days later, SEAT launched the campaign and released the television commercial featuring the track, which was aired in twenty European countries.

[25] Spence D. of IGN compared it with the electronic-sounding Madonna songs,[26] while Mark Kemp of Paste said it was similar to Gloria Estefan music.

[28] Raquel Piñeiro of Vanity Fair España named it the seventh best Shakira single in Spanish,[29] while El Comercio considered it an emblematic song in the singer's career.

[30] Gastón González Napoli of Uruguayan website Moog praised the artist's voice as powerful and instantly recognizable, and called it a better counterpart of her 2017 single "Me Enamoré".

"[32] The Houston Chronicle cited it as an example of the album's "alternately obtuse and poetic" lyrics,[33] while Jenesaispop's staff ranked it at number 91 on their list of Top 100 Shakira phrases.

[36][37] On the other hand, Erik Roggeveen of Dutch website Videoclips rated "Las de la Intuición" with one star out of five, deeming it as "weirdly bad" and saying that "everything that makes Shakira's songs so fun and authentic is replaced here by a boom-boom beat and a very simple chorus."

[2] David Ventura of Nou Diari accused the singer of plagiarizing the bassline of the song from U2's "New Year's Day" (1983),[38] while Andy Gill of The Independent considered the track's arrangements "blandly mainstream".

[47] "Las de la Intuición" was the second most-played track on radio stations,[48] the ninth best-selling ringtone and the twenty-ninth most-downloaded song in Spain during 2007.

[55] "Las de la Intuición" entered the Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart at number 48 on the issue dated 22 September 2007, becoming Shakira's thirteenth entry there.

"[72] The video depicts Shakira wearing a purple wig, garter belts and high heels while performing and dancing to the track in different outfits, such as a black corset, miniskirts, and a school-girl uniform.

[79] The staff of Colombian newspaper El Heraldo published an article about Shakira's career, where they considered that the artist started to showcase a sexier facet with the release of the clip.

[68] A reviewer of Argentine website Minuto Uno commented that Shakira took the role of a femme fatale for the video and praised her outfits.

[82] Aridiana Banos of El Universal Querétaro wrote that the clip had fetishism themes, citing as examples the wig, the singer's outfits and the use of plastic.

[67] Erik Roggeveen of Dutch website Videoclips rated "Las de la Intuición" with two stars out of five, writing that it lacked the "polished aspect" of the singer's previous clips.

[90] Regarding the show on Glasgow, Scotland, a reviewer of The Scotsman said that the performance of "Las de la Intuición" was among the most impressive moments of the concert.

A reviewer of Spanish daily newspaper El Comercio expressed disappointment over the omission of some of Shakira's most successful singles, such as "Las de la Intuición", "Ciega, Sordomuda" and "Ojos Así".

[100] Silvia Abril performed "Las de la Intuición" during the final show of the fourth season of Spanish musical contest Tu cara me suena in 2016.

Judge Edith Márquez praised her performance, saying that it was the first time she could understand the lyrics of the song due to Shakira's bad diction.

[103][104] Due to its popularity in Europe, "Pure Intuition" was included on some compilation albums, such as Het Beste uit de Top 40 2007, Hitzone, Vol.

Shakira appears in the middle wearing a purple wig and a black corset while holding a guitar on her shoulders. Behind her, two dancers appear wearing white shirts, black ties, miniskirts and purple wigs as well.
Shakira in the music video for "Las de la Intuición", where she holds a guitar and wears a purple wig and black corset . Some critics considered the video one of the singer's sexiest clips due to the outfits. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ]
A blonde Shakira appears wearing a black top while holding a microphone.
Shakira performing the song on The Sun Comes Out World Tour in Singapore