"Underneath Your Clothes" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her third studio album and English-language debut, Laundry Service (2001).

It features Shakira's then-boyfriend Antonio de la Rúa, whose unpopularity in Argentina led to a ban of her albums there.

[3] With the help of a personal tutor, and after studying the lyrics of Bob Dylan and the poetry of Walt Whitman, she started writing songs in English "with a dictionary in one hand and a thesaurus in the other.

"[4] During the songwriting process for Laundry Service, Shakira wrote "Underneath Your Clothes" as a love song for then-boyfriend Antonio de la Rúa.

[11] Lyrically, the song is an "ode" to the positivity one gains when pursuing a relationship with a good person,[12] with Shakira "mentally undress[ing] her man, fantasizing about the 'territory' she claims as her own.

"[14] As noted by Alexis Petridis of The Guardian and Matt Cibula of PopMatters, the song has "a Beatles-influenced brass arrangement" and a melody from the Bangles' "Eternal Flame.

While calling her voice "odd", Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote that it "dart[s] from a delicate, girlie, Jewel-like delivery to a determined, tough-chick croon - it certainly gives the song a signature edge and multiple layers that seem to draw out something new with each successive spin.

[12] Ted Kessler of The Observer noted that the song "may be slightly kooky pop-rock, but it's sung by someone with the range of an operatic diva.

"[3] Alex Henderson of AllMusic picked the song as a highlight from the album,[17] while Robert Christgau wrote that its lyrics have an "awkward, carnal, unhesitatingly female chauvinist.

"[18] Matt Cibula of PopMatters said that "it could have been a great little thing, [...] simple, graceful, light, but now it's a damned mess," citing the "tell-tale touches" at the start, the Bangles’ "Eternal Flame" influence and "Penny Lane" trumpets by the end" as examples.

[23] The song was commercially successful and peaked atop the charts in Australia,[24] Austria,[25] and Belgium;[26] being certified platinum in the three countries.

[44] It starts with a black-and-white scene of a reporter asking Shakira how she feels about crossing over into the English-speaking music market, and the singer, ironically, answers him in Spanish.

[9] The appearance of Antonio de la Rua in the video led to music retailer Tower Records Argentina banning sales of her albums in the country.

The limited edition of the album, entitled Laundry Service: Washed & Dried (2002) presented an acoustic version of the song as a bonus track.