damned mess," citing the "tell-tale touches" at the start, the Bangles’ "Eternal Flame" influence and "Penny Lane" trumpets by the end" as examples. Cibula called it "a potentially cool song [that] has been studioed out of existence." Frank Kogan of The Village Voice criticized the lyrics, calling it a song "with no fresh insights on the subject." Accolades "Underneath Your Clothes" is listed at number 391 on Blenders "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" list. Bill Lamb of About.com picked the song at number four on his "Top 10 Shakira Pop Songs", while Robert Copsey of Digital Spy placed the song at number 3 on their "Shakira's 10 best songs", writing that it "remains the ultimate Shakira ballad for the mere fact that we can still remember every single world of it to this day." The website Latin Post ranked it as her eighth biggest hit, calling it "a powerful ballad." The song entered Billboards list of her Biggest Hits at number 5. Commercial performance The song was commercially successful and peaked atop the charts in Australia, Austria, and Belgium; being certified platinum in the three countries.<ref name=austriancert>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platin (Type Shakira in Interpret and then click Suchen') |url=http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |publisher=IFPI Austria |access-date=16 November 2013 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608024513/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |archive-date=8 June 2009}}</ref> In Australia, the song debuted at number two, peaking two weeks later at the top of the charts, while spending 20 weeks inside the ARIA Charts. In Austria, "Underneath Your Clothes" debuted at number two, remaining for three consecutive weeks at the position, before moving to the top the following week. The song topped the charts of Hungary, Ireland and Netherlands. In other countries, the song experienced commercial success, reaching number two in France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. In other countries, it became a top five or a top-10 hit. In the United States, "Underneath Your Clothes" entered the charts at number 70 in March 2002. In its fourth week, the song entered the top 40 at number 33, while cracking the top 20 two weeks later. The song eventually peaked at number nine, on the issue dated 18 May 2002 becoming her second top-10 hit on the chart. According to Sony Music Canada, the song has been certified as gold in the United States. In the United Kingdom, it reached number three, becoming her second consecutive top-three single. It entered "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles