Despedida

Despedida or La Despedida may refer to:

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Music

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Despedida (Julieta Venegas song)

"Despedida" (English:"Farewell") is a song by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas. It is released as the second single on 11 May 2011 from the album "Otra Cosa". This song was inspired by the Mexican singer-songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez. "Despedida" entered the Latin Pop Airplay and received positive reviews considered the best song from her album. The song has 2 different versions of the music video, one for Europe and the other to America.

Song information

The song was written by Julieta Venegas and musically is a mixture of Ranchera and Pop.

It was released on iTunes in digital download on May 11, 2010. Days later, the singer announced her retirement from the stage to focus on motherhood. Julieta Venegas was inspired to create this song in the Mexican composer José Alfredo Jiménez told herself. The song is saying goodbye to someone in good shape, without rancor or hatred, if it did not work better to say goodbye. Several newspapers and music magazines as Rolling Stone Mexico cataloged "Despedida" as the best song of "Otra Cosa".

Despedida (Shakira song)

"Despedida" (English: "Farewell") is a song written and performed by Colombian singer Shakira, written by her and Antonio Pinto for Mike Newell's 2007 film Love in the Time of Cholera, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez. The song was released on the extended play Love in the Time of Cholera, released by Epic and Columbia Records in 2008.

"Despedida" was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and it was performed live by Shakira at the 65th Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for a World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. In 2008, the song reached No. 6 on the OST charts, and on December 24, 2011, it debuted and peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot Latin Digital Songs.

Shakira included the song in her The Sun Comes Out World Tour (2010–11), where she performed "Nothing Else Matters", by American band Metallica, and "Despedida" is included as its medley. The version was included in her album Live from Paris (2011).