Inevitable (Shakira song)

"Inevitable"
Single by Shakira
from the album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
ReleasedDecember 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)
Recorded1997; Crescent Moon Studios
(Miami, Florida)
GenreRock en español
Length3:16
LabelSony Latin
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Shakira
Producer(s)
  • Shakira
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa
Shakira singles chronology
""
(1998)
"Inevitable"
(1998)
"No Creo"
(1999)
Music video
"Inevitable" on YouTube

Inevitable” is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It was released on September 29, 1998 by Sony Music, and is included as the fifth track in her album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). The sentimental ballad is about a woman’s honesty to her former lover and how she feels her life to be subsequently monotonous. In the accompanying music video, Shakira is depicted as singing in an arena full of admirers screaming for her. Along with Luis Fernando Ochoa, Shakira wrote the lyrics and managed the production.

“Inevitable” was well-received by critics, and won a Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Latin Award in 2000. In the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, it appeared for twelve weeks and peaked at the third position. The song is included in the set list for Tour Anfibio (2000), Tour of the Mongoose (2002), Oral Fixation Tour (2006-2007), The Sun Comes Out World Tour (2010-2011), and El Dorado World Tour (2018). An acoustic performance of the song is included in Shakira’s first live album, MTV Unplugged (2000). Retrospectively, “Inevitable” has been noted by critics as one of Shakira’s best works in her entire career.