Don't Bother

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"Don't Bother"
Single by Shakira
From the album Oral Fixation 2
Released	2005
Format	Digital download Airplay
Genre	Pop
Length	4:16
Label	Epic Records
Writers	Shakira Scott Spock Lauren Christy Graham Edwards
Producers	Shakira Lester Méndez
Certification
Director	Jaume De la Iguana
Chart positions	#42 (US) #9 (UK) & (RU) #30 (AUS) #13 (Argentina)
Shakira Singles Chronology
"No" (2005)	"Don't Bother" (2005)	"Día de Enero" (2005)

"Don't Bother" is the first single from Shakira's second studio English language album, Oral Fixation 2. The song is about a woman who has been left by her man for a woman who is almost unbelievably good in all aspects. The one aspect where she feels she is perhaps better is the way in which she would touch him. She tells him not to bother if he hurt her feelings, because she will not be crying for him; instead, she will move on with her own life.

Release

The song was officially released on AOL Music First Listen Session on October 9th and is available on radio stations since October 11th 2005. iTunes and other digital music stores have the single available for download since October 18th.

Music video

The music video was directed by the visual artist Jaume, premiered on MTV's Making the Video on October 27th. The music video for the song shows Shakira's boyfriend returning at her home early in the morning (which insinuates that he was with another woman), and laying down to sleep. When he sleeps, Shakira picks up his car keys and drives it to a scrap heap. When she gets there she starts destroying his car, doing a "voodoo" on him using his car. Everything she does to his car is reflected on his body. Some scenes of Shakira in the shower (with clothes) are also seen.

The car used in the video was a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback."Shelby GT 500" Eleanor Replica built to look like a car from the movie "Gone in 60 Sec".The car was built by Custom-Musclecars.com.

The car is not actually crushed, a 1967 Ford Mustang, more suitable for crushing, was used in the car-crush scene, dressed up in fibreglass to look like the boyfriend's car.

Chart performance

It was a number 1 on the Euro Top 20.The video reached #4 at MTV's TRL Countdown, where Shakira played her song live from London as part of the Spankin' New Music Week. The video was also retired on Italy's and Poland's version of that show.

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09
Chart position	74	81	79	62	42	52	61	80	73

Russian Top 100 Airplay chart trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Chart position	81	79	84	78	63	54	24	22	18	12	13	11	9	21	25	42	39	53	75	**	**	**	92

• * Don't Bother was not in the chart at this time. After week 23 it fell out again.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	42
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	24
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	29
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	19
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	25
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	30
Austrian Singles Chart	6
Colombia Singles Chart	1 (4 weeks)
Finnland Top 20	4
German Singles Chart	7
Italian Singles Chart	5
Polish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Top 75 Singles	9
Mexican Top 100	18
World Chart Show	1
MCM Top 50	24
MCM Hit MCM	1

Shakira
Studio albums: Magía | Peligro | Pies descalzos | ¿Dónde están los ladrones? MTV Unplugged | Laundry Service | Servicio de Lavanderia | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Hit singles: "Ciega, Sordomuda" | "Whenever, Wherever" "Underneath Your Clothes" | "La Tortura" | "Hips Don't Lie"
Discography

External links

• [Lyrics to "Don't Bother"]

 

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