Background
"Don't Bother" is a pop rock song by Shakira, belonging to the fifth studio album Oral Fixation Vol 2. The song was moderately successful in the U.S., because the song is the genus and Rock and it was already decline in 2005 to be completely excluded by the commercial pop music genre and moving from position 40 back. She was also in the top 10 in several countries around the world and was #1 in Colombia and Argentina. Received a Certificate of Gold, In Last.fm, the social network of leading online music, is the 4th most played song.
The lyrics of the song describe a woman who has been left by her boyfriend for another girl that is unbelievably superior in almost all aspects. She tells him not to bother making up for hurting her, because she will not be crying for him; instead, she will move on with her own life. She emphasizes this when she says, "Don't bother, be unkind." The song was recorded and mixed by Gustavo Celis.
Read more about this topic: Don't Bother
Famous quotes containing the word background:
“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedy’s conduct in the office, with my manner of dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didn’t approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldn’t have done that.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)