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Shakira has revealed that she felt under pressure to come up with a song as popular as ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ when she teamed up with Wyclef Jean on her album She Wolf.

The singer, who recorded the track ‘Spy’ with the former Fugees star, admitted that they eventually decided to just have a “good time” with the collaboration.

“I knew that it would be difficult to do a song at least of the same genre as ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ and make it as big as that one,” she told PA.

“I think when you’re in front of a song the size of what ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ meant to both of us, it’s really hard. The parameters are so high and there’s no way to fulfil the expectation.

“Instead of trying to repeat the same formula, which number one could be very boring, and two, it would be an impossible task. We weren’t thinking about ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, we were thinking about having a good time.”

Shakira added that she is happy with the result of their work together.

“I feel like it’s a little jewel in the album. I like the sound – it’s smooth and sexy at the same time. Also, it’s got a little fantasy in it,” she said.

‘Hips Don’t Lie’ reached number one in over 14 countries and is the biggest-selling single of the 21st century so far.

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