Soundtracks Don't Lie!

I had been trying to decide what I thought of Shakira's new single "Hips Don't Lie" (featuring Wyclef Jean - click the title for the video) when a coworker pointed out to me that the song isn't actually new. It seems that Shakira's record label panicked when her latest English-language album Oral Fixation vol. II (aka Why Is There A Baby Crawling In A Tree?) bombed last holiday and scrambled to "re-release" it with new material. I guess The Neptunes and Jermaine Dupri were both busy, because they enlisted Wyclef to come to the rescue. And...instead of creating a new gem for our Colombian Hipshaker, Wyclef took one of his old songs and stripped off the female vocals! (Sneaky Wyclef, how much money did you abscond with from Sony by hoodwinking them into paying for some recycled material!) The ORIGINAL track, called "Dance Like This", was featured on the soundtrack for the classic Dirty Dancing...

II: Havana Nights. So...not only did she get a half-assed track, she got a track associated with quite possibly the WORST sequel in film history. Shaki, I think maybe you should listen to the advice of your own music...don't bother!