--- description: Oxford's male a cappella group Out of the Blue has produced a cover of Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" for charity. title: WATCH: Oxford A Cappella Group Covers Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" For Charity image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ed013f057074915/69869e221eebf74ace3721d4/screen-shot-2014-08-01-at-11-21-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # WATCH: Oxford A Cappella Group Covers Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie"  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 1, 2014 3:22 PM CUT   by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 1, 2014 3:22 PM CUT Out of the Blue, Oxford’s all-male a cappella group, has produced a cover of Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” for charity. Proceeds from purchases of [the single ](www.bitly.com/ootbcharitysingle "undefined")will be donated to the Helen & Douglas House Hospice for Children and Young Adults. Shakira recently tweeted her endorsement of the students’ rendition, which now boasts more than 2.7 million views on YouTube Hey [@ootboxford](https://twitter.com/ootboxford?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined"), we LOVE your a capella Shak medley! ¡Nos encanta este medley que han hecho [@ootboxford](https://twitter.com/ootboxford?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined")! ShakHQ — Shakira (@shakira) [July 23, 2014](https://twitter.com/shakira/status/491998608867467264?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") This medley is not the first Oxford-Shakira crossover. The Colombian pop star [gave a speech](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/12/08/shakira-at-oxford-excerpts-from-the-pop-stars-speech/ "undefined") about “universal access to education” at the university in December 2009. **WATCH:** [Shakira Plays ‘Truth or Dare’ on the Dance Floor](http://time.com/90921/shakira-dara-la-la-la-video/ "undefined") **WATCH:** [Shakira and Rihanna Flip Their Hair a Lot in “Can’t Remember to Forget You” Video](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/30/shakira-cant-remember-to-forget-you-rihanna-video/ "undefined") **LISTEN:** [Shakira’s New Single “Grandeur”](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/25/shakira-empire-listen/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3070208/watch-oxford-a-cappella-group-covers-shakiras-hips-dont-lie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3070208/watch-oxford-a-cappella-group-covers-shakiras-hips-dont-lie/"},"headline":"WATCH: Oxford A Cappella Group Covers Shakira's \"Hips Don't Lie\"","datePublished":"2014-08-01T15:22:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:07.070Z","description":"The pop star has endorsed it on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/3070208/watch-oxford-a-cappella-group-covers-shakiras-hips-dont-lie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ed013f057074915/69869e221eebf74ace3721d4/screen-shot-2014-08-01-at-11-21-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ed013f057074915/69869e221eebf74ace3721d4/screen-shot-2014-08-01-at-11-21-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-08-01 at 11.21.38 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3070208/watch-oxford-a-cappella-group-covers-shakiras-hips-dont-lie/","name":"WATCH: Oxford A Cappella Group Covers Shakira's \"Hips Don't Lie\""}}]}] ```