Comme moi
{{Infobox song
| name = Comme moi
| cover =
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| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Black M featuring Shakira
| album = Éternel insatisfait
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2017|03|31}}
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| recorded = 2016
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| language = {{hlist|English|French}}
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|hip hop}}{{cite news|last=Garcia|first=Lupe|title=Estreno: "Comme Moi", el nuevo video de Shakira con Black M. |url=https://www.cibercuba.com/videos/noticias/2017-03-31-u177600-e177600-estreno-comme-moi-nuevo-video-shakira-black-m|work=Cibercuba|date=31 March 2017|access-date=1 October 2021}}
| length = 3:08
| label = Wati-B
| writer = {{hlist|Diallo|Shakira|Nasti|Dadju|Dany Synthé}}
| producer = {{hlist|Shakira|Black M|Supa Dups|Synthé|Dadju}}
| chronology = Shakira
| prev_title = Deja Vu
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Me Enamoré
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|YVaahuLdrng|"Comme moi"}}}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|_RAUYoqdFrw|"What We Said"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}
"Comme moi" (English: "Like Me") is a song by French-Guinean rapper and songwriter Black M featuring Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira.[https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/latin/7556997/shakira-joins-black-m-on-comme-moi-listen Shakira Joins Black M on 'Comme Moi': Listen] It was released on March 31, 2017 as the fifth official single from Éternel insatisfait. It was also included on Shakira's album El Dorado.{{cite web | url=http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2016/10/26/black-m-m-la-france_1524534 | title=Black M: M La France | work=Libération | date=26 October 2016 | accessdate=28 October 2016 | author=Deborde, Juliette | language=French | archive-date=29 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029044529/http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2016/10/26/black-m-m-la-france_1524534 | url-status=live }} Included on the latter album is also an English version of the song titled "What We Said" by Shakira featuring Magic!.
Background and release
On 16 October 2016, Black M revealed that he has a collaboration with Shakira titled "Comme moi" on his second studio album Éternel Insatisfait, and that the song will be released as a single later.{{Cite web |title=Black M, en duo avec Shakira, raconte les coulisses de leur duo "improbable" |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Black-M/news-102716.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.chartsinfrance.net |language=fr}} On 25 October 2016, Black M released an exclusive preview of "Comme Moi" on NRJ.{{Cite web |date=25 October 2016 |title=Black M et Shakira : écoutez en exclu «Comme moi»! (extrait) |url=https://www.nrj.fr/amp/black-m-et-shakira-ecoutez-en-exclu-comme-moi-extrait-342000 |access-date=31 July 2024 |website=NRJ |language=fr}}
The song starts with Shakira singing in a romantic pop music style in English, before it switches up to a hip hop beat and Black M's rap rhymes in French.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-31 |title=▶️ VIDEO: ESTRENO: "Comme moi", el nuevo vídeo de Shakira con Black M |url=https://www.cibercuba.com/videos/noticias/2017-03-31-u177600-e177600-estreno-comme-moi-nuevo-video-shakira-black-m |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=CiberCuba |language=es}}
Music video
The music video for "Comme moi", filmed in November 2016, was released on 31 March 2017 and features Shakira in a blonde wig and Black M in a black tang top. It had a purple set and a black and white set.[https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20170331/421343808429/shakira-black-m-comme-moi-cancion-videoclip.html?facet=amp El videoclip de ‘Comme Moi’, la canción de Shakira y Black M]{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=Shakira y Black M presentan el videoclip de 'Comme Moi' {{!}} Europa FM |url=https://www.europafm.com/noticias/musica/shakira-black-m-videoclip-comme-moi_2017040158df93ea0cf2f2c8754f89f6.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.europafm.com |language=es}} The video was viewed over 2 million times in the first 24 hours on YouTube.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-02 |title=El "Comme moi" de Shakira suma más de dos millones de visitas en 24 horas |url=https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2017-04-02-u157374-e157374-comme-moi-shakira-suma-2-millones-visitas-24-horas |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CiberCuba |language=es}}
English version
The English version of the track, titled "What We Said", was released on May 26, 2017 on Shakira’s eleventh studio album El Dorado. It features Canadian reggae fusion band Magic!. This is the second collaboration between the two as the band was featured on Shakira’s 2014 self titled tenth studio album on a track called "Cut Me Deep".[https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Shakira-feat-MAGIC/What-We-Said-Comme-moi-English-Version/amp Shakira-What We Said - Comme moi English Version]
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|CIS|326|artist=Black M feat. Shakira|song=Comme moi|songid=80466|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 November 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|11|artist=Black M Feat. Shakira|song=Comme moi|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 July 2017}} |
| scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=24|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 24, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|accessdate=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716200735/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=24|archive-date=16 July 2018|url-status=dead}}
|align="center"|35 |
Certification
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Comme Moi"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=BLACK M FEAT. SHAKIRA|title=Comme Moi|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2016|certyear=2023|access-date=October 2, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true|nosales=true}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Black M}}
{{Shakira songs}}
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Category:Songs written by Shakira