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{{Infobox Song
| Name           = Despedida
| Artist         = [[Shakira]]
| Album          = [[Love in the Time of Cholera (EP)|Love in the Time of Cholera EP]]
| Released       = [[November 13]], [[2007]]
| Format         = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded       = 2007
| Genre          = [[Folk music]]/[[Andean music]]
| Length         = 2:51
| Label          = [[Epic Records]]/[[New Line]]
| Writer         = [[Shakira]] (lyrics and music)<br>[[Antonio Pinto (composer)|Antonio Pinto]] (music)
| Producer       = Antonio Pinto
}}

'''"Despedida"''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Farewell'') is a [[Golden Globe Award]]-nominated song written and performed by [[Colombian]] [[singer]]-[[songwriter]] [[Shakira]]. It was written alongside [[Brazil]]ian [[composer]] [[Antonio Pinto (composer)|Antonio Pinto]] for the soundtrack of the [[Love in the Time of Cholera (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Gabriel García Marquez]]' ''[[Love in the Time of Cholera]]''. 

==Song information==
"Despedida" is one of the two songs Shakira wrote specifically for the film.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/litc_film ''Love in the Time of Cholera''] [[Myspace]] page.</ref><ref>[http://www.newlinerecords.com/pages/cholera/cholera.htm Information about ''Love in the Time of Cholera'' soundtrack] at [[New Line Records]] website.</ref> On his own initiative, García Márquez persuaded Shakira to provide two new songs for the film.<ref>Lakshmanan, Indira A.R. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/11/arts/web.1211newell.php?page=2. "Love in the Time of Cholera: On location, out on a limb".] Indira A.R. Lakshmanan]. ''[[The Boston Globe]]''/''[[International Herald Tribune]]''. [[December 11]], [[2006]]. Retrieved [[December 17]], [[2007]].</ref> The songs were written with Brazilian composer Antonio Pinto. The full score was composed by Pinto, who also scored ''[[City of God (film)|City of God]]'' and ''[[Lord of War]]''.

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==References==
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[[Category:Shakira songs]]
[[Category:Spanish-language songs]]

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