2014. At Billboard magazine's year-end chart (that shows the hottest songs of the year); "" was the number-one song on the Hot Latin Tracks chart and ranked third at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. In 2020, Billboard revealed that "La Tortura" was the 5th most successful Latin song of all time on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The track was also successful in Europe, reaching the top ten in almost all countries it charted. It debuted at number one on the Spanish Singles Chart, while in Switzerland, the song was in the top five for fifteen consecutive weeks, although it never reached the top position. In Hungary, the song spent eight consecutive weeks at number-one position. "La Tortura" was not released as an official single in the United Kingdom until December 2006, bundled with the release of "Illegal" and charted at 34 on the UK Singles Chart. As a result, it was featured in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records. "La Tortura" was chosen as the fifth favorite song of the world in a global survey made by Sony Ericsson, in which 700,000 music fans of 66 countries contributed. Legacy "La Tortura" was "the first Spanish-language video to air on MTV without an English-language version". "La Tortura" was the first Spanish song to be added to high rotation on VH1. Shakira and Sanz performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2005, and Daddy Yankee performed "Gasolina", making this the first time any Spanish song was performed at the awards ceremony. Further, the book titled "Reggaeton" published by Duke University Press credits the song and Shakira for popularizing the genre (reggaeton) in North America, Europe, and Asia. Music video The accompanying music video for "La Tortura" was directed by Michael Haussman. It has a simple plot: from his new girlfriend's apartment, Sanz spies on Shakira as she is walking down the street holding a bag of onions on her way to her own apartment, which is on the other side of the street from Sanz' girlfriend's apartment. When Shakira enters her apartment, she changes clothes. From that moment on, Sanz remembers things the two had done in the past as a couple, while Shakira reveals her alter-ego dancing erotically on the building's roof, covered with black paint. The choreography of the music video was made by Jamie King and Shakira herself. The music video is