Hay Amores

{{Infobox song

| name = Hay Amores

| cover = Shakira - Hay Amores - Despedida.jpg

| alt =

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| type = single

| artist = Shakira

| EP = Love in the Time of Cholera

| released = 3 October 2007

| recorded = 2007

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| venue =

| genre = Bolero

| length = 3:28

| label =

| composer =

Shakira
Antônio Pinto

| lyricist = Shakira

| producer = *Shakira

Antônio Pinto
Pedro Aznar

| prev_title = Si Tú No Vuelves

| prev_year = 2007

| title = Hay Amores

| next_title = She Wolf

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kItRyRv0uJM|"Hay Amores"}}}}

}}

"Hay Amores" ({{langx|en|"There Are Loves"}}) is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for the extended play and soundtrack Love in the Time of Cholera (2008). Shakira wrote the song for the Mike Newell-directed 2007 film adaptation of 1985 novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The song's music was co-written by Shakira and Brazilian film score composer Antônio Pinto.{{Cite web |date=2007-11-14 |title=New Line Records: Love In The Time Of Cholera |url=http://www.newlinerecords.com/pages/cholera/cholera.htm |access-date=2023-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084938/http://www.newlinerecords.com/pages/cholera/cholera.htm |archive-date=2007-11-14 }} Shakira was initially offered a role by the producers of the movie to take part as the main protagonist. However, she refused the offer, instead collaborating with the musical team due to her friendship with García Márquez. "Hay Amores" is a romantic and elegiac bolero song.{{Cite web |last=Gurza |first=Agustin |date=2007-12-14 |title=Shakira has a new fixation - Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-culture17nov17,1,7408232.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=9&cset=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214010942/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-culture17nov17,1,7408232.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=9&cset=true |archive-date=2007-12-14 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Los Angeles Times}} Lyrically, the song describes the kind of love that only grows fonder as time passes by. The song won a Premios Nuestra Tierra award in the Best Movie Soundtrack category.

Background and release

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| source = —Gabriel García Márquez, 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.semana.com/on-line/articulo/las-fijaciones-shakira/72552-3|title=Las fijaciones de Shakira|language=es|work=Semana|date=May 15, 2005|accessdate=July 28, 2016|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227143529/https://www.semana.com/on-line/articulo/las-fijaciones-shakira/72552-3/|url-status=live}}

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In 1999, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez met Shakira. He conducted an interview with her for Cambio magazine. At the time of the publication of the article, García Márquez expressed Shakira's originality in the music scene. Following this, both of them established friendly relations with one another.{{cite web |date=April 18, 2014 |title=Shakira y García Márquez, una mágica amistad |url=http://www.univision.com/musica/shakira-y-garcia-marquez-una-magica-amistad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809043937/http://www.univision.com/musica/shakira-y-garcia-marquez-una-magica-amistad |archive-date=9 August 2016 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |website=Univision Noticias |publisher=Univision |language=es}} In late 2006, filming began for a movie adaptation of García Márquez's 1985 novel Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). The story revolves around the character of Florentino Ariza and his unwavering affection for the stunning Fermina Daza, and the emotional entanglement that involves a local doctor".{{cite news |last=González |first=Gerardo |date=January 7, 2008 |title=Canciones de Shakira brillan en El Amor en tiempos del cólera |url=http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/2008/enero/07/viva1374591.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717160829/http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/2008/enero/07/viva1374591.html |archive-date=17 July 2014 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |work=La Nación |language=es}}

Initially, the producers of the movie offered Shakira a role in it, which would mark her cinematic debut.{{cite web |date=January 20, 2008 |title=Shakira rechazó una oferta del cine porque tenía una escena de desnudos |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/336346/0/shakira/pelicula/desnudo/ |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |work=20 minutos |language=es}} However, she turned down the offer, claiming that she was not comfortable with the nude scenes that were featured in the movie.{{cite web |date=November 26, 2007 |title=Shakira rechaza desnudarse en una película |url=http://www.revistacuore.com/actualidad/celebrities/shakira-rechaza-desnudarse-en-una-pelicula |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917014431/http://www.revistacuore.com/actualidad/celebrities/shakira-rechaza-desnudarse-en-una-pelicula |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |publisher=Revistacuore.com |language=es}} Nevertheless, Shakira offered to compose the score of the movie due to her friendship with García Márquez and his influence on her. She started working on the music for the movie with Argentine composer Pedro Aznar in London during the second half of 2007.{{cite web |author= |date=August 1, 2007 |title=Pedro Aznar graba con Shakira |work=El Litoral |url=http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/23547 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160323/http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/23547 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2008-01-22 |title=Shakira, en la banda sonora de 'El amor en los tiempos del cólera' |url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080122/ocio/shakira-canta-temas-ineditos-200801221346.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=El Diario Montañes |language=es-ES}} Shakira spontaneously came up with the melody of "Hay Amores"'s chorus after seeing an early cut of the film, humming it to the film's director Mike Newell. Later during the recording sessions, Shakira recorded "Despedida" and "Hay Amores", the latter being the movie's theme song. Shakira commented on the song's genre that bolero is "the pinnacle of romantic music" and that it is "in her blood". During the release of the movie in November 2007, Shakira elaborated in an interview: "Being part of the movie was a personal motivation because it is an extraordinary novel of one of the most extraordinary writers in history and a personal friend [...] [While composing the songs, I wanted] to present my country's beauty and the works of García Márquez".{{cite web |date=November 7, 2007 |title=Con presentación de Shakira se estrenó en Las Vegas 'El amor en los tiempos del cólera' |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3805577 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |work=El Tiempo |language=es}} Shakira stated in an interview in 2019 that "Hay Amores" and "Despedida" are her "two best songs to date".{{Cite web |last=Luviano |first=Alondra |date=2019-04-19 |title=Shakira asegura que Gabriel García Márquez quería escribir sobre ella |url=https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2019/04/19/tikitakas/1555706170_895557.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Diario AS |language=es-mx}} In October 2007, "Hay Amores" was released to radio in Colombia.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-10-31 |title=Shakira estrena su nueva canción |url=https://caracol.com.co/radio/2007/10/31/entretenimiento/1193845980_500907.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Caracol Radio |language=es}}{{Cite web |last= |date=30 October 2007 |title=Shakira presenta 'Hay amores' |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/shakira-presenta-hay-amores-PELP677495 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=La Prensa |language=es-HN}}

