"Je l'aime à mourir" (English: "I love her to death", Spanish: "La quiero a morir") is a bilingual Spanish and French cover version of the song by Shakira. She performed the song during her concerts in French-speaking countries on the second European leg of her The Sun Comes Out World Tour, dating 2011. Two of these concerts, in Paris-Bercy, were filmed for the tour's official DVD and Blu-ray. Shortly before the DVD/Blu-ray's release, a studio-recorded version of the song leaked, and was later officially released as the second single from Live from Paris. It was very well received by critics and by all her fans. The song has over 5,000,000 views on different channels on YouTube as of June 2012. In early December, the song promoted a Google Plus campaign for Shakira. Chart PerformanceThe promotional single entered the Sloven Airplay Chart where it peaked at number-five in its fifth week aboard. More notably it debuted at number fifty-six on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 for the week-ending December 17, 2011. Thus it became one of Shakira's highest debut on the survey. It has also entered the French Airplay Top 200 where it received moderate airplay from Classic pop radio stations. In France, the song debuted at number one on the singles chart, selling 11,958 downloads, the song has been number 1 in France for seven weeks. Music VideoAn official video was released on December 22, 2011 on YouTube and VEVO, the cut is part of the DVD of the live album Live from Paris, this video was only available for France and Switzerland, in early 2012 the video was available worldwide. Live PerformancesShakira sang the song for the first time during the dates of the tour "The Sun Comes Out World Tour" in France and Switzerland (June 5 to June 8, 2011 and June 11 to June 14, 2011). She also performed the song during the NRJ Music Award in France. This performance was similar to what she had done during the Latin Grammy in 2011; Shakira performed the song in an acoustic guitar version. Shakira also sings the song completely in French. Formats and Track Listings
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Lyrics and VideoShakira - Je L'aime A Mourir (Live From Paris) [Intro] |