The music video for "Hay Amores" was filmed in Cartagena.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-23 |title=La noche que Shakira dedicó su concierto a Ingrid Betancourt |url=https://www.shock.co/musica/la-noche-que-shakira-dedico-su-concierto-a-ingrid-betancourt |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Shock |language=es}} It was directed by Vincent Passeri and has a sensual and melancholic ambiance.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2016 |title=La cantante colombiana interpreta el tema de la película El amor en los tiempos del cólera |url=https://vanguardia.com.mx/show/3126647-la-cantante-colombiana-interpreta-el-tema-de-la-pelicula-el-amor-en-los-tiempos-del-colera-DTVG3126647 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Vanguardia MX |language=es-MX |archive-date=27 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227143525/https://vanguardia.com.mx/show/3126647-la-cantante-colombiana-interpreta-el-tema-de-la-pelicula-el-amor-en-los-tiempos-del-colera-DTVG3126647 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2008-01-20 |title=Shakira estrena su nuevo video musical |url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/variedades/shakira-estrena-su-nuevo-video-musical-370823 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Panamá América |language=es |archive-date=27 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227152136/https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/variedades/shakira-estrena-su-nuevo-video-musical-370823 |url-status=live }} The video features Shakira performing the track wearing a red dress, as well as some scenes from the film. The video was released in January 2008. Shakira has performed the song live twice: at the premiere of the film and at Rock In Rio Madrid 2008, where she dedicated it to Íngrid Betancourt.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-11-10 |title=Shakira se lució en estreno de la película 'El amor en los tiempos del cólera' en Las Vegas |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3810370 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227151701/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3810370 |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish}} In 2012, Shakira recorded and released a new version of the song on SoundCloud with her father William Mebarak to celebrate his birthday.{{Cite web |date=2012-09-06 |title=Shakira y su padre cantan Hay amores |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/historico/shakira_y_su_padre_cantan_hay_amores-AFEC_205674 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=El Colombiano |language=es-ES |archive-date=27 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227143529/https://www.elcolombiano.com/historico/shakira_y_su_padre_cantan_hay_amores-AFEC_205674 |url-status=live }} A video of the two recording the song was uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.{{Cite web |title=Shakira y su padre, William Mebarak, graban "Hay Amores" / Shakira & her dad record 'Hay Amores" | website=YouTube | date=6 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7aOR_oZh_8 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-27}}

Reception and accolades

In a soundtrack review, Thom Jurek from AllMusic commented that the three songs by Shakira, "Hay Amores", "Despedida" and "Pienso En Ti", make the soundtrack "worth paying your hard-earned money for".{{Cite web |last=Jurek |first=Thom |title=Love in the Time of Cholera [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review by Thom Jurek |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000781791 |access-date=2023-02-27 |language=en}} John Li from MovieXclusive highlighted the tenderness of the soundtrack, while describing "Hay Amores" as "seductively beautiful" and noting that all three of Shakira's songs are "accompanied by [her] signature vocals".{{Cite web |last=Li |first=John |title=Love In The Time of Cholera - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) {{!}}{{!}} movieXclusive.com |url=https://www.moviexclusive.com/soundtrack/loveinthetimeofcholera.htm |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=MovieXclusive.com}}

The song received a Premio Nuestra Tierra for Best Movie Soundtrack..{{Cite web |date=30 September 2008 |title=Vicente Fernández acapara nominaciones a Premios Oye! |url=https://www.telemetro.com/musica/2008/09/30/vicente-fernandez-nominaciones-premios-oye/2104999.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Telemetro |language=es-PA}} It was nominated for a Premio Oye! in the category of Best Theme for a Soap Opera, Film or Television Series..